When Is The Nfl Regular Season Over?
Wondering when the NFL’s regular season will be over? Check out this blog post for all the details!
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) regular season typically runs from the first week of September to the first week of December. After that, the top teams in each conference (the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC)) play each other in the playoffs leading up to the Super Bowl, which is usually held in early February.
The Regular Season
The Pre-Season
The NFL regular season typically runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week.
The pre-season begins in early August with the Hall of Fame game, which is played at the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The following week, all 32 teams play at least one preseason game, most of which are televised regionally.
The preseason generally consists of four games, with each team playing two home games and two away games. The order of the games is determined by a rotation set up by the NFL prior to the start of the season; for example, in 2008, all four AFC East teams played their first preseason game against an NFC West team.
The Regular Season
The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the Labor Day holiday (the first Monday in September in the United States). It consists of sixteen weeks in which each of the league’s 32 teams plays a 16-game schedule. All of the teams are placed within one of two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC), and each conference is then further divided into four divisions: East, West, North, and South.
The NFL regular season ends on New Year’s Day with a tripleheader of AFC and NFC wild card playoff games. The playoffs then continue for three more weekends, culminating with the Super Bowl, which is held on the first Sunday in February and pits the champions of the AFC against those of the NFC.
The Post-Season
The NFL regular season is over, and the post-season is about to begin! The post-season is a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the Super Bowl, the biggest and most important American football game of the year.
The post-season starts with the Wild Card round, in which the four lowest-seeded teams in each conference (the NFC and AFC) play each other. The winners of these games move on to the Divisional round, where they face the top two seeds in their respective conferences. The winners of these games then move on to the Conference Championships, with the victorious teams from the NFC and AFC facing off against each other in the Super Bowl.
So when is the NFL regular season over? The answer is: it depends on how your team did! If your team made it to the post-season, then their regular season is over and they’ll be playing in one of the playoff games. But if your team didn’t make it to the playoffs, then their regular season is also over—it just ends a little earlier.
Conclusion
The NFL regular season is typically 16 weeks long, but it can vary from year to year. The last regular season game is typically played on the first Sunday in January, but the date can vary depending on when the playoffs start.
