Notre Dame opened its 2017 campaign strong on the field, but historically weak in the ratings.
Saturday’s Temple-Notre Dame college football game scored a 1.0 rating and 1.6 million viewers on NBC, down 38% in ratings and 36% in viewership from Notre Dame’s home opener last year against Nevada (1.6, 2.5M) and down 58% and 61% respectively from the team’s 2015 opener against Texas, which aired in primetime (2.4, 4.1M).
The 1.0 rating is tied as the lowest ever for a Notre Dame football game on NBC, matching last year’s game against Army. It did not set a viewership low, coming in ahead of last year’s Army game (1.5M).
The 1.0 is also tied as the lowest for any Notre Dame game, regardless of network, since a 2011 matchup against Purdue on ESPN (0.9).
It goes without saying that Saturday’s game was the lowest rated Notre Dame home opener ever, and the least-watched since at least 2001. The previous lows were a 1.3 and 1.9 million.
[Wknd. numbers via ShowBuzz Daily 9.6]
