NBC's Notre Dame Football Ratings See Gains For '08
For six Notre Dame football game telecasts this season, NBC averaged a 2.2 Nielsen rating (3.2 million viewers), up 22.2% from a 1.8 rating (2.6 million viewers) for seven telecasts last season. The Michigan-Notre Dame game on September 13 was the team's highest-rated telecast this season and was the first Notre Dame football game rating over a 3.0 since UCLA-Notre Dame in October '06. After the Michigan game, however, Notre Dame's ratings struggled as their record worsened, with the team's NBC telecasts falling below 2.0 for three of their four final telecasts. The following lists Notre Dame football ratings on NBC since '02, as well as game-by-game ratings for the past two seasons (THE DAILY).
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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL RATINGS TREND ON NBC
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YEAR
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TELECASTS
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AVG. RATING
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% +/-
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'08
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6
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2.2
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22.2%
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'07
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7
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1.8
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-40.0%
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'06
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7
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3.0
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11.1%
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'05
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6
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2.7
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8.0%
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'04
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6
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2.5
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4.2%
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'03
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7
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2.4
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-25.0%
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'02
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6
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3.2
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'08 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL GAME-BY-GAME
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DATE
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OPPONENT
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RATING
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VIEWERS (000)
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9/6
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San Diego State
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2.3
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3,319
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9/13
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Michigan
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3.5
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5,322
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9/27
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Purdue
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1.8
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2,541
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10/4
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Stanford
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1.8
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2,474
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11/1
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Pittsburgh
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2.4
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3,404
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11/22
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Syracuse
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1.6
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2,336
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'07 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL GAME-BY-GAME
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DATE
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OPPONENT
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RATING
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VIEWERS (000)
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9/1
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Georgia Tech |
2.4
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3,389
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9/22
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Michigan State |
2.0
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2,754
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10/13
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Boston College |
1.9
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2,764
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10/20
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USC |
1.7
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2,462
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11/3
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Navy |
2.3
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3,355
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11/10
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Air Force |
1.4
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2,016
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11/17
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Duke |
1.2
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1,709
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