Pushed back a week to avoid competition from conference championship games, the Army/Navy game had a huge increase in overnight ratings on Saturday.
Navy’s win over Army drew a 4.2/10 overnight rating on CBS Saturday, up 75% from a 2.4/6 last year, and the highest overnight rating for the Army/Navy game since 1999 (4.9/13).
Entering this year’s game, the Army/Navy game had drawn a sub-3.0 overnight rating in four of the last five years.
Overnight ratings for Army/Navy since’ 99
| Year | Date | Result | Net | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sat., 12/12/09 | Navy 17 | CBS |
4.2/10
|
| Army 3 | ||||
| 2008 | Sat., 12/6/08 | Navy 34 | CBS |
2.4/6
|
| Army 0 | ||||
| 2007 | Sat., 12/1/07 | Navy 38 | CBS |
2.4/6
|
| Army 3 | ||||
| 2006 | Sat., 12/2/06 | Navy 26 | CBS |
2.6/6
|
| Army 14 | ||||
| 2005 | Sat., 12/3/05 | Navy 42 | CBS |
3.0/7
|
| Army 23 | ||||
| 2004 | Sat., 12/4/04 | Navy 42 | CBS |
2.8/6
|
| Army 13 | ||||
| 2003 | Sat., 12/6/03 | Navy 34 | CBS |
3.7/7
|
| Army 6 | ||||
| 2002 | Sat., 12/7/02 | Navy 58 | CBS |
3.0/8
|
| Army 12 | ||||
| 2001 | Sat., 12/1/01 | Army 26 | CBS |
3.5/9
|
| Navy 17 | ||||
| 2000 | Sat., 12/2/00 | Navy 30 | CBS |
3.8/10
|
| Army 28 | ||||
| 1999 | Sat., 12/4/99 | Navy 19 | CBS |
4.9/13
|
| Army 9 |
