How Many NFL Games Per Season?

How Many NFL Games Per Season?

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically runs from September through December, with each team playing 16 games. However, there are sometimes changes to the schedule, such as when games are moved due to weather conditions. The NFL playoffs usually begin in January, and the championship game, known as the Super Bowl, is typically held in early February.

How Many Regular Season Games are There?

There are 16 NFL regular season games in a season. This has been the case since 1978, when the league expanded from 14 games to 16. Each team plays a total of 16 games, eight at home and eight on the road.

Preseason Games

In the National Football League (NFL), the preseason is the time when teams play exhibition games before the regular season starts.

Preseason games are not included in a team’s record for the regular season.

The NFL preseason typically lasts four weeks, with each team playing four exhibition games.

The exact dates of the NFL preseason are determined by the league each year.

Regular Season Games

The regular season for the National Football League (NFL) consists of 16 games for each of the league’s 32 teams. The 16 game schedule was implemented in 1978. Prior to that, there were 14 games in the regular season. The regular season runs from September to December. There are typically two bye weeks for each team during the regular season, meaning that each team plays 16 games out of a possible 20 over the course of 17 weeks.

Postseason Games

In addition to the seventeen regular season games, each NFL team plays one additional game against a division opponent. These games are played during Wild Card Weekend, the opening weekend of the playoffs. Six teams from each conference compete in these Wild Card games, with the three division winners from each conference receiving a bye to the Divisional Round.

The Divisional Round features the six Wild Card winners playing the three division winners from their respective conference. The four winning teams from the Divisional Round advance to the Conference Championships, where they compete to determine which team will represent their conference in the Super Bowl.

The NFL playoffs culminate with the Super Bowl, which is played between the two conference champions. The winner of the Super Bowl is crowned as the NFL champion for that season.

How Many Games are in a Season?

The NFL regular season typically begins in September and ends in December. Depending on how your team is doing, you may or may not make it to the playoffs which are held in January. The NFL season is made up of 16 games.

Preseason

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 September. The start of the preseason is intrinsically tied to the last week of training camp.

Most NFL teams play four preseason games, while some teams play only three. There has been a recent trend for NFL teams to reduce the number of preseason games they play, as many starters do not participate in more than a couple of series. The New England Patriots have been an exception to this trend, choosing to play four preseason games each year since 2000; their reasoning is that the extra game allows for better evaluation of younger and newer players on their roster.

Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday (i.e., the first Sunday in September). After 16 weeks, it culminates with the NFL Playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the league’s championship game, the Super Bowl.

Postseason

The NFL regular season typically runs from the beginning of September to the end of December, with each team playing 16 games.

The playoffs follow a tournament format, and begin in January. The top six teams from each conference (based on regular season records) qualify for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1-4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the two wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6.

A first-round bye is given to the top two seeds in each conference. In the first round of the playoffs, Seeds 1 and 2 are given a bye; Seed 3 plays Seed 6, and Seed 4 plays Seed 5.

The winners of these first playoff games then advance in the tournament, with each winner playing one of the remaining two winning teams in their conference. These second-round playoff games are played on January 10-11;
the AFC Championship Game is played on January 18 and the NFC Championship Game is played on January 25.

The winners of each conference’s championship game then advance to Super Bowl Sunday, which is typically held on the first Sunday in February.

Conclusion

16 games is the minimum, with 4 preseason and 12 regular season games. If a team makes it to the conference championship game, they will play 2 more games. If a team makes it to the Super Bowl, they will play 1 more game.