When Does NFL Football Start?
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It’s that time of year again! Get ready for some football with our guide to when the NFL season starts.
When does the NFL regular season start?
The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins the week of September 7th.
What is the NFL 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.
The NFL regular season typically begins the week after Labor Day, and runs for 17 weeks until late December or early January. During the regular season, each team plays 16 games and has one bye week.
The NFL preseason typically begins in early August and runs for four weeks. During the NFL preseason, each team plays four games, two of which are played at home and two of which are played away.
The NFL playoffs begin in January, and the Super Bowl, the league’s championship game, is played in February.
How many NFL games are there in a 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 largest of them by revenue.
What are the NFL playoffs?
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Twelve teams from the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC) qualify for the playoffs. The four division winners in each conference (NFC East, NFC North, etc.) are seeded first through fourth based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best won-lost-tied records in each conference) are seeded fifth and sixth. In the first round, dubbed the Wild Card playoffs or Wild Card weekend, the sixth seed hosts the third seed, and the fifth seed hosts the fourth seed. These games are played on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The 1st and 2nd seeds from each conference then receive a bye to rest up for Round 2, which features those four teams playing against each other on either Saturday or Sunday.
What is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important American football game of the year. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is played between the two best teams in the NFL, and it is usually held in late January or early February.
