Mississippi State baseball breaks NCAA on-campus attendance record at Dudy Noble Field
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State baseball broke its own NCAA on-campus record Saturday against rival Ole Miss with a crowd of 16,423.
That surpassed the old record of 15,586 set against the Rebels in 2014.
The new record comes during Super Bulldog Weekend. Mississippi State football hosted its spring game in the early afternoon and country artist Brett Eldredge will perform a concert at Dudy Noble Field after the baseball game.
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Mississippi State is a familiar name atop the NCAA's attendance records. Of the top 25 crowds in on-campus stadiums, MSU owns 23. Arkansas (No. 13 with 13,742) and LSU (No. 23 with 13,068) are the other schools in the top 25.
The closest Mississippi State has come to breaking the 2014 record was in 2016 when the Bulldogs drew 15,078 fans in a loss against Texas A&M.
Dudy Noble Field looking to break its own NCAA on-campus attendance record pic.twitter.com/25Uu7K8BBi
— Stefan Krajisnik (@skrajisnik3) April 15, 2023
MSU set the mark for the fourth-largest crowd (14,739) in Friday's loss to Ole Miss. The Rebels took a 3-2 win in the series opener.
Stefan Krajisnik is the Mississippi State beat writer for the Clarion Ledger. Contact him at skrajisnik@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter @skrajisnik3.
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