What does the NFL schedule 2024/25 look like?
All games including the International Games including the NFL Munich 2024 game, the games on Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as the explanation for the rather complicated NFL game plan composition.
NFL Schedule 2024 – Dates of Week 9
The NFL schedule 2024 kicks off in Week 9 on Thursday night (November 1, 1:15 a.m. German time) with the New York Jets against the Houston Texans.
On Sunday at 7:00 p.m., eight games will be on the program at the same time. Among others, the Buffalo Bills will face the Miami Dolphins in the AFC East division duel.
With the Nw York Giants vs. Washington Commanders from the NFC East, there is another division duel in the first Sunday slot.
Sunday evening offers four games at the same time from 10:00 p.m. – two start at 10:05 p.m. and two start at the same time at 10:25 p.m. (including the NFC West division duel of the Seattle Seahawks – LA Rams).
In the “Sunday Night Game”, the Indianapolis Colts will be guests of the Minnesota Vikings. The “Monday Night Game” on Monday night will mark the end of Week 9 on the NFL schedule – with Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
NFL Schedule 2024 – all Regular Season dates
The 2024/25 NFL schedule begins on September 5 with Week 1. The last round of the NFL regular season schedule will take place on the weekend of January 4-6.
The start of the 2024 NFL playoffs is scheduled for January 11-13. Three rounds are scheduled before the grand finale.
Super Bowl 2025 – the glamorous final game of the NFL championship – will take place on February 9 in New Orleans.
NFL Schedule – Dates of the International Games 2024
In the 2024/25 season, there will also be five International Games again!
Three International Games will take place in London (Great Britain), one in Munich (Germany) and one in Rio (Brazil) in the 2024/25 season.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London – the only purpose-built NFL stadium outside the United States – will once again host two international games. The third London game on the 2024 NFL schedule will take place at Wembley Stadium.
In Germany, after two games were played in Frankfurt last year, it is now Munich’s turn again.
And then there is another premiere in the 2024 NFL schedule: the NFL Brazil Game – the first NFL game in South America! This will take place at the Corinthians Sao Paulo football stadium.
The Carolina Panthers are coming to Munich and the Allianz Arena. The game date is November 10, when they will face the New York Giants.
The Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars will travel to London, where they will play two London Games in the 2024 NFL schedule.
The Philadelphia Eagles will play the Green Bay Packers in the South American premiere in Sao Paulo on September 6.
The game in Brazil also brings a curious change. For the first time in 50 years, a game at the beginning of the season will be played on Friday (American time). Normally, the season always starts with the traditional opening game on Thursday, the big game day on Sunday and the Monday Night Game.
NFL schedule 2024 for Thanksgiving and Christmas
The annual Thanksgiving tripleheader (November 28, 2024) will once again feature some big-name teams on the 2024 NFL schedule. And it will also be a holiday for football fans!
This season, the NFL schedule will again feature three Thanksgiving games. In addition, a “Black Friday Game” is sure to be added again, as it was for the first time last season.
So far, Black Friday has been known primarily for shopping bargains. But in 2023, the Friday after Thanksgiving will go down in history as an NFL game day for the first time.
NFL Schedule 2024 for Christmas & New Year’s Eve
Last year, three games were played on Christmas Day, which was a Monday. These three games were among the five most-viewed NFL games on Christmas Day since 1988.
The NFL has announced that there will be two games on Christmas Day in the 2024 NFL schedule.
Although December 25 this year falls on a Wednesday, the NFL will have two games on that day.
This was announced by the league in the form of Hans Schroeder, the NFL Executive Vice President of Media Distribution, at the Annual League Meeting at the end of March. This will be a first in the history of the National Football League, as none of the “Christmas Games” played so far have taken place on a Wednesday.
Which Christmas games are on the NFL schedule for 2024?
Two games will be played on December 25. The first is Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs, the second is between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens.
Special feature: Both games will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix!
The mode for the 2024/25 NFL schedule
The NFL schedule for the 2024/25 season also consists of a total of 18 matchdays, with each team having a bye week once. This means that each team plays 17 games in the season.
This is how the NFL schedule with 17 games is created:
- The four teams from one division always play one home and one away game against each other ⇒ 6 games
- Each year, a team from a division plays against all four teams from another division in its own conference. (Every three years, all divisions in a conference are played through in this way) ⇒ 4 games
- According to a 4-year rotation principle, each team plays once against all four teams from another division in the other conference. Two games of them in their own stadium and two away. ⇒ 4 games
- In addition, the NFL schedule includes games against the teams in your own conference that finished in the same place in the standings last year – 1 home and 1 away (except for the division against which the team is already playing according to the current NFL schedule). ⇒ 2 Games
- The 17th game is a game against another team from the respective other conference that has the same table position in its division. The division against which a team is playing anyway is excluded, and there is also a rotation between the remaining divisions. ⇒ 1 Game
This NFL schedule guarantees that all teams will play every other team at least once every four years and will play at every other team’s stadium at least once every eight years.
