The Missouri football team isn’t the only group to face adversity following the school’s move to the Southeastern Conference. Incident rates on game days have increased compared to 2011.

According to the MU Police Department website, there was an [average of 26.6 incidents](http:///www.mupolice.com/blotter) during the 2012 season, up from 22.5 the previous year. Overall, there were 186 incidents in seven games compared to 135 incidents in six games for 2011.

MUPD spokesman Brian Weimer was reluctant to attribute the rise in incidents to joining the SEC.

“The only thing that’s changed has been more calls from the media wanting to see if the SEC has changed anything,” Weimer said. “It hasn’t.”

One thing that has changed, however, is attendance. The average crowd for the 2012 season was 67,476 compared to 62,095 in 2011. There were also three sellouts in 2012 — Georgia, Arizona State and Alabama — compared to only one in 2011: Iowa State during Homecoming weekend.

Even in 2010, one of the team’s most successful seasons recently, the average attendance was 61,540. The only sellout was when the Tigers beat the number one ranked Oklahoma.

The highest number of incidents this season came on the day of the Georgia game. There were 38 incidents, 20 of them involving alcohol.

Despite the average being lower in 2011, the Iowa State game day had 41 incidents, with 25 involving alcohol.

Alcohol-related incidents have accounted for 60 percent of the incidents during both seasons. These charges include minor in possession, open container laws and DUIs.

The Columbia Police Department reports significantly fewer arrests during game days, but reported a decrease in incidents around campus and downtown Columbia. In 2012, it reported an average of 9.3 incidents per game day, down from 10.2.