THE FLATS – Georgia Tech football’s 28-23 win over No. 4-ranked and previously unbeaten Miami (Fla.) drew an average of 3.46 million viewers on ESPN last Saturday, making it the highest-viewed college football game on cable television since Week One of the season.
The 3.46 million average viewers included a peak audience of 5.3 million viewers, as the Yellow Jackets held off the Hurricanes to move to 6-1 against nationally ranked Atlantic Coast Conference opponents since Brent Key took over as Tech’s head coach in 2022.
Overall, the Jackets’ win over Miami was the fourth-most-watched college football game of the season on cable. The largest audience to watch a college football game on cable in the United States this season remains Georgia Tech’s season-opening 24-21 win over Florida State on ESPN (4.99 million viewers), giving the Jackets two of cable’s four most-watched games of 2024.
Tech wins over FSU and Miami have also been two of the four most-watched ACC games of 2024 on any network (cable or broadcast TV).
Georgia Tech (6-4, 4-3 ACC) returns to ESPN on Thursday, Nov. 21 when it hosts NC State for a nationally televised ACC duel. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online by clicking HERE.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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