Are There Any NFL Games on New Years Day?
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The answer to this question is a bit complicated. There are no NFL games on New Year’s Day itself, but there are usually a few games played on the day after New Year’s Day. However, this year there are no games scheduled for that day either.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world.
What NFL games are on New Years Day?
The NFL has a full slate of 16 games on New Years Day. The early games are:
Bills at Patriots
Jaguars at Texans
Lions at Packers
Panthers at Falcons
The late games are:
Bears at Vikings
Browns at Ravens
Buccaneers at Saints
Chiefs at Broncos
Colts at Raiders
Dolphins at Jets
Eagles at Giants
Rams at 49ers Seahawks at Cardinals Steeles at Bengals
How can I watch the NFL games on New Years Day?
The NFL will have four games on New Years Day 2021.
The NFL playoffs will start on Saturday, January 2nd, but there are actually four games on New Years Day as well.
Those four games are:
Texans vs Bills
Colts vs Ravens
Bears vs Saints
Rams vs Seahawks
Conclusion
The answer is no, there are no NFL games on New Years Day.