What Time Is The First Nfl Game?
It’s time to get ready for some football! The first NFL game of the season is just around the corner. Here’s everything you need to know to make sure you don’t miss a minute of the action.
Thursday Night Football
The first NFL game of the 2018 season is just around the corner. Thursday Night Football will see the defending Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, take on the Atlanta Falcons. This will be the first time these two teams have met since the Eagles defeated the Falcons in the NFC divisional playoffs last season.
8:20 PM EST
The 2019 NFL regular season kicks off on Thursday, September 5th. The first game of the night is between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The game will be televised on NBC at 8:20 PM EST.
TV Channel- NBC
The NBC Television Network is an American broadcast television network, founded in 1926 as a radio network. It is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. In 1986, after the acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s assets during the latter part of 1985, the network was relaunched as “the NBC Television Network”, referring to its Comcast-owned cable counterpart, which continues to air programming under the brand.
Kickoff Time
The first game of the NFL season will be played on Thursday, September 10th at 8:20 pm EST. The game will be between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
8:20 PM EST
On Thursday, September 10th, the 2020 NFL season will kick off at 8:20 PM EST with a matchup between the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. The game will be played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and will be televised on NBC.
This will be the first time in NFL history that the season will begin on a Thursday night, as the league has pushed back the start of the season by two weeks in order to accommodate for potential schedule changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Both teams are coming into the game with high expectations, as the Chiefs are looking to repeat as Super Bowl champions while the Texans are hoping to make a deep run into the playoffs after falling just short last season.
The game is sure to be a exciting one and it will be interesting to see how both teams fare in what is sure to be a unique and challenging season.
