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Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans

Nielsen average audience: 16,528,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-10-08 Sunday
Networks
NBC
Away
Kansas City Chiefs
Home
Houston Texans
16,528,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
16,528,000
16.528M (16.7M) Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
16,500,000
Chiefs-Texans earned a 9.5 rating and 16.5 million viewers on NBC Sunday night, up 2% in ratings but down 1% in viewership compared to Giants-Packers last year … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2017 season

Week 5 of 17 · 21st of 57 published NFL figures in the 2017 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
NFL 2017 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

16,600,000
New York Giants at Green Bay Packers
2016-10-09 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−0.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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