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It was another big week of the ESPN Networks as Monday Night Football featured a Texas-sized matchup between the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys. Despite the Cowboys’ struggles, they still manage to draw eyeballs. In fact, 17 million viewers tuned in, on average, to the game making it MNF’s second most-watched Week 11 game in the 19-year ESPN era.
The Cowboys came into the game with a 3-6 record and in desperate need of a win. The game was fairly close in the first half, with the Texans holding a 17-10 lead. The second half saw Houston pull away, holding the Cowboys scoreless, as they won by the final score of 34-10. Houston saw its record improve to 7-4 on the season.
The game peaked at 19.5 million viewers late in the first half. It also joins last season’s Super Bowl rematch game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs as MNF’s most-watched Week 11 games.
Viewership numbers for the Week 11 Monday Night Football game include ESPN, ABC, The ManningCast on ESPN2, along with ESPN Deportes and those streaming through NFL+.
The Monday Night Football team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Lisa Salters will close out the month of November with a good matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the Los Angeles Chargers. Then, each game until the last week of the season features at least one team with an under .500 record. Those teams that will be featured on MNF coming up include the 2-8 Cleveland Browns, the 4-7 Bengals playing the 3-7 Cowboys, the 4-6 Chicago Bears and the 2-8 Las Vegas Raiders.
