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Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans

Nielsen average audience: 18,590,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2018-10-07 Sunday
Networks
NBC
Away
Dallas Cowboys
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Houston Texans
18,590,000
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
18,590,000
18.59M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
18,600,000
Cowboys-Texans earned a 10.7 rating and 18.6 million viewers on NBC's Sunday Night Football last weekend, up 13% in ratings and 12% in viewership from last year (Chiefs-Texans … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2018 season

Week 5 of 17 · 22nd of 57 published NFL figures in the 2018 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
NFL 2018 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

16,528,000
Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans
2017-10-08 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+12.5% 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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