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Telecasts · NFL

Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos

Nielsen average audience: 25,969,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-09-17 Sunday
Networks
FOX
Away
Broncos
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Cowboys
25,969,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / split window (“(81%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
25,969,000
25.969M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Cowboys-Broncos”) / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
26,000,000
… had a 14.3 rating and 26 million viewers on FOX … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

19,200,000
Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins
2016-09-18 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+35.3% 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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