Nebraska Football vs. Colorado Draws Most-Watched Big Ten NBC Broadcast

The eyes of the nation continue to seek out Nebraska football.

NBC Sports released data Monday from the network’s Week Two broadcast of the Saturday night game between Nebraska and the Colorado Buffaloes. Per NBC, an average of 6.3 millions viewers were recorded during the Huskers’ 28-10 victory over CU.

Nebraska’s win over Colorado recorded an average of 6.3 million viewers, NBC announces.

That’s the most-watched Big Ten Saturday Night game since the series debuted last year.

— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) September 9, 2024Nebraska/Colorado drew 6.3 million viewers on NBC – the most-watched Big Ten/NBC Saturday night game to date.

— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 9, 2024It was Nebraska’s second broadcast on NBC in prime time, having been featured last season against Wisconsin. In that matchup, 2.45 million viewers watched the Huskers fall to the Badgers in mid-November.

The Nebraska-Colorado contest is the most-watched broadcast to date for the network’s
Big Ten Saturday Night series, which made its debut last season. It beat out the October 2023 contest between Ohio State and Wisconsin, which garnered 4.87 million viewers.

Sep 7, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers running back Dante Dowdell (23) jumps over the pile for a first down against the Colorado Buffaloes during the second quarter at Memorial Stadium. / Dylan Widger-Imagn Images

The Huskers will appear on NBC again for their annual Black Friday contest with Iowa at Kinnick Stadium. Nebraska and the Hawkeyes will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CST, matching the same evening start time as the Colorado matchup.

Other television viewership numbers had not been released Monday night. The Week Two slate featured a monstrous top 10 matchup between Texas and Michigan and a key night-cap contest featuring Boise State and Oregon, though the latter was streamed only on Peacock.

The Huskers will have another national over-the-air broadcast on Friday, Sept. 20, hosting Illinois at Memorial Stadium on FOX. Television designations have not yet been assigned to the Purdue, Rutgers, Indiana, Ohio State, UCLA, USC and Wisconsin contests. Nebraska welcomes Northern Iowa on Saturday to Lincoln for another night contest, kicking off at 6:30 p.m. CDT on the Big Ten Network.

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