The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were awful on the field and in the ratings.
NBC averaged a 1.9 rating for seven Notre Dame games this season, down 37% from last year, and the lowest ever average for Notre Dame football on the network.
Four of the Notre Dame games NBC broadcast this season finished with less than a 2.0 rating, including the last two games of the season, which drew ratings of 1.4 and 1.2, respectively. The last Notre Dame game on NBC, a match-up against Duke two weeks ago, drew only 1.7 million viewers — a staggeringly low number for college football on broadcast television.
The highest rated Notre Dame game on NBC this season was the first one — the season opening loss to Georgia Tech on September 1. That game drew only a 2.4 rating.
’07 Notre Dame on NBC ratings.
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2.4: Georgia Tech at Notre Dame (Sat., 9/1, 3:30 PM)
2.0: Michigan State at Notre Dame (Sat., 9/22, 3:30 PM)
1.9: Boston College at Notre Dame (Sat., 10/13, 3:30 PM)
1.7: USC at Notre Dame (Sat., 10/20, 3:30 PM)
2.3: Navy at Notre Dame (Sat., 11/3, 2:30 PM)
1.4: Air Force at Notre Dame (Sat., 11/10, 2:30 PM)
1.2: Duke at Notre Dame (Sat., 11/17, 2:30 PM)
