The first game in the regular season of the National Football League kicked off with 7 lakh Indian viewers tuned in to watch the early morning live telecast from 6 AM to 9 AM on 9th September. The match saw the highest viewership right at the start, then dipped to a lower but consistent viewership for the rest of the morning.

Among metropolitan cities in India, the match received the highest viewership in Bangalore which claimed a 28.6% share of the total viewership among these cities.