When Is The NFL Season Starting?
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The 2020 NFL regular season is scheduled to begin on Thursday, September 10th.
The Pre-Season
The National Football League (NFL) season usually starts in September. This is the regular season where each team plays 16 games. The pre-season is when each team plays 4 exhibition games to tune-up for the regular season. The pre-season starts in late August and continues through early September.
The first game is the Hall of Fame game.
The first game of the 2020 NFL season will be the Hall of Fame game on Thursday, August 6th. The game will feature the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pre-season lasts 4 weeks.
The National Football League season usually starts the week after Labor Day.
This year, the NFL preseason began on Thursday, August 1st and will conclude on Thursday, August 29th. The regular season will begin on Thursday, September 5th.
The Regular Season
The National Football League’s (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday (i.e., the first Sunday in September). Each team plays 16 games during the regular season.
The regular season starts the week after Labor Day.
The regular season for the National Football League (NFL) starts the week after Labor Day. For most of the country, this means that the season will start on Thursday, September 10th. The NFL season typically lasts 17 weeks, ending in early January. During the regular season, each team will play 16 games. The NFL playoffs will then begin, consisting of six teams from each conference (12 total teams). The playoffs will culminate with the Super Bowl, which is typically held in early February.
The regular season lasts 17 weeks.
The National Football League regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday in early September and runs until late December or early January. Each team plays 16 games during the regular season, with one bye week for each team between weeks four and twelve.
The Post-Season
The NFL post-season is set to begin on Saturday, January 9th. The top six seeds in each conference will face off in the Wild Card round. The four divisional winners will then have a bye in the Divisional round. The Conference Championships will be played on January 23rd. Lastly, the Pro Bowl will be played on January 30th.
The post-season starts the week after the regular season.
The National Football League’s post-season usually starts the week after the regular season ends. The NFL’s playoff system is a single-elimination tournament held each year to determine the league’s championship game, which is the Super Bowl.
The NFL’s post-season starts with four teams, known as the Wild Card round. The four teams that win in the Wild Card round advance to the Divisional round, where they each play one of the top two seeds in their respective conferences. The two winners of the Divisional round games then advance to the Conference Championships, with the winners of those games meeting in the Super Bowl.
The post-season lasts 4 weeks.
The length of the NFL season varies each year. The regular season is 16 weeks long, but the post-season can last anywhere from 3-4 weeks. The Super Bowl is always played on the first Sunday in February.
