The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers set a new viewership mark for a divisional playoff with Sunday’s epic match-up, according to Michael Mulvihill of Fox Sports. The Packers defeated the Cowboys 34-31 on Mason Crosby’s 51-yard field goal as time expired.
According to Fox, the late afternoon game drew a 28.2 major market overnight, beating the prime-time matchup on NBC, another down-to-the wire contest between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. That match-up drew a 21.2 overnight rating. Mulvihill tweeted the overnight rating for Packers-Cowboys peaked at a 34.2 and a 53 share from 6:45 p.