Orange Bowl TV Ratings, 1988-2022

 

Orange Bowl TV Ratings, 1988-2022

Taken primarily from "Orange Bowl Numbers Game" posted on SportsMediaWatch, but supplemented with additional data, here are the Orange Bowl tv ratings dating back to 1986 (with viewership numbers since 2001), with a header between each change of television network partners:

SEASON	DATE	GAME	NET	Rating	Viewers (M)
1985-86	Wed., 1/1/86	Oklahoma 25, Penn St 10*	NBC	21.3	n/a
1986-87	Thu., 1/1/87	Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8	NBC	16.0	n/a
1987-88	Fri., 1/1/88	Miami 20, Oklahoma 14*	NBC	20.8	n/a
1988-89	Mon., 1/2/89	Miami 23, Nebraska 3	NBC	12.9	n/a
1989-90	Mon., 1/1/90	Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6	NBC	18.5	n/a
1990-91	Tue., 1/1/91	Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9*	NBC	18.3	n/a
1991-92	Wed., 1/1/92	Miami 22, Nebraska 0*	NBC	11.0	n/a
1992-93	Fri., 1/1/93	FSU 27, Nebraska 14	NBC	4.0	n/a
1993-94	Sat., 1/1/94	FSU 18, Nebraska 16*	NBC	17.8	n/a
1994-95	Sun., 1/1/95	Nebraska 24, Miami 17*	NBC	11.4	n/a
SEASON	DATE	GAME	NET	Rating	Viewers (M)
1995-96	Mon., 1/1/96	FSU 31, Notre Dame 26	CBS	12.5	n/a
1996-97	Tue., 12/31/96	Nebraska 41, Va Tech 21	CBS	7.8	n/a
1997-98	Fri., 1/2/98	Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17*	CBS	13.3	n/a
SEASON	DATE	GAME	NET	Rating	Viewers (M)
1998-99	Sat., 1/2/99	Florida 31, Syracuse 10	ABC	8.4	n/a
1999-00	Sat., 1/1/00	Michigan 35, Alabama 34	ABC	11.4	n/a
2000-01	Wed., 1/3/01	Oklahoma 13, FSU 2*	ABC	17.8	27.240
2001-02	Wed., 1/2/02	Florida 56, Maryland 23	ABC	9.5	14.027
2002-03	Thu., 1/2/03	USC 38, Iowa 17	ABC	9.7	15.235
2003-04	Thu., 1/1/04	Miami 16, FSU 14	ABC	9.1	14.183
2004-05	Tue., 1/4/05	USC 55, Oklahoma 19*	ABC	13.7	21.419
2005-06	Tue., 1/3/06	Penn St 26, FSU 23	ABC	12.3	18.557
SEASON	DATE	GAME	NET	Rating	Viewers (M)
2006-07	Tue., 1/2/07	Louisville 24, Wake 13	FOX	7.0	10.660
2007-08	Thu., 1/3/08	Kansas 24, Va Tech 21	FOX	7.4	11.958
2008-09	Thu., 1/1/09	Va Tech 20, Cincinnati 7	FOX	5.4	9.319
2009-10	Tue., 1/5/10	Iowa 24, Ga Tech 14	FOX	6.8	10.879
SEASON	DATE	GAME	NET	Rating	Viewers (M)
2010-11	Mon., 1/3/11	Stanford 40, Va Tech 12	ESPN	6.7	10.682
2011-12	Wed., 1/4/12	WVU 70, Clemson 33	ESPN	4.5	7.174
2012-13	Tue, 1/1/13	FSU 31, NIU 10	ESPN	7.1	10.562
2013-14	Fri, 1/3/14	Clemson 40, Ohio St 35	ESPN	6.7	11.400
2014-15	Wed, 12/31/14	Ga Tech 49, Miss. St 34	ESPN	5.0	8.940
2015-16	Thu, 12/31/15	Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17*	ESPN	9.1	15.730
2016-17	Fri, 12/30/16	FSU 33, Michigan 32	ESPN	6.2	11.461
2017-18	Sat, 12/30/17	Wisconsin 34, Miami 24	ESPN	6.3	11.727
2018-19	Sat, 12/29/18	Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34*	ESPN	9.9	19.389
2019-20	Mon, 12/30/19	Florida 36, Virginia 28	ESPN	3.5	6.070
2020-21	Sat, 1/2/21	Texas AM 41, UNC 27	ESPN	?	7.577
2021-22	Fri, 12/31/21	Georgia 34, Michigan 11*	ESPN	8.1	17.192
2022-23	Fri, 12/30/22	Tennessee 31, Clemson 14	ESPN	4.6	8.590

Asterisk (*) indicates national championship game, or game that involved eventual national champion (and, yes, out of the goodness of my heart I included 1991 Colorado vs. Notre Dame), or the College Football Playoffs semi-final.