Last Saturday’s Army/Navy game drew a 2.0/5 final rating on CBS, down 9% from a 2.2 in ’07. The 2.0 rating is the lowest ever for the Army/Navy game. Since 1999, ratings for the Army/Navy game have fallen 61%.
Next year, ratings figure to increase, as the Army/Navy game will be moved to the second Saturday in December, the weekend after college football’s Conference Championships.
Here is a list of the ratings for the rivalry game, dating back to 1997.
Ratings for the Army/Navy game.
2008
2.0/5: Navy 34, Army 0 (Sat., 12/6, 12 PM CBS)
2007
2.2/6: Navy 38, Army 3 (Sat., 12/1, 12 PM CBS)
2006
2.3/6: Navy 26, Army 14 (Sat., 12/2, 2:15 PM CBS)
2005
3.0/7: Navy 42, Army 23 (Sat., 12/3, 2:15 PM CBS)
2004
2.4/6: Navy 42, Army 13 (Sat., 12/4, 2:15 PM CBS)
2003
3.1/7: Navy 34, Army 6 (Sat., 12/6, 4:30 PM CBS)
2002
2.5/7: Navy 58, Army 12 (Sat., 12/7, 12 PM CBS)
2001
2.9/9: Army 26, Navy 17 (Sat., 12/1, 11:30 AM CBS)
2000
3.4/9: Navy 30, Army 28 (Sat., 12/2, 12 PM CBS)
1999
5.1/15: Navy 19, Army 9 (Sat., 12/4, 12 PM CBS)
1998
3.7/12: Army 34, Navy 30 (Sat., 12/5, 12 PM CBS)
1997
3.8/11: Navy 39, Army 7 (Sat., 12/6, 12:20 PM CBS)
