ESPN said average viewership was 21.1 million with a peak of 24.3 million. Texas game averaged 17.3 million, ND game 15.8, PSU game 13.9 Playing on New Year's Eve is tough for any team to get a big audience and I imagine the ND game would have done better if they had been able to play on New Year's night but still an impressive showing for our game. The McAfee broadcast pulled in 2.4 million, most ever for an alternative broadcast. No stats provided for the Skycast broadcast

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