How Many Games are in a Regular NFL Season?
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The NFL regular season typically lasts for 17 weeks, during which each team plays 16 games. However, there are sometimes changes to the schedule, such as when games are rescheduled due to weather conditions.
Introduction
A regular NFL season consists of 16 games. Each team plays a total of 16 games, 8 at home and 8 away.
How Many Games are in an NFL Season?
In a regular NFL season, each team plays 16 games. There are a total of 256 games in an NFL season. The regular season starts in September and ends in December. The playoffs start in January and end in February with the Super Bowl.
Pre-Season
The National Football League (NFL) preseason is the period each year during which NFL teams play several not-for-the-record exhibition games before the regular season starts. Beginning with the featured Pro Football Hall of Fame game in early August, five weekends of preseason games are currently played in August and early September.
Regular Season
The regular season generally starts on the Thursday night following Labor Day (the first Monday in September) and runs weekly through early January. Most games are played on Sundays, although there are also Monday and Thursday night games. There are 16 regular season games in total, divided equally between the two conferences.
Post-Season
In a typical NFL season, each team plays 16 regular season games. In addition, there are 4 preseason games for each team. However, not every team makes the playoffs. The playoffs consists of 6 teams from each conference (12 teams total). The 4 division winners and 2 wild card teams from each conference compete in the playoffs. The Wild Card round is a single elimination game. The divisional round is a best of seven series. The conference championships are also a best of seven series. Lastly, the winner of each conference championship plays in the Super Bowl, which is a best of seven series.
Conclusion
There are 16 games in a regular NFL season.
