Super Bowl Ratings Through the Years

From NBC, here are the ratings numbers for each of the previous 45 Super Bowls:

SUPER BOWL RATINGS HISTORY
Super Bowl Teams/Scores Stadium/City Network Broadcasters Rating Share AA-P2+ TA-P2+
(000s) (000s)
I (’67) Green Bay (NFL) 35 Memorial Coliseum NBC/ Ray Scott, Jack Whitaker 23.0 44 34.7
Kansas City (AFL) 10 Los Angeles, CA CBS Frank Gifford, Pat Summerall 50.4
(CBS);
Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman,
Charlie Jones (NBC)
II (’68) Green Bay (NFL) 33 Orange Bowl CBS Ray Scott, Pat Summerall 36.8 68 105.8
Oakland (AFL) 14 Miami, FL
III (’69) New York (AFL) 16 Orange Bowl NBC Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis 36.0 70 54.5
Baltimore (NFL) 7 Miami, FL Kyle Rote
IV (’70) Kansas City (AFL) 23 Tulane Stadium CBS Jack Buck 39.4 69 59.2
Minnesota (NFL) 7 New Orleans, LA Pat Summerall
V (’71) Baltimore (AFC) 16 Orange Bowl NBC Curt Gowdy 39.9 75 58.5
Dallas (NFC) 13 Miami, FL Kyle Rote
VI (’72) Dallas (NFC) 24 Tulane Stadium CBS Ray Scott 44.2 74 67.3
Miami (AFC) 3 New Orleans, LA Pat Summerall
VII (’73) Miami (AFC) 14 Memorial Coliseum NBC Curt Gowdy 42.7 72 67.7
Washington (NFC) 7 Los Angeles, CA Al DeRogatis
VIII (’74) Miami (AFC) 24 Rice Stadium CBS Ray Scott, Bart Starr 41.6 73 63.2
Minnesota (NFC) 7 Houston, TX Pat Summerall
IX (’75) Pittsburgh (AFC) 16 Tulane Stadium NBC Curt Gowdy 42.4 72 71.3
Minnesota (NFC) 6 New Orleans, LA Al DeRogatis
X (’76) Pittsburgh (AFC) 21 Orange Bowl CBS Pat Summerall 42.3 78 73.3
Dallas (NFC) 17 Miami, FL Tom Brookshier
XI (’77) Oakland (AFC) 32 Rose Bowl NBC Curt Gowdy 44.4 73 72.0
Minnesota (NFC) 14 Pasadena, CA Don Meredith
XII (’78) Dallas (NFC) 27 Louisiana Superdome CBS Pat Summerall 47.2 67 102.0
Denver (AFC) 10 New Orleans, LA Tom Brookshier
XIII (’79) Pittsburgh (AFC) 35 Orange Bowl NBC Curt Gowdy, 47.1 74 96.6
Dallas (NFC) 31 Miami, FL John Brodie, Merlin Olsen
XIV (’80) Pittsburgh (AFC ) 31 Rose Bowl CBS Pat Summerall 46.3 67 97.8
Los Angeles (NFC) 19 Pasadena, CA Tom Brookshier
XV (’81) Oakland (AFC) 27 Louisiana Superdome NBC Dick Enberg 44.4 63 94.1
Philadelphia (NFC) 10 New Orleans, LA Merlin Olsen
XVI (’82) San Francisco (NFC ) 26 Silverdome CBS Pat Summerall 49.1 73 110.2
Cincinnati (AFC) 21 Pontiac, MI John Madden
XVII (’83) Washington (NFC) 27 Rose Bowl NBC Dick Enberg 48.6 69 109.1
Miami (AFC) 17 Pasadena, CA Merlin Olsen
XVIII (’84) L.A. Raiders (AFC) 38 Tampa Stadium CBS Pat Summerall 46.4 71 105.2
Washington (NFC) 9 Tampa, FL John Madden
XIX (’85) San Francisco (NFC) 38 Stanford Stadium ABC Frank Gifford, Don Meredith 46.4 63 115.9
Miami (AFC) 16 Stanford, CA Joe Theismann, Tom Landry
XX (’86) Chicago (NFC) 46 Louisiana Superdome NBC Dick Enberg 48.3 70 127.0
New England (AFC) 10 New Orleans, LA Merlin Olsen, Bob Griese
XXI (’87) N.Y Giants (NFC) 39 Rose Bowl CBS Pat Summerall 45.8 66 122.6
Denver (AFC) 20 Pasadena, CA John Madden
XXII (’88) Washington (NFC) 42 Jack Murphy Stadium ABC Frank Gifford 41.9 62 80.2 114.6
Denver (AFC) 10 San Diego, CA Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf
XXIII (’89) San Francisco (NFC) 20 Joe Robbie Stadium NBC Dick Enberg 43.5 68 81.6 111.0
Cincinnati (AFC) 16 Miami, FL Merlin Olsen
XXIV (’90) San Francisco (NFC) 55 Louisiana, Superdome CBS Pat Summerall 39.0 63 73.9 108.9
Denver (AFC) 10 New Orleans, LA John Madden
XXV (’91) NY Giants (NFC) 20 Tampa Stadium ABC Frank Gifford, 41.9 63 79.5 112.1
Buffalo Bills (AFC) 19 Tampa, FL Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf
XXVI (’92) Washington (NFC) 37 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome CBS Pat Summerall 40.3 61 79.6 119.9
Buffalo (AFC) 24 Minneapolis, MN John Madden
XXVII (’93) Dallas (NFC) 52 Rose Bowl NBC Dick Enberg 45.1 66 91.0 133.4
Buffalo (AFC) 17 Pasadena, CA Bob Trumpy
XXVIII (’94) Dallas (NFC) 30 Georgia Dome NBC Dick Enberg 45.5 66 90.0 134.8
Buffalo (AFC) 13 Atlanta, GA Bob Trumpy
XXIX (’95) San Francisco (NFC) 49 Joe Robbie Stadium ABC Al Michaels, 41.3 62 83.4 125.2
San Diego (AFC) 26 Miami, FL Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf
XXX (’96) Dallas (NFC) 27 Sun Devil Stadium NBC Dick Enberg, 46.1 68 94.1 138.5
Pittsburgh (AFC) 17 Tempe, AZ Paul McGuire, Phil Simms
XXXI (’97) Green Bay (NFC) 35 Louisiana Superdome FOX Pat Summerall 43.3 65 87.9 128.9
New England (AFC) 21 New Orleans, LA John Madden
XXXII (’98) Denver (AFC) 31 Qualcomm Stadium NBC Dick Enberg, 44.5 67 90.0 133.4
Green Bay (NFC) 24 San Diego, CA Paul McGuire, Phil Simms
XXXIII (’99) Denver (AFC) 34 Pro Player Stadium FOX Pat Summerall 40.2 61 83.7 127.5
Atlanta (NFC) 19 Miami, FL John Madden
XXXIV (’00) St. Louis (NFC) 23 Georgia Dome ABC Al Michaels 43.3 63 88.5 130.7
Tennessee (AFC) 16 Atlanta, GA Boomer Esiason
XXXV (’01) Baltimore (NFC) 34 Raymond James Stadium CBS Greg Gumbell 40.4 61 84.3 131.2
NY Giants (NFC) 7 Tampa, FL Phil Simms
XXXVI (’02) New England (AFC) 20 Louisiana Superdome FOX Pat Summerall 40.4 61 86.8 131.7
St. Louis (NFC) 17 New Orleans, LA John Madden
XXXVII (’03) Tampa Bay (NFC) 48 Qualcomm Stadium ABC Al Michaels 40.7 61 88.6 138.9
Oakland (AFC) 21 San Diego, CA John Madden
XXXVIII (’04) New England (AFC) 32 Reliant Stadium CBS Greg Gumbel 41.4 63 89.8 144.3
Carolina (NFC) 29 Houston, TX Phil Simms
XXXIX (’05) New England (AFC) 24 ALLTELL Stadium FOX Joe Buck, Troy Aikman 41.1 62 86.1 133.7
Philadelphia (NFC) 21 Jacksonville, FL Cris Collinsworth
XL (’06) Pittsburgh (AFC) 21 Ford Field ABC Al Michaels 41.6 62 90.7 141.4
Seattle (NFC) 10 Detroit, MI John Madden
XLI (’07) Indianapolis (AFC) 29 Dolphin Stadium CBS Jim Nantz 42.7 64 93.2 139.8
Chicago (NFC) 17 Miami, FL Phil Simms
XLII (’08) New York Giants (NFC)17 University of Phoenix Stadium FOX Joe Buck 43.1 65 97.5 148.3
New England (AFC) 14 Phoenix, AZ Troy Aikman
XLIII (’09) Pittsburgh (AFC) 27 Raymond James Stadium NBC Al Michaels 42.0 64 98.7 151.6
Arizona (NFC) 23 Tampa, FL John Madden
XLIV (’10) New Orleans (NFC) 31 Sun Life Stadium CBS Jim Nantz 45.0 68 106.5 153.4
Indianapolis (AFC) 17 Miami, FL Phil Simms
XLV (’11) Green Bay (NFC) 31 Cowboys Stadium FOX Joe Buck 46.0 69 111.0 162.9
Pittsburgh (AFC) 25 Arlington, TX Troy Aikman

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