Telecasts · College Football
Texas Longhorns at Washington Huskies
18,400,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-29
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Later in the night, the Washington-Texas Sugar Bowl averaged 18.4 millionSports Media Watch, verbatim
18,400,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
18.77Wikipedia, verbatim
18,770,000
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
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