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Monday's Jaguars-Chiefs game among ESPN's all-time most-watched MNF games. Where it ranks
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More than 25 million people saw Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence fall to the turf and then scramble for a 1-yard touchdown with just 23 seconds left for a thrilling, come-from-behind 31-28 win over three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs at EverBank Stadium on Monday night.
The "Monday Night Football" game, with an average of 22.3 million viewers, was the most-watched game of Week 5 of the 2025 NFL season, ESPN said Oct. 9, citing numbers from Nielsen.
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But it ranks No. 6 overall in ESPN's 19-year history of MNF games, the cable network said, and its No. 1 Week 5 game over the same time period.
Monday's game in Jacksonville is one of three NFL games this season among ESPN's all-time most-watched games that include Week 1's matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears (22.1 million viewers, No. 8 overall) and Week 3's contest between the Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens (22.8 million viewers, No. 4 overall).
ESPN said viewership for Monday's game between the Jaguars and Chiefs was up 40% over last season's Week 5 matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Chiefs.
Gary T. Mills is deputy managing editor at The Florida Times-Union, where he has worked for more than 30 years.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars vs. Chiefs MNF game among most-watched NFL games for ESPN
