2020 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5/7/20

2020 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Complete 256-Game Regular-Season Schedule Available on

The NFL announced today its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2020, which kicks off on

Thursday night, September 10, in Kansas City and concludes with 16 division games on Sunday, January 3.

¡°The release of the NFL schedule is something our fans eagerly anticipate every year, as they look forward

with hope and optimism to the season ahead,¡± said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. ¡°In preparing to play

the season as scheduled, we will continue to make our decisions based on the latest medical and public health

advice, in compliance with government regulations, and with appropriate safety protocols to protect the health

of our fans, players, club and league personnel, and our communities. We will be prepared to make

adjustments as necessary, as we have during this off-season in safely and efficiently conducting key activities

such as free agency, the virtual off-season program, and the 2020 NFL Draft.¡±

The NFL¡¯s 101st season begins with the league¡¯s annual primetime kickoff game, as the defending Super Bowl

Champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on September 10 (8:20 PM ET,

NBC) in a rematch of the AFC Divisional playoffs.

Week 1 is a FOX national weekend with key divisional games on Sunday, September 13, featuring the Tampa

Bay Buccaneers at the New Orleans Saints (4:25 PM ET) and the Arizona Cardinals visiting the San Francisco

49ers (4:25 PM ET). CBS kicks off its coverage in Week 1 with a host of rivalry games, including the Baltimore

Ravens welcoming the Cleveland Browns (1:00 PM ET) and the Miami Dolphins traveling to New England to

face the Patriots (1:00 PM ET).

The 2020 NFL schedule, Powered by AWS, features the debut of two world-class venues ¨C SoFi Stadium in

Los Angeles and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Rams will meet the Dallas Cowboys on

NBC¡¯s Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET) on September 13 in their new home while the Los Angeles

Chargers welcome the Chiefs to SoFi Stadium in Week 2 on September 20 (4:25 PM ET, CBS). Also in Week

2, the Raiders host the first-ever regular-season NFL game in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium when they face

the New Orleans Saints on ESPN¡¯s Monday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, with a simulcast on ABC) on the 50th

anniversary of the first Monday Night Football game in 1970.

The ESPN slate begins with a Kickoff Weekend doubleheader. The New York Giants will host the Pittsburgh

Steelers on September 14 (7:15 PM ET) in the first game, followed by the Tennessee Titans visiting the

Denver Broncos in the nightcap (10:10 PM ET).

ESPN will televise one game each Monday night in Weeks 2-16. There will be no Monday night game on the

final regular-season weekend (Week 17) to provide more flexibility for the scheduling of the opening weekend

of the NFL playoffs.

All 32 clubs are again scheduled for at least one nationally televised Thursday, Sunday or Monday game.

Thursday Night Football will air exclusively on NFL Network in Weeks 2-4, while FOX kicks off its Thursday

night slate in Week 5. FOX will broadcast 10 Thursday Night Football games between Weeks 5-15 (excluding

Thanksgiving night) as well as the Friday, December 25, game between the Minnesota Vikings and New

Orleans Saints (4:30 PM ET). Those FOX games are slated to be simulcast via NFL Network, distributed in

Spanish on FOX Deportes, and streamed on Amazon Prime Video, beginning with Tampa Bay at Chicago on

October 8.

NFL Network will exclusively televise seven games ¨C with FOX producing the full slate of 18 games ¨C including

a very special Thursday night contest on September 17. On that day, the 100th birthday of the National

Football League, the Cleveland Browns will host the Cincinnati Bengals (8:20 PM ET), with the NFL Network

broadcast paying tribute to the birthplace of the NFL in nearby Canton, Ohio.

A select number of games will be ¡°cross-flexed,¡± moving between CBS and FOX to bring potentially underdistributed games to wider audiences. Some of those contests were announced today and other ¡°cross-flexed¡±

games will be decided during the season.

Thanksgiving will feature a tripleheader on Thursday, November 26. The first game will send the Texans to

Detroit to face the Lions (12:30 PM ET, CBS). The late afternoon game will feature the Washington Redskins

visiting the Dallas Cowboys (4:30 PM ET, FOX). The Thanksgiving Day festivities conclude with an AFC North

showdown as the Ravens travel to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers on NBC (8:20 PM ET).

The regular season will conclude with Week 17 on Sunday, January 3. For the 11th consecutive year, all 16

games scheduled for Week 17 are division contests, enhancing the potential for more games with playoff

ramifications.

The NFL¡¯s 32 teams will each play 16 games over 17 weeks. Byes will begin in Week 5 and end in Week 13.

¡°Flexible scheduling¡± will be used in Weeks 11-17. Additionally, in Weeks 5-10, flexible scheduling may be

used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-16, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night

Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the

tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.

For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to January 3. The

schedule does not list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be

moved to that time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks

and gives ¡°surprise¡± teams a chance to play their way into primetime.

Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday or Monday nights.

In each of Weeks 15 and 16, up to three of five designated matchups will be played on Saturday with the

remainder to be played on Sunday. Specific dates and start times for such designated Week 15 and Week 16

matchups will be determined and announced no later than four weeks prior to game day.

Beginning this year, two additional Wild Card teams ¨C one each in the American and National Football

Conferences ¨C will qualify for the playoffs. The No. 1 seed in each conference will receive a bye in the Wild

Card round. The remaining division champions in each conference with the best records will be seeded 2, 3,

and 4, followed by the next three teams per conference with the best records seeded 5, 6, and 7.

AFC and NFC Wild Card games will feature the 2 seed hosting the 7 seed, the 3 seed hosting the 6 seed and

the 4 seed hosting the 5 seed.

Wild Card Weekend for the 2020 season will consist of three games on Saturday, January 9, and three games

on Sunday, January 10, 2021.

The NFL last expanded the playoffs for the 1990 season, increasing from 10 to 12 the number of teams to

qualify for the postseason. Since 1990, at least four new teams have qualified for the playoffs that missed the

postseason the year before ¨C a streak of 30 consecutive seasons.

Wild Card Weekend winners join the top division champions in each conference in the Divisional Playoffs on

Saturday and Sunday, January 16-17. The AFC and NFC Championship Games will be played on Sunday,

January 24. The winners meet two weeks later on Sunday, February 7, in Super Bowl LV at Tampa Bay¡¯s

Raymond James Stadium (CBS).

The NFL is the only sports league that presents all regular-season and postseason games on free, over-the-air

television in local markets. All postseason games are televised nationally.

Westwood One will broadcast on radio all NFL primetime games, the three Thanksgiving Day games and the

entire NFL playoffs.

Fans can experience exciting NFL matchups in person by visiting their favorite team¡¯s website,

tickets, or on any NFL licensed ticketing channel. When purchasing tickets, be sure to

look for the authenticated NFL ticket logo or the NFL shield.

2020 NFL SCHEDULE

(Games grouped by start times and listed alphabetically by home team)

GAME

LOCAL

ET

TV

8:20p

NBC

WEEK 1

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (Thu)

7:20p (CT)

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

New York Jets at Buffalo Bills

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Las Vegas Raiders at Carolina Panthers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Los Angeles Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals

4:05p (ET)

4:05p

CBS

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

3:25p (CT)

4:25p

FOX

Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

1:25p (PT)

4:25p

FOX

Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams

5:20p (PT)

8:20p

NBC

Monday, September 14, 2020

Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants (Mon)

7:15p (ET)

7:15p

ESPN

Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos (Mon)

8:10p (MT)

10:10p

ESPN

8:20p

NFLN

WEEK 2

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns (Thu)

8:20p (ET)

Sunday, September 20, 2020

New York Giants at Chicago Bears

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Washington Redskins at Arizona Cardinals

1:05p (MST)

4:05p

FOX

Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans

3:25p (CT)

4:25p

CBS

Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers

1:25p (PT)

4:25p

CBS

New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks

5:20p (PT)

8:20p

NBC

8:15p

ESPN

8:20p

NFLN

Monday, September 21, 2020

New Orleans Saints at Las Vegas Raiders (Mon)

5:15p (PT)

WEEK 3

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars (Thu)

8:20p (ET)

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Los Angeles Rams at Buffalo Bills

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Tennessee Titans at Minnesota Vikings

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts

4:05p (ET)

4:05p

CBS

Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Chargers

1:05p (PT)

4:05p

CBS

Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals

1:25p (MST)

4:25p

FOX

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos

2:25p (MT)

4:25p

FOX

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks

1:25p (PT)

4:25p

FOX

7:20p (CT)

8:20p

NBC

8:15p

ESPN

8:20p

NFLN

Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints

Monday, September 28, 2020

Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens (Mon)

8:15p (ET)

WEEK 4

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Denver Broncos at New York Jets (Thu)

8:20p (ET)

Sunday, October 04, 2020

Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

Seattle Seahawks at Miami Dolphins

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Los Angeles Chargers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams

1:05p (PT)

4:05p

FOX

New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs

3:25p (CT)

4:25p

CBS

Buffalo Bills at Las Vegas Raiders

1:25p (PT)

4:25p

CBS

Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers

5:20p (PT)

8:20p

NBC

Monday, October 05, 2020

Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers (Mon)

7:15p (CT)

8:15p

ESPN

8:20p

FOX/NFLN/Amazon*

WEEK 5

Thursday, October 08, 2020

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears (Thu)

7:20p (CT)

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Denver Broncos at New England Patriots

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Arizona Cardinals at New York Jets

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Los Angeles Rams at Washington Redskins

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Miami Dolphins at San Francisco 49ers

1:05p (PT)

4:05p

FOX

Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns

4:25p (ET)

4:25p

CBS

New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys

3:25p (CT)

4:25p

CBS

Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks

5:20p (PT)

8:20p

NBC

8:15p

ESPN

8:20p

FOX/NFLN/Amazon*

Monday, October 12, 2020

Los Angeles Chargers at New Orleans Saints (Mon)

7:15p (CT)

WEEK 6

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills (Thu)

8:20p (ET)

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Detroit Lions at Jacksonville Jaguars

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

FOX

Washington Redskins at New York Giants

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans

12:00p (CT)

1:00p

CBS

Miami Dolphins at Denver Broncos

2:05p (MT)

4:05p

CBS

New York Jets at Los Angeles Chargers

1:05p (PT)

4:05p

CBS

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

4:25p (ET)

4:25p

FOX

Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers

5:20p (PT)

8:20p

NBC

8:15p

ESPN

8:20p

FOX/NFLN/Amazon*

Monday, October 19, 2020

Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys (Mon)

7:15p (CT)

WEEK 7

Thursday, October 22, 2020

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles (Thu)

8:20p (ET)

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

FOX

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens

1:00p (ET)

1:00p

CBS

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