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Packers-Patriots game draws 25.7 million viewers in Week 9
Green Bay beat New England 45-27 in an NFL game on Sunday in Week 9.
An average of 25.7 million people watched the Sunday afternoon window led by the Packers-Patriots game.
That made it the most-watched telecast of the week, 4 million viewers ahead of Monday night’s Bills-Vikings game.
The NFL’s 4:25 p.m.
ET Sunday window often draws the week’s biggest audience and is currently shared by CBS and Fox.
The league is considering more Wednesday games, and possibly Tuesday games, as it looks at how to schedule future games.
NFL broadcast rights open up in 2030, except for Monday night games, and the league could consider selling the Sunday afternoon window as a weekly package.
The Packers-Patriots game window averaged 25.7 million viewers in Week 9.
The Packers beat the Patriots 45-27 on Sunday.
The broadcast was the most-watched telecast of the week on any network.
Its audience exceeded the Bills-Vikings Monday night game by 4.0 million.
- Who
- An average of 25.7 million viewers watched the Packers-Patriots game window.
- What
- The window led Week 9 in television audiences. The Packers beat the Patriots 45-27.
- When
- Sunday in Week 9. The article was published November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The game aired on Fox.
- Why
- Not stated
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The Packers beat the Patriots 45-27 in a game window that averaged 25.7 million viewers.
The Bills-Vikings game drew 4.0 million fewer viewers than the Packers-Patriots window.
- Average audience
- 25.7 million
- Final score
- Packers 45, Patriots 27
- Audience lead
- 4.0 million over Bills-Vikings
- Broadcast network
- Fox
- Week
- Week 9
What people are saying
Given the audiences generated by that window, it would easily generate the biggest rights fee of any of them.