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NFL Week 1 set viewing record for kickoff weekend

Sundays and Monday nights are meant for football, and NFL fans proved as much during the opening week of the 2015 regular season.

Greg Aiello, a spokesman for the league, shared that it was the most-watched kickoff weekend in NFL history.

With avg of 19.9 million viewers for games on CBS, ESPN, FOX & NBC, 2015 was most-watched NFL KO Weekend ever. #NFLFanRecord Thank you!

— Greg Aiello (@gregaiello) September 16, 2015

Viewers were treated to exciting finishes with the Miami Dolphins’ 17-10 victory over the Washington football team and Dallas Cowboys’ 27-26 comeback win over the New York Giants, Marcus Mariota’s captivating debut for the Tennessee Titans and the St.