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North Dakota State Bison at Colorado Buffaloes

Name: North Dakota State Bison at Colorado Buffaloes
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2024-08-29 · College Football · ESPN

4,760,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2024-08-30

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Thursday's North Dakota State-Colorado college football game averaged a 2.6 rating and 4.76 million viewers on ESPN , marking the network's most-watched game on the opening Thursday of the season since Ohio State-Indiana in 2017 (5.13M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

4,760,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

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Prior-season comparable

3,190,000

Florida Gators at Utah Utes

2023-08-31 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

+49.2% vs the comparable

Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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North Dakota State Bison at Colorado Buffaloes (2024-08-29): 4,760,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2024-08-30, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/08/the-coach-prime-effect-continues-as-colorado-opener-hits-high/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/cfb-colorado-north-dakota-state-2024-08-29, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020