Ohio State Buckeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers
Nielsen average audience: 6,300,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2021-09-02 Thursday
- Networks
- FOX
- Away
- Minnesota
- Home
- Ohio State
6,300,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-10-22
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
6,300,000
Thursday's Ohio State-Minnesota college football game averaged 6.30 million viewers on FOX, marking the largest audience on record for a game on the opening Thursday of the season.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
6,295,000
Figure transcribed from the publisher's chart image; no source text to quote
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2021 season
Week 1 of 15 · 26th of 361 published College Football figures in the 2021 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
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