The game scored a 16.8 for Channel 11 on Sunday night. Closest in the TV ratings was Big Brother on Ch. 21 at 3.0.
The 16.8 translates to 438,000 homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. That’s way up from the 13.9 (about 363,000 homes) the Cowboys-Chargers pulled for the preseason opener.
By contrast, the St. Louis Rams-Tennessee Titans earned a 0.9 Sunday night on Channel 4.