At Saturday’s game against Michigan State football game, university police ejected more than four times the number of students than last week’s game against Minnesota.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department ejected a total of 77 students and arrested 16, according to a UWPD statement.
Last week’s Oct. 20 game against Minnesota saw an all-time low for student ejections and arrests with only 18 ejections and 10 arrests, according to the UWPD.
Police also reported 83 incidents of seating issues at this week’s game, while there were only 10 seating issues at the Minnesota game.
The UWPD noted there were eight counts of alcohol possession, 15 incidents where overly intoxicated people were ejected and 14 underage alcohol citations at the Oct. 27 game.
This past weekend’s game coincided with UW-Madison’s Homecoming celebration and Freakfest, which brought more than 33,000 people to State Street Saturday night, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
