As the NFL season comes down to the wire, the viewership numbers are continuing to be sky high, especially for matchups featuring two teams heavily in the mix. Such was the case on Sunday when FOX Sports had the matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers.
The Vikings won the game 27-25 but led 27-7 at the end of three quarters. The Packers put up 15 points in the final quarter including a 3-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Malik Heath, but it wasn’t enough to keep Minnesota from moving to 14-2 on the season.
The game drew an average audience of 26.4 million viewers to FOX Sports. That made it the most-watched event of the week on any network. The game was a slight increase in audience size from the comparable window last season.
FOX Sports had their No. 1 broadcasting team of Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi on site for the game. This coming weekend, Week 18, the top team will call the game between the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa can clinch the NFC South with a win or a tie or if the Atlanta Falcons lose to or tie the Carolina Panthers. The top game in the NFC between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings will be played at night on NBC.
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