Jets’ 27-24 Win Most-Watched Sunday Night Game in NBC History
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The New York Jets’ 27-24 comeback victory over the Dallas Cowboys last night on NBC drew the highest overnight rating in the network’s six years of broadcasting Sunday night National Football League games.
The Jets victory, in which the team rallied from a 24-10 fourth-quarter deficit, was seen in 16.9 percent of U.S. homes in the top 56 metered television markets, NBC said in a statement citing Nielsen Media Research. It eclipsed a Sept. 20, 2009, game between the Cowboys and New York Giants and a 2010 game between the Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, both of which drew 16.5 ratings.