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The season begins with the NFLs annual primetime kickoff game. The opener on September 8 on NBC (8:30 PM ET) will
spotlight the defending champion Denver Broncos hosting the Carolina Panthers in a Super Bowl 50 rematch at Sports
Authority Field at Mile High. It marks the first Super Bowl rematch played on Kickoff Weekend since 1970 (Kansas City-
Minnesota).
Week 1 is a FOX national weekend with the key doubleheader game on Sunday, September 11 (4:25 PM ET) featuring
the New York Giants at the Dallas Cowboys in a clash between NFC East rivals. Among the highlights in the 1:00 PM ET
window on Kickoff Weekend showcases the New York Jets at home on September 11 hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on
CBS.
NBCs Sunday Night Football gets underway on September 11 when the Arizona Cardinals host the New England Patriots
(8:30 PM ET) at University of Phoenix Stadium. Both clubs advanced to the Conference Championship Game last
season.
Kickoff Weekend concludes on Monday, September 12 with an ESPN Monday Night Football doubleheader. The
Washington Redskins will host the Pittsburgh Steelers (7:10 PM ET) in the first game followed by the return of the Los
Angeles Rams, who visit the San Francisco 49ers in the nightcap (10:20 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.
A select number of games will be cross-flexed, moving between CBS and FOX to bring potentially under-distributed
games to wider audiences. Some of those contests were announced today, including the Minnesota Vikings at Detroit
Lions (12:30 PM ET, CBS) on Thanksgiving Day and the Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks (4:25 PM ET, CBS) in
Week 11 (Sunday, November 20). Other cross-flexed games will be decided during the season.
The regular season will conclude with Week 17 on Sunday, January 1. For the seventh consecutive year, all 16 games
scheduled for Week 17 are division contests, enhancing the potential for more games with playoff ramifications.
Additionally, over the final three weeks there are 33 division games, tied for the most in NFL history.
In Week 2, the Rams will return home to Los Angeles when they host the Seattle Seahawks at the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum on Sunday afternoon (4:05 PM ET, FOX). That night in primetime (8:30 PM ET, NBC), the Minnesota Vikings
will open their new home U.S. Bank Stadium when they host the rival Green Bay Packers.
On Monday night, September 26, the New Orleans Saints will host the Atlanta Falcons at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The game will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina when the
Saints defeated the Falcons 23-3 on Monday night, September 25, 2006.
Thanksgiving will feature a tripleheader on Thursday, November 24. The first game will send the Minnesota Vikings 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 holiday concludes with the Indianapolis Colts hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on
NBC (8:30 PM ET).
In Week 16, the majority of games will be played on Saturday, December 24 due to the Christmas holiday, highlighted by
a primetime matchup on NFL Network between the Cincinnati Bengals visiting the Houston Texans (8:25 PM ET). There
will be two games played on Christmas the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Baltimore Ravens on NFL Network (4:30 PM
ET) followed by the Denver Broncos visiting the Kansas City Chiefs on NBC (8:30 PM ET).
The NFL will continue its International Series of regular-season games with three games being played in London and the
leagues return to Mexico City. On Sunday, October 2, the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Indianapolis Colts at
Londons Wembley Stadium (9:30 AM ET, CBS). In the first-ever NFL game at Twickenham Stadium, the Los Angeles
Rams will host the New York Giants on Sunday, October 23 (9:30 AM ET, NFLN). The following week, the Cincinnati
Bengals will host the Washington Redskins at Wembley on Sunday, October 30 (9:30 AM ET, FOX). The NFL will return
to Mexico City on Monday, November 21 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN) when the Oakland Raiders host the Houston Texans in the
first-ever Monday Night Football game to be played outside the United States.
This season, the NFL will use a Tri-Cast distribution model of broadcast (CBS/NBC), cable (NFL Network) and digital
(Twitter) for 10 Thursday Night Football games. CBS and NBC will each broadcast five Thursday Night Football games
which will be simulcast on NFL Network and streamed to a global audience across devices for free on Twitter. CBS will
start in Week 2 (Thursday, September 15) with the Buffalo Bills hosting the New York Jets (8:25 PM ET) and NBCs
package begins in Week 11 (Thursday, November 17) with the New Orleans Saints visiting the Carolina Panthers (8:25
PM ET). Additionally, NFL Network will also exclusively televise an eight-game schedule comprised of four Thursday
Night Football games, two late-season Saturday contests, a Sunday morning London matchup and a Christmas Day
game.
The NFLs 32 teams will each play 16 games over 17 weeks. Byes will begin in Week 4 and end in Week 13.
Flexible scheduling will be used in Weeks 10-15 and 17. Additionally, in Weeks 5-9, flexible scheduling may be used in
no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-15, 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. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on
Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. A flexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game.
For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to January 1. 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 prime time.
The playoffs will include four division winners and two wild cards from each conference. The playoffs begin with Wild Card
Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, January 7-8. The two division winners with the best records in each conference will
earn first-round byes.
Wild Card Weekend winners join the top two division champions in each conference in the Divisional Playoffs on Saturday
and Sunday, January 14-15. The AFC and NFC Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 22. The
winners meet two weeks later on Sunday, February 5 in Super Bowl LI at Houstons NRG Stadium (FOX).
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.
GAME LOCAL ET TV
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
GAME LOCAL ET TV
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
New York Giants at Green Bay Packers * 7:30p (CT) 8:30p NBC
Monday, October 10, 2016
WEEK 6
Thursday, October 13, 2016
New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams (London) 2:30p (BST) 9:30a NFLN
Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00p (ET) 1:00p CBS
Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions 1:00p (ET) 1:00p FOX
Oakland Raiders at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00p (ET) 1:00p CBS
New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs 12:00p (CT) 1:00p FOX
Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins 1:00p (ET) 1:00p CBS
Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets 1:00p (ET) 1:00p CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at San Francisco 49ers 1:05p (PT) 4:05p FOX
WEEK 8
Thursday, October 27, 2016
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers 1:05p (PT) 4:05p FOX
WEEK 10
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs 12:00p (CT) 1:00p FOX
Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders (Mexico City) 7:30p (CT) 8:30p ESPN
Byes: Atlanta, Denver, NY Jets, San Diego
WEEK 12
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Los Angeles Rams at New England Patriots 1:00p (ET) 1:00p FOX
Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints 12:00p (CT) 1:00p FOX
WEEK 14
Thursday, December 08, 2016
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00p (ET) 1:00p FOX
Denver Broncos at Tennessee Titans 12:00p (CT) 1:00p CBS
New York Jets at San Francisco 49ers 1:05p (PT) 4:05p CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers 3:25p (CT) 4:25p FOX
Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Rams 1:25p (PT) 4:25p FOX
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants * 8:30p (ET) 8:30p NBC
Monday, December 12, 2016
WEEK 16
Thursday, December 22, 2016
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
POSTSEASON
Super Bowl LI
Sunday, February 5, 2017
FOX
2016 NFC EAST TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Jan. 1 at Philadelphia Eagles 12:00 PM FOX Jan. 1 at Washington Redskins 1:00 PM FOX
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 NFC NORTH TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Dec. 11 Seattle Seahawks 3:25 PM FOX Dec. 11 at Jacksonville Jaguars 12:00 PM FOX
Dec. 18 at Chicago Bears 12:00 PM FOX Dec. 18 Indianapolis Colts 12:00 PM CBS
Dec. 24 Minnesota Vikings (Sat) 12:00 PM FOX Dec. 24 at Green Bay Packers (Sat) 12:00 PM FOX
Jan. 1 at Detroit Lions 12:00 PM FOX Jan. 1 Chicago Bears 12:00 PM FOX
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 NFC SOUTH TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Nov. 27 Arizona Cardinals 1:00 PM FOX Nov. 27 at Oakland Raiders 4:25 PM CBS
Dec. 4 Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 PM CBS Dec. 4 at Seattle Seahawks * 8:30 PM NBC
Dec. 11 at Los Angeles Rams 4:25 PM FOX Dec. 11 San Diego Chargers 1:00 PM FOX
Dec. 18 San Francisco 49ers 4:05 PM FOX Dec. 19 at Washington Redskins (Mon) 8:30 PM ESPN
Dec. 24 at Carolina Panthers (Sat) 1:00 PM FOX Dec. 24 Atlanta Falcons (Sat) 1:00 PM FOX
Jan. 1 New Orleans Saints 1:00 PM FOX Jan. 1 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 PM FOX
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 NFC WEST TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Dec. 24 at Seattle Seahawks (Sat) 2:25 PM FOX Dec. 24 San Francisco 49ers (Sat) 1:25 PM FOX
Jan. 1 at Los Angeles Rams 2:25 PM FOX Jan. 1 Arizona Cardinals 1:25 PM FOX
Dec. 24 at Los Angeles Rams (Sat) 1:25 PM FOX Dec. 24 Arizona Cardinals (Sat) 1:25 PM FOX
Jan. 1 Seattle Seahawks 1:25 PM FOX Jan. 1 at San Francisco 49ers 1:25 PM FOX
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 AFC EAST TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Sep. 22 Houston Texans (Thu) 8:25 PM CBS/NFLN/Twitter Sep. 25 at Kansas City Chiefs 4:25 PM CBS
Oct. 2 Buffalo Bills 1:00 PM CBS Oct. 2 Seattle Seahawks 1:00 PM FOX
Oct. 9 at Cleveland Browns 1:00 PM CBS Oct. 9 at Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 PM CBS
Oct. 16 Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 PM CBS Oct. 17 at Arizona Cardinals (Mon) 8:30 PM ESPN
Oct. 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers 4:25 PM CBS Oct. 23 Baltimore Ravens 1:00 PM CBS
Oct. 30 at Buffalo Bills 1:00 PM CBS Oct. 30 at Cleveland Browns 1:00 PM CBS
BYE Nov. 6 at Miami Dolphins 1:00 PM CBS
Nov. 13 Seattle Seahawks * 8:30 PM NBC Nov. 13 Los Angeles Rams 1:00 PM FOX
Nov. 20 at San Francisco 49ers 4:25 PM CBS BYE
Nov. 27 at New York Jets * 8:30 PM NBC Nov. 27 New England Patriots * 8:30 PM NBC
Dec. 4 Los Angeles Rams 1:00 PM FOX Dec. 5 Indianapolis Colts (Mon) 8:30 PM ESPN
Dec. 12 Baltimore Ravens (Mon) 8:30 PM ESPN Dec. 11 at San Francisco 49ers 4:05 PM CBS
Dec. 18 at Denver Broncos 4:25 PM CBS Dec. 17 Miami Dolphins (Sat) 8:25 PM NFLN
Dec. 24 New York Jets (Sat) 1:00 PM CBS Dec. 24 at New England Patriots (Sat) 1:00 PM CBS
Jan. 1 at Miami Dolphins 1:00 PM CBS Jan. 1 Buffalo Bills 1:00 PM CBS
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 AFC NORTH TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 AFC SOUTH TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD
2016 AFC WEST TEAM SCHEDULES
(All times local by market of team, ex. BAL, ET; DEN, MT)
Dec. 18 New England Patriots 2:25 PM CBS Dec. 18 Tennessee Titans 12:00 PM CBS
Dec. 25 at Kansas City Chiefs 6:30 PM NBC Dec. 25 Denver Broncos 7:30 PM NBC
Jan. 1 Oakland Raiders 2:25 PM CBS Jan. 1 at San Diego Chargers 3:25 PM CBS
Oct. 23 at Jacksonville Jaguars 10:00 AM CBS Oct. 23 at Atlanta Falcons 1:05 PM FOX
Oct. 30 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10:00 AM CBS Oct. 30 at Denver Broncos 1:05 PM CBS
Nov. 6 Denver Broncos * 5:30 PM NBC Nov. 6 Tennessee Titans 1:25 PM CBS
BYE Nov. 13 Miami Dolphins 1:05 PM CBS
Nov. 21 Houston Texans (Mexico City (Mon)) 5:30 PM ESPN BYE
Nov. 27 Carolina Panthers 1:25 PM CBS Nov. 27 at Houston Texans 10:00 AM CBS
Dec. 4 Buffalo Bills 1:05 PM CBS Dec. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:25 PM FOX
Dec. 8 at Kansas City Chiefs (Thu) 5:25 PM NBC/NFLN/Twitter Dec. 11 at Carolina Panthers 10:00 AM FOX
Dec. 18 at San Diego Chargers 1:25 PM CBS Dec. 18 Oakland Raiders 1:25 PM CBS
Dec. 24 Indianapolis Colts (Sat) 1:05 PM CBS Dec. 24 at Cleveland Browns (Sat) 10:00 AM CBS
Jan. 1 at Denver Broncos 1:25 PM CBS Jan. 1 Kansas City Chiefs 1:25 PM CBS
* - Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD