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Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

Nielsen average audience: 15,850,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2014-10-09 Thursday
Networks
CBS
Away
Indianapolis Colts
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Houston Texans
15,850,000
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 · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,850,000
15.85M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,900,000
The Week 6 Colts/Texans Thursday Night Football game drew a 10.0 final rating and 15.9 million viewers on CBS and NFL Network … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

7,800,000
New York Giants at Chicago Bears
2013-10-10 · NFL Network · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+103.2% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, the only such window within a week of 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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