Ratings Reference

Missouri Tigers at Ohio State Buckeyes

Nielsen average audience: 9,600,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-12-29 Friday
Networks
ESPN · ESPN+
9,600,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
9,600,000
Friday's Missouri-Ohio State Cotton Bowl averaged 9.6 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
9,720,000
9.72 Wikipedia, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2023-12-30
-120,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-29
9,720,000
initial figure · superseded
Wikipedia

College Football 2023 season

Postseason · 11th of 459 published College Football figures in the 2023 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:38 UTC

Prior-season windows

5,770,000
2022-12-30 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,680,000
2022-12-30 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
8,590,000
3 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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