When Does the 2022 NFL Season Start?

The 2022 NFL regular season is tentatively scheduled to begin on September 8, 2022 and end on January 2, 2023.

Introduction

The NFL regular season is slated to begin on Thursday, September 8, 2022 and end on Sunday, January 1, 2023. The season will consist of 17 weeks, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. The 2022 NFL playoffs are scheduled to begin on Saturday, January 7, 2023 and end with the 2022 NFL Championship Game on Sunday, January 22, 2023.

What We Know So Far

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to the 2020 NFL season, but the league is hopeful that things will return to normal for the 2022 season. Here’s what we know so far about the 2022 NFL season.

Super Bowl LVI

Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be played on February 13, 2022, at a still to be determined stadium. The game will be broadcast on CBS.

This will be the second time that the Super Bowl will be played in Los Angeles, after Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003.

Preseason Games

The NFL schedule release for the 2021 season is still a ways off— Typically, the NFL schedule is released in mid-to-late April, but this season it was pushed back to May 12 due to ongoing pandemic-related concerns— but that doesn’t mean we can’t start looking ahead to next year.

When it comes to the 2022 NFL season, there are a few things we already know. First and foremost, the regular season will once again consist of 17 weeks and 256 games, kicking off on Thursday, September 8, 2022.

As for preseason games, those are typically played in August, though the exact dates have not yet been announced. In 2021, preseason games are scheduled to start on August 5.

Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) regular season is the portion of the season generally with the most meaning. The regular season began on Thursday, September 9, 2021, and will end on Sunday, January 2, 2022. Super Bowl LVI will be played on Sunday, February 6, 2022.

Schedule

The NFL regular season usually starts the week after Labor Day, which falls on September 6 in 2022. The first game of the season is typically scheduled for the Thursday night following that weekend, with the rest of the games played over the next 17 weeks. The NFL typically releases its full regular season schedule in mid- to late-April.

Game Times

The NFL regular season is typically 17 weeks long, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. The season generally starts the week after Labor Day and ends the week after Christmas.

The 2022 NFL regular season will begin on Thursday, September 8th and end on Sunday, January 8th, 2023.

Conclusion

The short answer is that the regular season will start on September 9th. The full schedule has not been released yet, but it will be available on the NFL website in the summer.

There are a few changes to the 2022 NFL schedule. The biggest one is that each team will now play 17 regular season games instead of 16. This is because the league has added an extra playoff spot for a total of 14 teams. In addition, there will be two bye weeks for each team instead of one.

The NFL preseason will begin on August 5th with the Hall of Fame Game. The regular season will end on January 8th, 2023 and the playoffs will conclude with the Super Bowl on February 5th, 2023.