New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks
Nielsen average audience: 25,100,000 viewers (final), per NBC Sports.
- Aired
- 2026-09-09 Wednesday
- Networks
- NBC
- Home
- Seattle Seahawks
25,100,000
Nielsen avg audience
provider-confirmed · final
figures last changed 2026-09-14
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
25,100,000
… delivered an average audience topping 25 million viewers (25.1 million)NBC Sports, verbatim
27,400,000
Following are additional audience metrics for the 21st consecutive NFL season opener broadcast by NBC: · Viewership peaked at 27.4 million viewersNBC Sports, verbatim
2 provider figures · provider-confirmed
confirmed = published by the provider
confirmed = published by the provider
NFL 2026 season
Week 1 of 18 · 3rd of 27 published NFL figures in the 2026 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:14 UTC
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1
Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders
28,450,000
2
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
26,697,000
3
Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks
26,300,000
4
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
24,670,000
5
Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers
24,656,000
6
New England Patriots at Chicago Bears
19,859,000
7
Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams
19,800,000
8
Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers
19,506,000
9
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
18,800,000
10
Buffalo Bills at Las Vegas Raiders
18,090,000
1
Super Bowl LX
125,603,000
2
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
48,600,000
3
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks
46,000,000
4
Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears
45,400,000
5
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles
40,970,000
6
Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos
39,600,000
7
Houston Texans at New England Patriots
37,900,000
8
Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars
32,700,000
9
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
32,000,000
10
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
31,610,000