When Is The First Nfl Game This Year?

The first NFL game of the year is just around the corner! Get all the info you need to know about when and where to watch the game.

Before the Season Starts

The date for the first NFL game this year has not been announced yet. However, it is typically in early September. Keep an eye out for the announcement so you can be sure to catch the first game!

Training Camp

Training camp (or preseason) is a time when new players try out for the team. It is also a time for the existing players to bone up on their skills and for the coaching staff to assess the team’s strengths and weaknesses. Training camp usually starts in late July or early August and lasts about four weeks.

Preseason Games

Preseason games are exhibition games played before the regular season starts. These games do not count towards the regular season standings.

The NFL preseason is typically four weeks long, with each team playing four games. The preseason schedule is usually released in late April or early May.

The first NFL preseason game is typically the Hall of Fame Game, which is played at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. This game is usually played on the weekend of the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, which are held in early August.

The NFL regular season typically begins on the Thursday following Labor Day.

Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on Thursday, September 10th.

Kickoff Game

The NFL season kicks off Thursday, September 5th with the New England Patriots hosting the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This contest will be a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship game, which the Patriots won in overtime.

Thanksgiving Day Games

The NFL regular season typically kicks off on the Thursday night following Labor Day. This year, the first game is scheduled for September 10. However, there are two special games that are played on Thanksgiving Day.

The first Thanksgiving Day game was played in 1934, when the Detroit Lions took on the Chicago Bears. The Lions have hosted a game on Thanksgiving every year since, with the exception of 1939-1944 (due to World War II). In 2006, the NFL added a second Thanksgiving game, and since then, there have been two match-ups played each holiday.

This year, the Dallas Cowboys will host the Carolina Panthers at 4:30pm ET, followed by the Lions hosting the Minnesota Vikings at 8:30pm ET.

Playoffs

The first NFL game this year is the Wild Card Playoffs. The Wild Card Playoffs are the first round of the NFL playoffs. The Wild Card Playoffs are played on Wild Card weekend, which is the weekend after the regular season ends.

Wild Card Round

In the Wild Card Round, the four wild card teams play each other in two games. The winners of those games advance to the Divisional Round.

Divisional Round

The NFL Divisional Round Playoff Schedule for this year is as follows:

-Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers (Saturday, January 16th at 4:35 pm ET on FOX)
-Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (Saturday, January 16th at 8:15 pm ET on NBC)
-Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs (Sunday, January 17th at 3:05 pm ET on CBS)
-Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (Sunday, January 17th at 6:40 pm ET on FOX)

Conference Championships

The Conference Championships are the penultimate round of the NFL playoffs. The winners of each conference’s Championship game will advance to the Super Bowl. The Conference Championships are typically played on the first Sunday in February.

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is the culmination of a regular season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl XLVII was played at Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 3, 2013. The most recent Super Bowl was played on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The game pits the champion of the National Football Conference (NFC) against the champion of the American Football Conference (AFC). Each conference has 16 teams in total, and each team playes a 16-game schedule. After the conclusion of every NFL regular season, six teams from each conference compete in playoff games leading to a conference champion being crowned. Finally, these two conference champions meet in the Super Bowl – considered by many to be the biggest single sporting event in North America.

The first official NFL championship game was held in 1933; however two “unofficial” NFL championships were held prior to this date – one in 1932 and another in 1926. These earlier championship games were contested between professional football’s two best teams at that time – whichever squads happened to have completed their regular seasons with the best won-loss records.( from Wikipedia)