How Many NFL Games Are Left in the Season?
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Are you wondering how many NFL games are left in the season? Well, wonder no more! We’ve got all the information you need right here.
How Many Games are in the NFL Season?
The 2016 NFL season is nearing its end, with only a few weeks left in the regular season. Then, the postseason will begin, culminating in the Super Bowl on February 5th. So, how many NFL games are left in the season?
Including the playoffs, there are a total of 19 NFL games left in the season. The playoffs will consist of Wild Card Weekend (January 7-8), Divisional Playoffs (January 14-15), the Conference Championships (January 22), and finally, the Super Bowl (February 5).
How Many Games have been Played so Far this 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.
This season, 256 games have been played so far.
How Many Games are Left in the Season?
The regular season is over and the playoffs are in full swing. So, how many NFL games are left in the season?
The answer, of course, depends on how far your team has made it in the playoffs. If you’re a fan of a team that didn’t make the playoffs, or was promptly knocked out in the Wild Card round, then there are no more NFL games for you to watch this season.
If your team made it to the Divisional Round, then there are four games left in the season: two on Saturday, January 12th and two on Sunday, January 13th.
The Championship games will be played on Sunday, January 20th, followed by the Pro Bowl on Sunday, January 27th.
And finally, the ultimate goal for every team (and every fan), the Super Bowl, will be played on Sunday, February 3rd.
What is the NFL Playoff Schedule?
The NFL playoff schedule is set each year before the season begins. The playoffs begin on the weekend of Wild Card Weekend (typically the third weekend in January) and end with Super Bowl Sunday (usually the first Sunday in February).
There are four rounds of playoffs in total. The first round, Wild Card Weekend, features four games: two on Saturday and two on Sunday. The winners of those games advance to the Divisional Round, which takes place the following weekend. The Divisional Round features four more games: two on Saturday and two on Sunday. Again, the winners of those games advance, this time to the Conference Championships.
The Conference Championships take place on the penultimate weekend of the NFL season, with two games played back-to-back on Sunday afternoon. The winners of those games advance to Super Bowl Sunday, when the AFC champion takes on the NFC champion in a winner-takes-all showdown for the Lombardi Trophy.
How Many Teams make the Playoffs?
How many teams make the NFL playoffs? Twelve. The top two seeds in each conference get a first-round bye, while the other four teams in each conference play each other in the Wild Card round. The winners of those four games advance to the Divisional round, where they play the top two seeds in their respective conferences. The winners of those four games advance to the Conference Championships, with the winners of those two games meeting in the Super Bowl.
What are the First Round Playoff Matchups?
The first round of the NFL playoffs are set. Wild Card weekend will feature four games, with two on Saturday and two on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Indianapolis Colts will take on the Houston Texans at 4:35 p.m. ET, followed by the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Dallas Cowboys at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Then on Sunday, the Los Angeles Chargers will travel to Baltimore to play the Ravens at 1:05 p.m. ET, and finally, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Chicago Bears at 4:40 p.m. ET.
The divisional round of the playoffs will be played on January 12-13, with the conference championships set for January 20. The 53rd Super Bowl will be played on February 3 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Who will Win the Super Bowl?
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Seven teams from each of the two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A four-round playoff system is used. In the first round, called the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The top two seeds from each conference receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, called the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed #4, #5 or #6), while the number 2 seed will play against either seed number 3 or [[Seed (sports)|seed]] #6 from among those remaining. The two surviving teams from each conference’s divisional playoff games then meet in conference championship games, called simply conference championships, to determine each conference’s champion and participant in Super Bowl LIV, set for February 2, 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/playoffs/bracket|title=NFL
Who will win Super Bowl LIV?
