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Penn State Nittany Lions at Purdue Boilermakers

Name: Penn State Nittany Lions at Purdue Boilermakers
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2022-09-01 · College Football · FOX

3,510,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2022-09-02

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Thursday's Purdue-Penn State college football game averaged 3.51 million viewers on FOX, down nearly half from Ohio State-Minnesota in the same window last year (~6.3M, pending revision) but the most-watched sporting event of the night. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

3,510,000

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

On the record

NetworksFOX

AwayPenn State

HomePurdue

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season comparable

6,300,000

Ohio State Buckeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers

2021-09-02 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

−44.3% vs the comparable

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

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Penn State Nittany Lions at Purdue Boilermakers (2022-09-01): 3,510,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2022-09-02, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/09/fox-espn-college-football-ratings-opening-night-purdue-penn-state-pitt-wvu/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/cfb-penn-state-purdue-2022-09-01, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020