An announced crowd of 103,219 fans attending Super Bowl XLV in Dallas fell short of setting the attendance record set at Super Bowl XIV in Pasadena.
In fact, this year’s Super Bowl attendance was only third-best in the game’s 45-year history. Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl has the all-time attendance record with 103,985.
Pasadena is also the site with the second-best attendance mark, when 103,667 fans walked through the turnstiles at Super Bowl XVII.
According to ESPN.com, the construction of some temporary seating was not completed in time for Super Bowl XLV, resulting in the relocation of 850 fans and refunds for 400 who could not be reseated at Cowboys Stadium.
Here are the attendance figures for all 45 Super Bowls.
I – Los Angeles – 61,946
II – Miami – 75,546
III – Miami – 75,389
IV – New Orleans – 80,562
V – Miami – 79,204
VI – New Orleans – 81,023
VII – Los Angeles – 90,182
VIII – Houston – 71,882
IX – New Orleans – 80,997
X – Miami – 80,187
XI – Pasadena – 103,438
XII – New Orleans – 75,583
XIII – Miami – 79,484
XIV – Pasadena – 103,985
XV – New Orleans – 76,135
XVI – Pontiac – 81,270
XVII – Pasadena – 103,667
XVIII – Tampa – 72,920
XIX – Stanford – 84,059
XX – New Orleans – 73,818
XXI – Pasadena – 101,063
XXII – San Diego – 73,302
XXIII – Miami – 75,129
XXIV – New Orleans – 72,919
XXV – Tampa – 73,813
XXVI – Minneapolis – 63,130
XXVII – Pasadena – 98,374
XXVIII – Atlanta – 72,817
XXIX – Miami – 74,107
XXX – Tempe – 76,347
XXXI – New Orleans – 72,301
XXXII – San Diego – 68,912
XXXIII – Miami – 74,803
XXXIV – Atlanta – 72,625
XXXV – Tampa – 71,921
XXXVI – New Orleans – 72,922
XXXVII – San Diego – 67,603
XXXVIII – Houston, 71,525
XXXIX – Jacksonville – 78,125
XL – Detroit – 68,206
XLI – Miami – 74,512
XLII – Glendale (AZ) – 71,101
XLIII – Tampa – 70,774
XLIV – Miami – 74,059
XLV – Dallas – 103,219
