Illinois Fighting Illini at Penn State Nittany Lions
Nielsen average audience: 3,090,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2024-09-28 Saturday
- Networks
- NBC
- Away
- Illinois
- Home
- Penn State
3,090,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2024-10-01
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
3,090,000
In other broadcast network action, NBC drew 3.09 million for Illinois-Penn State in primetime, up from Michigan State-Iowa last year (2.17M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2024 season
Week 5 of 16 · 103rd of 467 published College Football figures in the 2024 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:10 UTC
Prior-season comparable
2,170,000
2023-09-30 · NBC · Peacock · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+42.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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