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FOX releases huge viewership numbers for Northwestern-Nebraska broadcast in Week 0
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College football made its return on Saturday, and a lot of people turned in. Especially to FOX’s coverage of the Nebraska-Northwestern game.
The Aer Lingus College Football Classic did pretty well for itself. It was the most-watched sports telecast of the day across any network with 4.4 million viewers. The viewership numbers were also up 35% from last season’s Week 0 matchup of Illinois-Nebraska. There was also a streaming average minute audience of 76,510, which is 24% higher than last year.
.@NUFBFamily‘s victory in @cfbireland‘s Aer Lingus College Football Classic scored 4.419 million viewers on FOX – Saturday’s most-watched sports event ☘️ pic.twitter.com/zsUtelgYTP
— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) August 30, 2022
While Nebraska fans were disappointed with how the game went, they can’t deny that a comeback story is always good for television. Northwestern’s comeback in the 3rd quarter was kickstarted by Scott Frost’s onside kick attempt. This ultimately lead to the Wildcats 14-0 run to end the game.
It’ll be interesting to see which game on Saturday can bring in a lot of viewers. 1 of the better games to watch will definitely be Ohio State-Notre Dame, but it will be on ABC instead of FOX.
Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.