By EFE
08 Nov 2023, 00:36 AM EST
The NFL reported that the match between the champions Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins last Sunday held in Frankfurt, Germany, was the most watched in the history of its international series with 9.6 million viewers.
“The audience of 9.6 million for the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins is the highest for a game in the international series,” highlighted the NFL.
The Dolphins-Chiefs game this past weekend in Frankfurt averaged 9.18 million viewers on NFL Network.
That makes it the most-watched game in NFL Network history & it also had more viewers than the 2023 World Series (9.11 million).
Germany is becoming a big market for the NFL 📈 pic.twitter.com/1bleo4FpWt
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) November 7, 2023
The Chiefs defeated the Dolphins 21-14 at Deutsche Bank Park in the first of two games of the 2023 season scheduled in Germany. The second will take place next Sunday between New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.
According to NFL These 9.6 million viewers surpassed by 66% the record of 5.8 million that was set last year by the match in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneersled by Tom Brady, defeated the Seattle Seahawks which was carried out in the Allianz Arena in Munich.
In this 2023 season the NFL programmed five games for their international series outside the United States, three in England and two in Germany.
“The first three international games that were televised on NFL Network “They averaged 6.5 million viewers, 20% more than the first three games of 2022, which had an average of 5.4 million,” the statement detailed.
In the 2022 season the three games that took place in London were the following; Saints 25-28 Vikings, Packers 22-27 Giants and Jaguars 17-21 Broncos.
This year London hosted these clashes; Jaguars 23-7 Falcons, Bills 20-25 Jaguars and Titans 16-24 Ravens.
In the message of the NFL It was also highlighted that the digital transmission of this season’s matches has generated a average audience per minute of 465,000 viewers, the highest in the history of the international series.
The program of regular season international matches of the NFL It started in 2005, the year in which the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City It was the first host outside the United States.
In 2007 the series was extended to London and from 2022 to Germany.
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