Who’s Playing Tonight in the NFL?
Can’t wait for tonight’s game? Wondering who’s playing? Check out our blog for a rundown of tonight’s NFL matchups.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league composed of 32 teams. The NFL preseason begins in August, with the regular season beginning in September and ending in December. Each team plays 16 games during the regular season, with a bye week occurring between weeks 4 and 5. The NFL postseason begins in January, with the Wild Card Round, followed by the Divisional Round, then the Conference Championships, and finally Super Bowl Sunday.
NFL Teams
There are 32 teams in the NFL, separated into two conferences — the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference is then split into four divisions, with four teams in each.
The eight divisions are:
-AFC East: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets
-AFC North: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers
-AFC South: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
-AFC West: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers
-NFC East: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins
-NFC North: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers , Minnesota Vikings
-NFC South: Atlanta Falcons , Carolina Panthers , New Orleans Saints , Tampa Bay Buccaneers
-NFC West: Arizona Cardinals , Los Angeles Rams , San Francisco 49ers , Seattle Seahawks
NFL Schedule
The 2019 NFL regular season is here! Check out the full schedule below to see who’s playing tonight, and be sure to catch all the action on NFL Network.
Thursday, September 5
8:20 PM ET – Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears (NFL Network)
Sunday, September 8
1:00 PM ET – New Orleans Saints at Houston Texans ( FOX)
4:25 PM ET – Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals ( FOX)
8:20 PM ET – Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots ( NBC)
Monday, September 9
8:15 PM ET – Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders ( ESPN)
NFL Scores
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 professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL’s 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
The league was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself as the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL agreed to merge with Joe Carr’s National Football League in June 1921, one month before its 1922 launch. In 1934, it adopted its current name following conclusions of league meetings including an ownership change that resulted from Congress intervening following widespread concerns about too much gambling on pro football games during the Great Depression; that law also mandated an annual draft to occur every year starting in 1936. The most recent major revision to league structure occurred in 2002 with further refinement occurring during subsequent seasons until its centennial celebration during 2012.
