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Not only did Michigan football beat Ohio State, 42-27, on Saturday, but a whole lot of people got to see it happen.
In person, it was the biggest crowd to watch a football game anywhere, as tends to be the case at The Big House. The official attendance read 111,156. But a whole lot more watched at home.
According to Fox, The Game drew 15,893,000 viewers, which is the biggest audience for any football game this season no matter the network, and the biggest college football game that Fox has ever broadcast. So it’s even that much more of a win-win for Michigan, and a lose-lose for Ohio State.
With 15,893,000 viewers on FOX, Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan matchup ranks as @CFBonFOX’s most watched college football game ever 🥇
Starting at 11:00 AM ET, #BigNoonKickoff scored 3,392,000 viewers, it’s best regular season performance ever 🎉 pic.twitter.com/f5fOtaM4Hv
— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) December 1, 2021
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Given that Michigan will pretty much have sole custody of prime time this weekend when it’s in the Big Ten Championship game for the first time — the ACC Championship game between Wake Forest and Pitt takes place concurrently — it’ll be interesting to see if the Wolverines can grow that number, especially considering there will be a lot of angry Buckeyes and Spartans who will assuredly tune in to hate-watch.
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