Kelly/Shorts press box in 1972

This is an excerpt from CMUChippewas.com and has a title that surprises exactly nobody reading this post.  Still, there are a few interesting numbers here, including a list of the top ten Kelly/Shorts stadium crowds.  I was at #1. 30,302 Oct. 18, 2008 CMU 38, WMU 28, and I can tell you that it was awesome.

However unlikely, I’m hopeful that the new #1 most highly attended game will be just as good.  The crowd should be wearing primarily Maroon and Gold, despite the twenty-four point Vegas line.  Let’s show enthusiasm and class as fans, and try to enjoy the game, even if it doesn’t play out as we’d like it to.  And it probably won’t.

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ATTENDANCE RECORD EXPECTED TO BE SET
• When Central Michigan meets in-state rival Michigan State in the sold-out Clash at Kelly/Shorts
on September 8, a new stadium attendance record is expected to be established.
• With the addition of bleachers to the student section (2,450) and the installation of suites (180)
on the east concourse, which will remain in place throughout the 2012 season, the seating capacity
at Kelly/Shorts Stadium has risen to 32,885.
• Previously, the largest crowd inside Kelly/Shorts Stadium was 30,302, set on October 18, 2008, a
38-28 win over Western Michigan.
• The top 10 Kelly/Shorts Stadium crowds:
1. 30,302 Oct. 18, 2008 CMU 38, WMU 28
2. 30,027 Nov. 10 2006 CMU 31, WMU 7
3. 29,822 Oct. 24, 1998 CMU 26, WMU 24
4. 29,732 Sept. 18, 1982 BGSU 34, CMU 30
5. 29,321 Oct. 30, 1982 CMU 42, Ohio 18
6. 28,547 Oct. 17, 1982 CMU 18, WMU 18
7. 28,463 Sept. 22, 1984 CMU 38, WMU 19
8. 27,895 Oct. 8, 1994 CMU 35, WMU 28
9. 27,813 Oct. 11, 1986 CMU 18, WMU 10
10. 27,510 Oct. 13, 1990 CMU 20, WMU 13