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Temple Football Draws Record TV Ratings
9.20.11 | Football
1.9 million viewers watched Owls play Penn State
PHILADELPHIA – Saturday's Temple-Penn State football game did not only do well at the box office, but also with viewers locally as well as nationally.
The ESPN-televised game, which drew 57,323 fans - the second largest crowd to watch a Temple game at Lincoln Financial Field, had a 1.6 national rating, which translates into 1,610,190 households and 1,952,851 viewers – a Temple football record. In comparison, Pitt at Iowa, televised by ESPN2 garnered a 0.8/741,565 HH/952,531 viewers while West Virginia at Maryland on ESPNU had a 0.7/477,949 HH/775.120 viewers.
Locally, the game averaged a 6.7 rating with a high of 10.0 in the final 15 minutes of the telecast. The rating translates to 202,663 viewers in the Philadelphia DMA (Designated Market Area). It also was viewed in 43.6 percent of households using televisions (HUT).
Temple next travels to Maryland this Saturday for a 12:29 p.m. kickoff with the Terrapins. The game will be televised by the ACC Network and carried on ESPN3, ESPN Gameplan and locally on NBC Philadelphia Non-Stop.
The ESPN-televised game, which drew 57,323 fans - the second largest crowd to watch a Temple game at Lincoln Financial Field, had a 1.6 national rating, which translates into 1,610,190 households and 1,952,851 viewers – a Temple football record. In comparison, Pitt at Iowa, televised by ESPN2 garnered a 0.8/741,565 HH/952,531 viewers while West Virginia at Maryland on ESPNU had a 0.7/477,949 HH/775.120 viewers.
Locally, the game averaged a 6.7 rating with a high of 10.0 in the final 15 minutes of the telecast. The rating translates to 202,663 viewers in the Philadelphia DMA (Designated Market Area). It also was viewed in 43.6 percent of households using televisions (HUT).
Temple next travels to Maryland this Saturday for a 12:29 p.m. kickoff with the Terrapins. The game will be televised by the ACC Network and carried on ESPN3, ESPN Gameplan and locally on NBC Philadelphia Non-Stop.
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