AFC Championship Game - Colts vs Patriots
Nielsen average audience: 42,144,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2015-01-18 Sunday
- Networks
- CBS
- Score
- Patriots 45, Colts 7
42,144,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
42,144,000
42.144MSports Media Watch, verbatim
42,140,000
42.14MSports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
AFC Championship Game by year
2002–2022Record
54.9M 2011
This telecast
#13 of 19 Before Out-of-Home
Years on record
21 2002–2022
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
21 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 23:08 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | AFC Championship Game | 33,313,000 |
| 2003 | AFC Championship Game | 41,456,000 |
| 2004 | AFC Championship Game | 40,115,000 |
| 2005 | AFC Championship Game | 44,334,000 |
| 2006 | AFC Championship Game | 39,001,000 |
| 2007 | AFC Championship Game | 46,695,000 |
| 2008 | AFC Championship Game | 44,840,000 |
| 2009 | AFC Championship Game | 40,645,000 |
| 2010 | AFC Championship Game | 46,917,000 |
| 2011 | AFC Championship Game | 54,850,000 |
| 2012 | AFC Championship Game | 48,700,000 |
| 2013 | AFC Championship Game | 47,707,000 |
| 2014 | AFC Championship Game | 51,300,000 |
| 2015 | AFC Championship Game | 42,144,000 |
| 2016 | AFC Championship Game | 53,299,000 |
| 2017 | AFC Championship Game | 47,951,000 |
| 2018 | AFC Championship Game | 44,082,000 |
| 2019 | AFC Championship Game | 53,900,000 |
| 2020 | AFC Championship Game | 41,104,000 |
| 2021 | AFC Championship Game | 42,336,000 |
| 2022 | AFC Championship Game | 47,851,000 |
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