The reigning super bowl champion new england patriots will open the 2017 nfl season at gillette stadium to defend their championship on thursday, sept. Nfl thursday night football on nfl network tv listings and. Last year saw the debut of seasonlong thursday night football and the return of midweek primetime football on network cable. Subscribe to the nfl youtube channel to see immediate ingame highlights from your favorite teams and players, daily fantasy football updates, all your favorite nfl podcasts, and more. The nfl has released the full thursday night football schedule for the 2015 season. Oakland raiders at oakland alameda coliseum, oakland, california on 20 october 2017. Nfl game pass can be used with connected tv devices, tablets, desktop, and phones, in. Which two nfl teams are playing on thursday night football this week. Hall of fame weekend preseason week 1 preseason week 2 preseason week 3. Bears to open nfl season versus packers chicago bears. Thursday night football at san francisco 49ers, oct. The 2015 season was the mostwatched and highestrated thursday night football season ever.
The schedule includes 16 games that will be split between two networks. Nfl telecasts ranked and were five of the top 10 mostwatched shows of broadcast premiere week sept. Preseason games aired on nfl network will not be available until 72 hours after the conclusion of the telecast. Peyton manning and the denver broncos take on the kansas city chiefs on thursday night football, get ready for this divisional battle courtesy of nfl now. Last year saw the debut of season long thursday night football and the return of midweek primetime football on network cable. Tonights matchup will happen again on january 3rd in buffalo.
Hall of fame weekend preseason week 1 preseason week 2 preseason week 3 preseason week 4 week 1 week 2. Thursday night football is back for 2015, the nfl announced sunday. Espns monday night football had a blockbuster 2019, its best season of viewership since 2015, but the nfl is still thinking about tinkering with its schedule formula. 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. Nfl thursday night football tv show cancelled or season 12 renewed. This years schedule includes four primetime games, including the home. The miami dolphins 2020 regular season schedule will be officially unveiled thursday night, but it will include a primetime game against the jacksonville jaguars, sources have confirmed.
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, fans turn to nfl network. Nfl, cbs agree to thursday night football deal for 2015. Raiders on thursday night football this one doesnt take nearly as much convincing as other games. The first thursday night football game of the nfl season proved to be disastrous. The patriots have won their last seven thursday night games with a fourday turnaround from a sunday game excludes season openers. Nfl game pass can be used with connected tv devices, tablets, desktop, and phones, in hd. Here are just a few of the headlines from this season s thursday night games.
The bears have played the packers in green bay in prime time each of the past eight seasons. Thursday night football is, officially, heading to nfl network for the rest of the regular season. Smith sr i cant wait to watch seahawksfalcons week 1. The niners will host a divisionrival, the seattle seahawks, on thursday night football in week 7. Week 10 of the 2016 nfl season begins on thursday, nov. The league is exploring the idea of flexing monday night football games, according to a report monday from the sports business journal, to help with late season viewer apathy. And the 2020 thursday night football schedule is the most extensive yet. The nfl and cbs extended their thursday night football package for the 2015 season in an agreement that. Nfl thursday night football viewership 20152019 statista. Nfl network thursday night football results 2006present. With no thursday night football game today, we take a look at the nfl week 16 schedule, and how the christmas holiday has impacted this weeks games. Apr 21, 2017 the browns and jaguars do not get one, but the other 30 teams get at least one thursday game.
Only three players in nfl history have reached that mark. The cbs sunday national window bearsseahawks topped the charts with 22. Is there thursday night football nfl game today, dec. The 2015 schedule will be released on tuesday night at 8 pm. Seahawks 2015 schedule features franchiserecord five primetime.
Thursday night football is part of the primetime television schedule that also includes monday night football and sunday night football. The broncos will host the buffalo bills, miami dolphins, new orleans saints, tampa bay buccaneers and the tennessee titans. Since the current thursday night football format was introduced in 2006, the patriots have the best win percentage. Nfl thursday night football average viewers 20152019. Nov 12, 2019 the san francisco 49ers will be back on primetime in week 12 as they host aaron rodgers and the green bay packers. As the nfl season reaches the midway point for some teams, the jacksonville jaguars will be heading on the road to face the tennessee titans on thursday night football in nfl week 8.
Why this is symbolic of the leagues problem regarding the midweek slate. As part of its football week in america, the network will feature an encore presentation of the bears 2015 thanksgiving night win over the rival packers at lambeau field thursday night beginning at 8. It will mark the 200th regularseason win of tom bradys career. The nfl in a news statement in february said both cbs and nbc will broadcast five thursday night football games, growing the package to 10 broadcast games. Week, day, date, visiting team, final score, host team, stadium, network, significance, game notes. Virtually every team relies on at least one receiver who is taller than 61, with some owning a collection of them. Thursday night football 2016 will now have games on three possible different networks. Specific dates and start times for such designated week 15. Dallas cowboys offensive tackle cameron fleming 75 stands on the field during a nfl thursday night football game against the new orleans saints, thursday, nov. Buffalo bills beat new york jets as it happened sport. Mar 25, 2019 this will be the 14th straight season the bears will play the packers in a primetime game.
The thursday night football schedule in weeks 911 and weeks 1416, including two saturday games on december 19 and 26, will be televised on nfl network, and will be simulcast on overtheair. It was hardly smooth sailing though for the nfl, as their initiative. On december 16, 2015, it was reported that the nfl was shopping the tnf package as a oneyear deal with an option for a. Thursday night football often abbreviated as tnf, branded as thursday night football presented by bud light platinum for sponsorship reasons is the branding used for broadcasts of national football league nfl games that broadcast primarily on thursday nights. Share this article share tweet text email link chris strauss. But the seahawks will only play one game on monday night in 2015 a week 4. Oct 14, 2018 new england defeated kansas city, 343, on a monday night game in 2011, lost 4114 on monday night in 2014 and fell to the chiefs last season s thursday night game. As is tradition, the 2017 nfl season kicks off week 1 with a thursday night showcase of two of the best, but who will be playing this year.
Cleveland browns inside linebacker karlos dansby 56 chases the action during the nfl week 10 regular season football game against the cincinnati bengals on thursday, nov. The nfls slate of thursday games starts with the buffalo bills. Nfl thursday night football in addition to the traditional sunday and monday games, this 8part package features football games from early november to december on thursday nights. The 2017 thursday night football schedule was released on thursday night, along with the full league schedule for the nfl season. Eastern time, but games in the package also air occasionally on saturdays in the later. Thursday night games will be available three days after the game has ended. The cowboys used a big second half to take down the bears in chicago thursday night. About 2020 nfl schedule the 2017 nfl season is shaping up to be a difficult one to predict. The agreement carries an additional year at the nfls option. For the 2017 season, the nfl network will broadcast 18 regular season games under its thursday night football brand, 16 thursday evening contests 10 of which are simulcast on either nbc or cbs as well as one of the nfl international series games on a sunday morning and one of the 2017 christmas afternoon games.
The alltime series is tied 1616 in the regular season giants are plus3 in scoring differential and 44 in the postseason minus2, thus just one point separates the two teams in 20 overall meetings dating back to 1952. After simultaneously broadcasting the games on both cbs and the cable network, the league has. The game will be shown on nbcsn and streamed on and the nbc sports app. In the following season, all references to saturday night football were dropped, and any games that are not played on thursday such as in 2016, two christmas weekend games and an nfl international series game have since been branded as special editions of thursday night football, and later thursday night special or nfl network special. Two nfc east foes clash on thursday night football as week three of the 2015 season kicks off with the 11 washington redskins travelling to the 02 new york giants. The nfl has released the full thursday night football schedule for the 2016 season. To figure out which teams are most likely to face each other in super bowl lii in minneapolis in early 2018, youll have to sort out the sometimes conflicting opinions of experts, vegas oddsmakers and computer models. A team banner hangs on the sideline wall with an nfl network thursday night football banner during the cincinnati bengals nfl week 10 regular season football game against the cleveland browns on. Denver as the 2019 regular season comes to a close, the broncos opponents for the 2020 season have come into focus. In 2001, strahan completed what is widely considered to be one of the greatest seasons ever for a defensive player, breaking the 18yearold nfl single season sack record with 22.
The regularseason debut of thursday night football on cbs and nfl network has the denver broncos visiting the kansas city chiefs in a week 2 afc west matchup on sept. Get a first look at the new cbs thursday night football set. Weve seen this in recent years, the defending champion opening the season on thursday night. How to watch nfl games online, with or without cable. The 2015 nfl thursday night football schedule kicks off in week 2 sept. The game will be televised by cbs and the nfl network at. Sep 17, 2015 peyton manning and the denver broncos take on the kansas city chiefs on thursday night football, get ready for this divisional battle courtesy of nfl now. Kansas city holds a 183 edge over new england, including an 11 advantage in games played in kansas city and a 51 record at arrowhead stadium. Apr 23, 2020 the 2020 nfl draft begins on thursday night with the first round, and the tampa bay buccaneers will likely be on the clock around 9. In order to receive information and insight straight from the field, team headquarters, league. Following the conclusion of this afternoons games, all of denvers opponents are set. Thursday night football in the nfl has come on strong of late, as one of the new concepts for the league.
Thursday night football broadcasts will return to cbs and nfl network for the 2015 season, the league announced on sunday while cbs will produce all 16 of the games, the network will only air. The 2015 thursday night football schedule was released on tuesday night, along with the full league schedule for the season the season will open with the new england patriots hosting the. Apr 14, 2016 the 2016 thursday night football schedule was released on thursday night, along with the full league schedule for the nfl season. Beginning with the 2012 season, the network aired thursday night games and beginning in 2014, the telecasts were aired jointly by the nfl network and cbs. Thursday night football is the branding used for broadcasts of national football league nfl. Apr 21, 2015 the lasting image of the 2014 nfl season was malcolm butlers interception of russell wilson to end the super bowl.
Weekly view of the schedules including links to tickets, broadcast channels, and printable views. After its successful inaugural season under the arrangement, the nfl extended cbss contract for thursday night football into the 2015 season. New york ap the nfl and cbs have extended their thursday night football package for the 2015 season. The jets and bills are both now 54 and are tied with the 54 steelers in the afc wildcard race. George blanda 209, adam vinatieri 206 and gary anderson 201. Apr 22, 2015 2015 nfl schedule games grouped by start times and listed alphabetically by home team game. The cancellation reaper is stalking all the latest cancellation and renewal updates, so keep this page to hand to track nfl thursday night football season 12 status and release date news. The san francisco 49ers have announced their 2015 regular season schedule as well as the dates and times of their four preseason games. Dec 03, 2015 subscribe to the nfl youtube channel to see immediate ingame highlights from your favorite teams and players, daily fantasy football updates, all your favorite nfl network podcasts, and more. Falcons and broncos kick off nfl preseason in annual hall of fame game by bww news desk july 30, 2019 nbc sports 2019 nfl preseason coverage kicks off this thursday, aug. The san francisco 49ers will be back on primetime in week 12 as they host aaron rodgers and the green bay packers. The 49ers will play in front of a national audience four times throughout the 2015 regular season, including the firstever monday night football game at levis stadium in the season opener versus the minnesota vikings.