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MSU athletic director blames students for worst home football attendance since 1988

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Bears head coach Dave Steckel and quarterback Peyton Huslig share their disappointment in the lack of student attendance. Wyatt Wheeler/News-Leader

Missouri State athletic director Kyle Moats said early in the season that student attendance was a problem.

After Plaster Stadium's gates closed for the final time this season, he's still pointing his finger towards the students after the school finished with its lowest home football attendance since 1988.

"I think it's strictly from the students," Moats said in a phone interview with the News-Leader. "We had no student support, whatsoever.