When Does the 2019 NFL Season Start?

The 2019 NFL regular season starts on Thursday, September 5th.

Introduction

The 2019 NFL season will begin on Thursday, September 5, 2019. The regular season will end on December 29, 2019. The playoffs will begin on January 4 and 5, 2020, and the Super Bowl will be played on February 2, 2020.

The Regular Season

The NFL regular season typically starts the week after Labor Day. This year, the regular season will begin on September 5th. The regular season will consist of 17 weeks, with each team playing 16 games. The final game of the regular season will be played on December 29th.

Pre-Season

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. Beginning with the Pro Football Hall of Fame game in early August, five to six weekends of exhibition games are played. Most NFL teams play four exhibition games, while selected teams (usually those appearing in the previous season’s Super Bowl) play only three.

Preseason games are occasionally televised on major broadcast networks, but most are aired on cable television and over-the-air television stations in the market of the team playing. However, some national networks will air simulcasts of preseason games being shown in other markets.

Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday in early September. For 2019, the regular season runs from September 5 to December 29. All 32 NFL teams play 16 games during the regular season, which is divided into four weeks.

Week 1 of the NFL regular season usually falls on the first Thursday in September. The first NFL game of the 2019 season will be played on Thursday, September 5, 2019, between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The remaining 30 teams will play their opening games on Sunday, September 8 or Monday, September 9.

The Playoffs

The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically kicks off on the Thursday night after Labor Day. The 2019 NFL season will tentatively start on September 5, 2019. The season will end on December 29, 2019. Playoffs will start on January 4 and 5, 2020, with the Wild Card round. The Divisional Playoffs will be played on January 11 and 12, 2020. The Conference Championships are scheduled for January 19, 2020. The Super Bowl will be played on February 2, 2020, at the Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Wild Card Round

The 2019 NFL season will begin on September 5th, with the annual Kickoff Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The regular season will conclude on December 29th, and the playoffs will begin on January 4th, 2020.

The Wild Card Round of the playoffs will take place on January 4th-5th, with four games taking place over those two days. The four winning teams from the Wild Card Round will advance to the Divisional Round, which will take place on January 11th-12th. The four winning teams from the Divisional Round will advance to the Conference Championships, which will take place on January 19th.

The Super Bowl for the 2019 season is scheduled for February 2nd, 2020, and will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Divisional Round

The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A random draw determines which team plays which, and where.

The four divisional winners always host the first round games on Wild Card Weekend. In weeks two and three, the top seed hosts regardless of conference. Home field advantage does not necessarily guarantee that a team will win; for instance, in 2019, all four divisional winners were on the road during Wild Card Weekend, and only one won.

During Wild Card Weekend, four games are played on Saturday and four more on Sunday. The winners advance to Week 2, when there are again four games played on Saturday and four on Sunday. The winners of those games then advance to the Conference Championships, held on Sunday in two weeks’ time.

Finally, the Conference Champions face each other in the Super Bowl, held annually on a Sunday in early February.

Conference Championships

The Conference Championships are the penultimate round of the NFL playoffs. The four divisional winners from each conference compete in this round. The winners advance to the Super Bowl, the biggest game in American professional sports.

This year, the Conference Championships will be played on January 20, 2019. The AFC Championship game will be at 3:05pm EST, and the NFC Championship game will be at 6:40pm EST. Both games will be broadcast on CBS.

The Conference Championships are always played on Sunday afternoon. In odd-numbered years (like 2019), the AFC Championship is always played before the NFC Championship. This is because the Super Bowl is held in an even-numbered year (like 2020), and so the odd-numbered years have one fewer playoff game overall.

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 winners of the NFC and AFC conferences. The winner of the Super Bowl gets the Lombardi Trophy.

Conclusion

The 2019 NFL season is slated to begin on Thursday, September 5th.