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CLIP AND SAVE: BOWL RATINGS COMPARISON OVER PAST TWO YEARS

          Final ratings for the '96-97 college football bowl     games are compared to '95-96.  Numbers are from Nielsen     Sports Marketing Service except where (^) indicates numbers     received from the network. NOTES: The Bowl Alliance switches     venues for the national championship game.  The Fiesta Bowl     was the national championship game for the '95-96 season.      The Sugar Bowl was the national championship game this     season. The Orange Bowl will host the national championship     next year.                 
DATE FINAL RATINGS
BOWL
'95-96
'96-97
NET
'95-96
'96-97
% +/-
SUGAR
31-Dec
2-Jan
ABC
6.3/13
17.9/29
+65%
FIESTA
2-Jan
1-Jan
CBS
18.8/31
10.0/17
-47%
ROSE
1-Jan
1-Jan
ABC
19.2/33
16.5/29
-14%
ORANGE
1-Jan
31-Dec
CBS
12.5/20
7.8/16
-38%
COTTON
1-Jan
1-Jan
CBS
5.6/11
5.6/12
n/c
CITRUS
1-Jan
1-Jan
ABC
11.5/24
7.5/16
-35%
GATOR
1-Jan
1-Jan
NBC
3.5/7
5.7/12
+39%
OUTBACK
1-Jan
1-Jan
ESPN
3.5
^5.3
+34%
SUN
29-Dec
31-Dec
CBS
4.0/11
3.7/10
-8%
INDEPEND.
29-Dec
31-Dec
ESPN
2.7
^3.2
+16%
HERITAGE
29-Dec
31-Dec
ESPN
0.9
^1.3
+31%
HOLIDAY
29-Dec
30-Dec
ESPN
2.6
^5.5
+53%
ALAMO
28-Dec
29-Dec
ESPN
4.4
3.8
-16%
PEACH
30-Dec
28-Dec
ESPN
2.6
3.6
+28%
COPPER
27-Dec
27-Dec
ESPN
2.3
2.5
+8%
CARQUEST
30-Dec
27-Dec
TBS
1.4
^2.8
+50%
LIBERTY
30-Dec
27-Dec
ESPN
1.2
2.9
+59%
ALOHA
25-Dec
25-Dec
ABC
6.3/19
6.0/18
-5%

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