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Most watched college football games ever
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:21 pm
35.6 million - ABC, BCS title game/Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl, Jan. 4, 2006, Texas vs USC.
30.8 million - ABC, BCS title game, Jan. 7, 2010, Alabama vs. Texas
30.4 million - ABC, Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 1996, USC vs. Northwestern.
30.1 million - ABC, Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1, 1993, Alabama vs. Miami.
30.0 million - NBC, Orange Bowl, Jan. 1, 1995, Nebraska vs. Miami.
29.6 million - NBC, Orange Bowl, Jan. 1, 1991, Colorado vs. Notre Dame.
29.1 million - ABC, BCS title game/Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 3, 2003, Ohio State vs. Miami.
29.0 million - ABC, Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 1998, Michigan vs. Washington State.
28.81 million, NBC, Orange Bowl, Jan. 1, 1994, Florida State vs. Nebraska.
28.80 million - FOX, BCS title game, Jan. 8, 2007, Ohio State vs. Florida.
28.4 million, ABC, Rose Bowl, Jan. 2, 1995, Penn State vs. Oregon.
28.3 million - ESPN, national semifinal/Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1, 2015, Ohio State vs. Alabama.
28.1 million - ESPN, national semifinal/Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 2015, Oregon vs. Florida State.
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Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:26 pm to nebraskafaninwi
Can't lie, I was expecting to see the Gumps vs LSU
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:28 pm to nebraskafaninwi
That texas vs usc game was legit
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:28 pm to ATLSU7
I was thinking the same thing.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:29 pm to nebraskafaninwi
That FSU/Nebraska game is the first football game I consciously remember. I was five. 
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:31 pm to nebraskafaninwi
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35.6 million - ABC, BCS title game/Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl, Jan. 4, 2006, Texas vs USC.
probably the greatest game ever for all the marbles
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:33 pm to nebraskafaninwi
Texas-USC game was the best game ever
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:41 pm to nebraskafaninwi
Two Heisman winners vs. the most unstoppable QB in the country. That Texas comeback is the stuff of legends. I remember the footballgasm I had when Vince Young ran the ball into the endzone for the final score. It was the greatest game I had ever seen. Absolutely amazing.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:44 pm to nebraskafaninwi
I just can't fathom how a game from 1993 had more viewers than a recent 'hyped up' matchup (e.g. Game of the Century, 2013 Alabama/Notre Dame, etc)
Eta: The amount of tv's we're surrounded by today dwarfs the amount they had in 1993
Eta: The amount of tv's we're surrounded by today dwarfs the amount they had in 1993
This post was edited on 7/4/15 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:46 pm to GeorgeReymond
Miami was a big time TV draw during those days.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:59 pm to Gary Busey
I had bar nachos and got a stomach virus early in the morning. Rough after rooting for Sc.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:02 pm to nebraskafaninwi
You skipped #2, tOSU/Oregon Championship at 33.4 million.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:05 pm to nebraskafaninwi
I kind of figured the semifinal games to be at the top, well atleast Ohio State vs Bama.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:06 pm to Gary Busey
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Texas-USC game was the best game ever
Doesn't get much better than that game for pure sports entertainment.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:27 pm to nebraskafaninwi
Most watched by number of viewers, but I'd bet the Texas/Arkansas game in 1969 had an Nielsen number that would put it on the list.
By all accounts, 58M households had a TV and 1 in 4 watched the game.
By all accounts, 58M households had a TV and 1 in 4 watched the game.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:38 pm to Gary Busey
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Texas-USC game was the best game ever
Definitely in my top 3. But I remember watching Oklahoma - Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl and literally being speechless. That is my #1.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:44 pm to Quicksilver
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Definitely in my top 3. But I remember watching Oklahoma - Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl and literally being speechless. That is my #1.
That was an alltime classic.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 9:13 pm to ATLSU7
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Can't lie, I was expecting to see the Gumps vs LSU
Why?
Posted on 7/4/15 at 9:23 pm to GeorgeReymond
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I just can't fathom how a game from 1993 had more viewers than a recent 'hyped up' matchup
Fewer games on TV. The game of the week was really the game of the week back then.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 10:06 pm to nebraskafaninwi
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Here are the games with the largest television audiences, according to Nielsen, since 1991. However, that list only covers the Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowl games, plus separate national championship games added to the schedule in 2007 and this year's playoff. Data for other games was not available from Nielsen.
I knew this list was off. The 1987 Fiesta Bowl (Miami vs. Penn State) and the 1973 Sugar Bowl (Alabama vs. Notre Dame) had significantly higher ratings than the Texas/USC game from 2006.
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