How Long Does the NFL Season Last?

The NFL regular season typically lasts 17 weeks, from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas.

NFL Season Length

The NFL season typically kicks off in early September and runs until late December or early January. This leaves fans with a long break between the end of the season and the start of the next one. How long does the NFL season last?

Pre-season

The NFL season starts with the preseason. This is when all of the teams play four exhibition games against other NFL teams. The preseason starts in early August and ends in late August.

During the preseason, the NFL teams try out different players and test out different game strategies. The preseason games do not count towards the regular season standings.

The regular season starts in September and ends in December. There are 16 regular season games for each team.

The NFL playoffs start in early January and end with the Super Bowl in early February. The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament where the winner of each game advances to the next round until there is only one team left, who is crowned the champion of the NFL.

Regular season

The NFL regular season traditionally runs for 17 weeks, from early September through late December. Each team plays 16 games and has one bye week during the season. The NFL postseason starts in January, with the playoffs leading up to the Super Bowl.

Post-season

The NFL season typically runs from late September to early January, with each team playing 16 regular season games. The top teams from each conference then compete in the playoffs, culminating in the Super Bowl – the biggest event in American football.

The post-season tournament begins with the Wild Card round, where four teams from each conference (the two division winners and the two Wild Card teams with the best records) play each other. The winners of these games then progress to the Divisional round, where they compete against the top seed from their conference.

The Divisional round winners move on to the Conference Championships, before the two best teams in the league face off in the Super Bowl.

How long does each NFL season last?

The NFL season typically lasts 17 weeks, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. The regular season starts in September and ends in December or early January. The NFL playoffs then follow, culminating in the Super Bowl in early February.

Pre-season

The NFL Pre-Season is four weeks long, with each team playing four games. Pre-season games are typically played against teams in the same conference, but sometimes teams from different conferences will play each other.

Regular season

The regular season of the National Football League (NFL) is the period of ten weeks during which NFL teams play each other to decide who will make it to the playoffs.

This year, the regular season began on September 5th and will end on December 29th. Including pre-season and post-season games, the NFL season typically lasts around eight months.

Post-season

The post-season of the National Football League (NFL) begins in January of the following year after the conclusion of the regular season. Depending on how a team has performed during the regular season, it will either compete in a single-elimination Wild Card game, a Divisional game, or directly in one of the Conference Championship games. The winners of each Conference Championship game then advance to compete in the Super Bowl, which is the biggest annual sporting event in the United States.