Super Bowl Ratings: Will the Dullest Game in Recent Memory Possibly Beat Last Year's 9-Year Low?
Will a super-listless Super Bowl put up not-so-super numbers come the morning after?
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Clocking in at a brisk three-and-a-half hours, the New England Patriots’ 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams started off sssslowwwly, with the second lowest-scoring first half in history. The Patriots went into halftime with a 3-0 lead, which following Maroon 5’s “D+” show would be matched in the third quarter by the Rams’ own field goal.
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New England made things “exciting” in the fourth quarter, adding an actual touchdown (!) and then another field goal. An interception, and ultimately a way-wide field goal attempt in the final seconds, sealed the Rams’ fate, as Patriots QB Tom Brady captured his record sixth NFL title and the team as a whole matched the Steelers for most Super Bowl wins (with six).
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A year ago, the Philadelphia Eagles’ first ever championship win, 41-33 over the Patriots, delivered 103.4 million total viewers — down 7 percent from the year prior and marking a nine-year low for the Big Game (since 2009, when Steelers/Cardinals drew 98.7 million viewers).
Major-market teams from opposite coasts aside, will this year’s Super Bowl possibly deliver a bigger audience? Or will the dearth of digits on the scoreboard translate into a smaller crowd? Vote in the poll below, and hit the Comments to elaborate on your predicted audience.
SUPER BOWL AUDIENCES OF THE PAST 10 YEARS
2018: 103.4 million(nine-year low)
2017: 111.3 million
2016: 111.9 million
2015: 114.4 million (most watched ever)
2014: 112.2 million
2013: 108.7 million
2012: 111.3 million
2011: 111 million
2010: 106.5 million
2009: 98.7 million
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