Georgia-Texas Game Draws Biggest Regular Season Audience Since 2016 With 13 Million Viewers

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The SEC doubleheader with the Tennessee-Alabama matchup broke viewership records for ABC

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Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) drops back into the pocket during the SEC college football game between Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs on October 19, 2024 (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Saturday’s Georgia-Texas game drew in the biggest audience a regular season college football game has seen since 2016.

The matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Texas Longhorns averaged 12.9 million viewers on Saturday, Oct. 19, and peaked at 14.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen viewing figures. Not only did the game, which saw Georgia score a 30-15 victory over Texas, score the best viewership for a regular season game since 2016, but the Georgia-Texas game also scored the second biggest regular season audience in ten years.

Loree Seitz

Loree joined TheWrap as a reporter in 2022 after interning at the publication during the summer of 2021. Loree has covered entertainment, film and television for TheWrap and has reported on the media industry and the cable news beat. She has also written for MovieMaker Magazine, where she interned in 2020.

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