New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings

Name: New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings
Creator: RatingsReference
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2017-09-11 · NFL · ESPN

11,392,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

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

11.392M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

11,392,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Saints-Vikings had a 6.8 rating and 11.4 million viewers on the season premiere of ESPN's Monday Night Football , down 12% in ratings and viewership from Pittsburgh-Washington last year (7.7, 13.0M) and down 16% and 21% respectively from Eagles-Falcons in 2015 (8.5, 13.6M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

11,400,000

2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN

AwayNew Orleans Saints

HomeMinnesota Vikings

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins

2016-09-12 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

13,000,000

Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers

2016-09-12 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

10,300,000

2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings (2017-09-11): 11,392,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-08-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-ratings-viewership/2017-season/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-saints-vikings-2017-09-11, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950