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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Texans

Nielsen average audience: 17,400,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-09-15 Monday
Networks
ABC · ESPN
Away
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Home
Houston Texans
17,400,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-09-18

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17,400,000
… with Buccaneers-Texans averaging a combined 17.4 million across ABC and ESPN and Chargers-Raiders following with 9.7 million. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
7,000,000
NFL: Buccaneers v. Texans ESPN 2.19 7.00 The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2025 season

Week 2 of 18 · 48th of 80 published NFL figures in the 2025 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:37 UTC
NFL 2025 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

13,180,000
Washington Commanders at Cincinnati Bengals
2024-09-23 · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+32.0% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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