Newsstand: Notre Dame win over Texas A&M was most-watched Saturday game in Week 1
Notre Dame’s 23-13 win over Texas A&M was the most-watched college football game on Saturday in Week 1, according to ESPN PR, with an average 8.2 million viewers (peaked at 9.3 million). And that’s not all.
The Irish win was the most-watched Saturday Night Football regular-season game in two years, since Marcus Freeman’s regular-season head coaching debut against Ohio State in 2022 drew an average of 10.5 million viewers.
It was also ABC’s most-streamed regular-season college football game ever, ESPN said.
The Irish have proven to be terrific for ratings, posting the third-highest single-game viewership of the 2023 regular-season during its matchup against Ohio State, according to Sports Media Watch. Notre Dame was also the eighth-most-watched team in last year’s regular season by averages weekly viewers, according to Zach Miller.
Notre Dame Tweets of the day
Movin’ on up.
Unmatched lineman aura from Sam Pendleton.
All the way back?
Quote of the day
“All you have to do is watch the tape. I mean, there’s hundreds — literally — of things that need our attention and need a better understanding. Need better coaching, need better technique, need better design. Whatever it happens to be, there’s so much for us to improve on that, to me, it would be hard — and I know he has the same philosophy about it — to look at it any other way than, ‘We’ve got a lot of work to do, and it’s time to go back to work.’”
— Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on refocusing for Northern Illinois after a big win
Headlines of the day
- Why Notre Dame finds itself in familiar spot in Week 2 vs. NIU
- Fighting Irish defensive performance against Texas A&M caught 4-star LB Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng’s attention
- How Notre Dame top 200 O-line target Ben Nichols surprised during junior season debut
- How Fighting Irish showcased evolution of Marcus Freeman era at Texas A&M
- Notre Dame vs. Alabama battle brewing for USF commit Antavious Richardson
- Where Fighting Irish stand in competitive recruitment of elite DB prospect Bralan Womack
- Notre Dame football moves up in Week 2 Associated Press Poll after beating Texas A&M
- Notre Dame football rewatch: What we learned about Irish offensive line at Texas A&M
- Fighting Irish football tracking emerging Texas EDGE recruit Calvin Carter
- Tale of the tape: Fighting Irish defense at Texas A&M
- Key Fighting Irish football recruiting target returning to campus for another visit
- Everything Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock said before Irish host NIU
