Biggest NFL Crowds

The most attended game in NFL history wasn’t even an official game: It was a 1994 preseason meeting between the Houston Oilers and the Dallas Cowboys in Mexico City.

Benefitting from the sheer size of Azteca Stadium, 112,376 people crammed in to watch a meaningless battle between two Texas teams, a gate surely hyped by the Cowboys’ immense popularity south of the border.

Exhibition or not, that turnout still stands as the NFL record. Here’s a list of the top 10 attendance figures in league history, which includes just seven games played on U.S. soil:

112,376: Aug. 15, 1994: American Bowl (Azteca Stadium, Mexico City) – Cowboys vs. Oilers

106,424: Aug. 17, 1998: American Bowl (Azteca Stadium, Mexico City) — Cowboys vs. Patriots

105,840: Aug. 22, 1947: College All-Star Game (Soldier Field, Chicago) — Bears vs. All-Stars

105,121: Sept. 20, 2009: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys (Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas)*

104,629: Aug. 4, 1997: American Bowl (Estadio Guillermo Canedo, Mexico City) — Broncos vs. Dolphins

103,985: Jan. 20, 1980: Super Bowl XIV (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.) — Steelers vs. Rams

103,667: Jan. 30, 1983: Super Bowl XVII (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.) — Redskins vs. Dolphins

103,467: Oct. 2, 2005: Regular Season (Azteca Stadium, Mexico City) — 49ers at Cardinals

103,438: Jan. 9, 1977: Super Bowl XI (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.) — Raiders vs. Vikings

102,368: Nov. 10, 1957: Regular Season (L.A. Coliseum, Los Angeles, Calif.) — 49ers at Rams

* Largest regular season crowd ever

Source: 2008 NFL Record & Fact Book

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