INDIANAPOLIS - North Dakota State had a record average home attendance for the third straight season and finished seventh among the Football Championship Subdivision according to the final numbers released by the NCAA for the 2013 season.

North Dakota State drew an average of 18,622 over nine dates, up from last year's school record 18,516.  NDSU was second only to Montana in total attendance with 167,600 passing through the Fargodome doors.

The Bison sold out the first four games of the season including a school-record crowd of 19,108 for the Oct. 12 homecoming win over Missouri State.  NDSU has enjoyed 17 sellout crowds over the past eight years.

North Dakota State went 31-3 at home over the past four seasons and has won 14 straight at Gate City Bank Field entering the 2014 season, the second longest FCS home winning streak behind Sam Houston State's 22.

2013 NCAA Division I FCS Average Home Attendance

	School	Dates	Total	Average
1.	Appalachian St.	6	149,366	24,894
2.	Montana	7	170,660	24,380
3.	James Madison	7	147,076	21,011
4.	Southern U.	5	100,536	20,107
5.	Yale	5	99,045	19,809
6.	Montana St.	6	118,222	19,704
7.	North Dakota St.	9	167,600	18,622
8.	Delaware	7	126,754	18,108
9.	Jackson St.	4	69,143	17,286
10.	Jacksonville St.	7	110,695	15,814
11.	Charlotte	6	93,244	15,541
12.	Liberty	7	105,215	15,031
13.	Ga. Southern	6	88,968	14,828
14.	Alabama St.	6	86,321	14,387
15.	N.C. A&T	6	81,443	13,574
16.	Youngstown St.	7	94,539	13,506
17.	Citadel	6	78,932	13,155
18.	UNI	6	75,431	12,572
19.	McNeese St.	7	84,506	12,072
20.	Harvard	5	60,334	12,067
21.	Penn	5	59,680	11,936
22.	South Carolina St.	6	71,279	11,880
23.	Tennessee St.	5	57,309	11,462
24.	Florida A&M	5	55,848	11,170
25.	South Dakota St.	6	64,162	10,694
26.	Illinois St.	5	50,694	10,139
27.	Chattanooga	6	59,534	9,922
28.	William & Mary	6	58,346	9,724
29.	Alabama A&M	5	48,555	9,711
30.	Stephen F. Austin	5	48,418	9,684