What is the highest rated game in college football history? ***

[ChiTownLion]

What was the ratings share and how many total viewers tuned in? What other non-sporting shows does that compare to?

 

[CDLionFL]

30 years ago tonite...

Wiki claims a 25.1 rating with 21.9 million tuning in. That number seems a bit low.

 

[fairgambit]

What was the ratings share and how many total viewers tuned in?

I don't know but I know one of the teams was Rutgers and they drew 99% of the New York market.

 

[Peetz Pool Boy]

What was the ratings share and how many total viewers tuned in?

It should be interesting to see what this years' Rose Bowl does "ratings wise". I think it's going to be very large...it might even be......

 

[Blueblood4eva]

I don't know but I know one of the teams was Rutgers and they drew 99% of the New York market.

Broke the damn cable boxes and caused a blackout!

 

[fairgambit]

Broke the damn cable boxes and caused a blackout!

 

[Art]

2006 Rose Bowl between USC and Texas with over 35mm viewers.

 

[PSU Soupy]

2006 Rose Bowl between USC and Texas with over 35mm viewers.

This was the game that displaced the PSU vs Miami Fiesta Bowl.

 

[PSU87]

This was the game that displaced the PSU vs Miami Fiesta Bowl.

Not technically correct....'87 Fiesta is still the highest RATED. Rating is gauged by share of viewers tuned in, not total viewers.

Obviously as population increases, more raw numbers will watch, but the '87 Fiesta is unlikely to ever be eclipsed in rating.