Who Plays Saturday Night Football This Week?
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If you’re looking for information on who plays Saturday night football this week, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll give you all the details on the matchups so you can plan your viewing schedule accordingly.
Introduction
Who Plays Saturday Night Football This Week? is a weekly article that tries to answer that very question.
Each week, we will take a look at the NFL schedule and try to identify which game might end up being the Saturday night televised game. We will also provide some background on each team and their recent history. This should give you a good idea of what to expect from each team on Saturday night.
Who Plays Saturday Night Football This Week?
It’s that time of the week again! Saturday night football is back and we can’t wait to watch our favourite teams battle it out on the field. So, who’s playing this week? Let’s take a look.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are an American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC.
In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-merger NFL, where they were the oldest team never to win a league championship, the Steelers of the post-merger era are one of the most successful NFL franchises. Since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, they have qualified for the NFL playoffs 27 times, winning nine Super Bowls along with eight AFC championships—both NFL records. The Steelers share the record for second most Super Bowl appearances with New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos, behind only Oakland Raiders and tied with Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. The Steelers lost their most recent championship appearance, Super Bowl XLV, on February 6, 2011.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957.
The Packers are the last of the “small town teams” which were common in the NFL during the league’s early days of 1922 and 1932. Founded in 1919 by Earl “Curly” Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. Between 1919 and 1920, the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and Michigan, before joining the American Professional Football Association (APFA), now known as the NFL, in 1921. Although Green Bay is by far the smallest major league market in North America, Forbes ranked the Packers as being worth US$1.025 billion in 2015 – making them could number 54 on their list of most valuable sports franchises worldwide. The Packers have won 13 league championships (including nine NFL titles before the Super Bowl era), more than any other team in NFL history, with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories.
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of downtown Boston.
Conclusion
The answer to this question depends on the week, as the Saturday night football game is usually scheduled close to the end of the week. You can usually find out who is playing by looking at the schedule for the upcoming week on the NFL website.
