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NFL's first Australian game drew 100,021. The front row could barely see it.
The 49ers beat the Rams 27-7 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday night US time, the league's first regular-season game in Australia.
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The crowd
Announced attendance was 100,021, the seventh-largest regular-season crowd in NFL history and about 5,000 short of the 2009 Cowboys Stadium record of 105,121. The MCG lists capacity at 100,024.
The game
Brock Purdy went 25 of 34 for 205 yards and three touchdowns; San Francisco scored 24 unanswered after trailing 7-3. The 49ers arrived a week early. The Rams flew in the day before.
The seats
A 120 by 53 yard gridiron sits inside a 190 by 163 yard cricket oval, so front-row fans posted views from far behind the sideline. "Stop overseas games" and "waste of jet fuel" ran alongside "100,000 fans, amazing".