Ratings Reference

New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals

Nielsen average audience: 23,100,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-09-11 Sunday
Networks
NBC
23,100,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
23,100,000
23.1M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

26,800,000
2015-09-13 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−13.8% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.