How Many Games Are in an NFL Season?
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The NFL regular season is seventeen weeks long, and each team plays sixteen games.
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.
The Length of an NFL Season
Pre-Season
Once training camp is over, the NFL season starts with four weeks of preseason games. These exhibition games don’t count towards the regular season record, but they give fan a first chance to see their team in action. Most starters only play in the first preseason game, if they play at all. The goal of the preseason is to get everyone ready for the rigors of a 16-game regular season schedule.
Regular Season
A regular NFL season consists of 16 games played by each of the league’s 32 teams. The season starts on the first Sunday in September (or the last Sunday in August if the first Sunday falls on September 1) and runs until late December or early January. There are bye weeks, during which each team does not play, spread throughout the season.
Post-Season
The regular season is over, and now it’s time for the playoffs! The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion.
There are four rounds of playoffs: Wild Card, Divisional, Conference, and Super Bowl. Six teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs: the four division winners and two wild card teams. The playoff seedings are determined by each team’s record in the regular season.
In the Wild Card round, the third seed plays the sixth seed, and the fourth seed plays the fifth seed. The divisional round features the top seed playing the lowest remaining seed, and the second seed playing the other remaining team.
The winners of each divisional game then advance to their respective conference’s championship game (the AFC Championship for AFC teams and NFC Championship for NFC teams). The two conference champions play in the Super Bowl, which is considered one of America’s biggest annual sporting events.
How Many Games Are in an NFL Season?
The NFL regular season is 16 games long. This means that, out of the 256 total games played by all NFL teams during the year, 256 of them are regular season games. 16 games is the minimum amount of games that can be played in a season, as per the NFL’s rules.
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 2020 NFL season, the preseason will be reduced from four games per team to three games per team. Many fans believe that the preseason is not worth watching because the starters do not play much, and the games do not count towards standings.
Regular Season
The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically starts in late September and ends in December. Each team plays 16 games during the regular season, which is divided into a four-week preseason and a 17-week regular season. The NFL playoffs begin in January, and the top two teams from each conference compete in the Super Bowl, which is held in February.
Post-Season
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 North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL’s 17-week regular season runs from September to December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
Conclusion
In conclusion, there are 256 games in an NFL season. This includes the preseason, regular season, and playoffs. There are 16 games in the preseason, 16 games in the regular season, and 4 games in the playoffs.
