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Houston Texans at New England Patriots

Nielsen average audience: 37,900,000 viewers (revised), per ESPN.

Aired
2026-01-18 Sunday
Networks
ESPN · ABC
Away
Patriots
Home
Texans
37,900,000
Nielsen avg audience
provider-confirmed · 2 sources · revised
figures last changed 2026-10-14

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
average audienceLead figure
full telecast · revised
confirmed · ESPN
37,900,000
NFL: ESPN's AFC Divisional Playoff game (Texans-Patriots) averaged 37.9 million viewers ESPN, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
38,000,000
38.0 Wikipedia, verbatim
1 provider figure · 1 press attribution · provider-confirmed
confirmed = published by the provider · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2026-10-14
-100,000 vs initial figure
ESPN
2026-08-29
38,000,000
initial figure · superseded
Wikipedia

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