Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos

Name: Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos
Creator: RatingsReference
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2017-09-11 · NFL · ESPN

9,938,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures

via pressaverage audienceLead figure

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

9.938M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

9,938,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Later in the night, Chargers-Broncos earned a 6.0 and 9.9 million — down 3% in both measures from Rams-49ers last year (6.2, 10.3M) and down 31% and 34% respectively from Vikings-49ers in 2015 (8.8, 14.3M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

9,900,000

2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN

AwayBroncos

HomeChargers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins

2016-09-12 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

13,000,000

Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers

2016-09-12 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

10,300,000

2 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.

Cite this figure

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Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos (2017-09-11): 9,938,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-08-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-ratings-viewership/2017-season/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-broncos-chargers-2017-09-11, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950