List of Sunday Night Football results (2006–present)

The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League (NFL) games aired on NBC under the game package NBC Sunday Night Football. The list includes Pro Football Hall of Fame Game results, regular season results, and post-season game results, all produced by NBC Sports, from the 2006 NFL season to the present.

The NFL instated a new "flex-scheduling" policy in which the NFL could choose a game to be aired in primetime on NBC based on the team's current performance and record. Previously, Sunday night NFL games were televised by ESPN, from 1987–2005, and TNT, from 1990–1997.

Starting with the 2006 NFL season, NBC was awarded the rights to air Sunday night primetime American football games, as well as the rights to air two games of the NFL playoffs. In February 2009, NBC concluded their third season of the game package by broadcasting Super Bowl XLIII and the 2009 Pro Bowl from Honolulu, Hawai'i. The game package also includes broadcast rights to the NFL Kickoff Game, the late-night Thanksgiving game (beginning in 2012), and the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. If the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game airs at the same time as the Summer Olympics, the game is sold to one of the NFL's other media partners instead (ESPN, ABC, CBS, Fox, NFL Network, or Prime Video) due to NBC's broadcast rights to the Games.

The 2021 season marked the first time that NBC streamed its entire SNF season on its Peacock streaming service. Beginning in 2023, Peacock will also exclusively stream one national regular season game per year. All games are in primetime at 8:20 p.m. Eastern Time Zone unless stated otherwise.

"Flex-scheduling" gamePlayoff game/Super Bowl broadcast on NBCPeacock exclusive game

2000s

2006

In 2006, NBC Sunday Night Football wrapped up its inaugural season averaging 17.5 million viewers, 1.2 million viewers better than Monday Night Football in 2005 on ABC and the best viewership number for the network primetime NFL package in six years (18.5 million on ABC in 2000). The season featured pop singer Pink singing the anthem for SNF called "I've Been Waiting All Day For Sunday Night." This would be the only season the tentatively scheduled games during the flex period were not publicly announced.

Al Michaels and John Madden, who were with ABC Monday Night Football from 2002–2005, were selected to announce NBC Sunday Night Football games beginning in 2006. Michaels became an instant staple on NBC Sunday Night Football thanks to his strong reputation on ABC Monday Night Football since joining them in 1986.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and NFL Kickoff game, both of which were part of ABC Monday Night Football in 2003, 2004, and 2005, moved to NBC Sunday Night Football in 2006. The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game had previously been part of ABC Monday Night Football since 1998.

This was also the first season the Indianapolis Colts started SNF games at the same local time with other teams in the Eastern Time Zone, as the State of Indiana began observing Daylight Saving Time earlier in the year.

The September 10 game marked the first time two brothers started against each other as quarterbacks: Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts, and Eli Manning of the New York Giants.

There was no game played on October 22 because it overlapped with Game 1 of the 2006 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers, along with Christmas Eve night; NBC broadcast the latter week's game (Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys) on Christmas afternoon instead. ESPN aired the Christmas night match between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, marking the first time since 1997 both networks aired a game on the same day. However, the broadcast of Football Night in America continued at its regular time on both occasions each Sunday, with a half-hour version of the program airing before the Christmas game and the two "Wild Card Saturday" games.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 6Oakland Raiders16–10Philadelphia EaglesFawcett StadiumFirst Pro Football Hall of Fame Game to air on NBC.
1ThursdaySeptember 7Miami Dolphins17–28Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldFirst game on NBC since the 1997 NFL season.
SundaySeptember 10Indianapolis Colts26–21New York GiantsGiants StadiumManning Bowl
2SundaySeptember 17Washington Redskins10–27Dallas CowboysTexas StadiumCowboys–Redskins rivalry
3SundaySeptember 24Denver Broncos17–7New England PatriotsGillette Stadium2005 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
4SundayOctober 1Seattle Seahawks6–37Chicago BearsSoldier Field
5SundayOctober 8Pittsburgh Steelers13–23San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium
6SundayOctober 15Oakland Raiders3–13Denver BroncosInvesco Field at Mile HighBroncos–Raiders rivalry
7SundayOctober 22No game was scheduled against the 2006 World Series
8SundayOctober 29Dallas Cowboys35–14Carolina PanthersBank of America Stadium
9SundayNovember 5Indianapolis Colts27–20New England PatriotsGillette StadiumColts–Patriots rivalry
Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry
10SundayNovember 12*Chicago Bears38–20New York GiantsGiants StadiumBears–Giants rivalry
11SundayNovember 19*San Diego Chargers35–27Denver BroncosInvesco Field at Mile HighBroncos–Chargers rivalry
12SundayNovember 26*Philadelphia Eagles21–45Indianapolis ColtsRCA Dome
13SundayDecember 3*Seattle Seahawks23–20Denver BroncosInvesco Field at Mile HighBroncos–Seahawks rivalry
14SundayDecember 10*New Orleans Saints42–17Dallas CowboysTexas Stadium
15SundayDecember 17*Kansas City Chiefs9–20San Diego ChargersQualcomm StadiumChargers–Chiefs rivalry
16MondayDecember 25Philadelphia Eagles23–7Dallas CowboysTexas StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
17SundayDecember 31*Green Bay Packers26–7Chicago BearsSoldier FieldBears–Packers rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 6Kansas City Chiefs8–23Indianapolis ColtsRCA Dome4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Dallas Cowboys20–21Seattle SeahawksQwest Field8 p.m. Kickoff

*This was the only season that no game was initially scheduled for NBC in the affected weeks of flexible scheduling.

2007

In 2007, there was no game broadcast on October 28 due to Game 4 of the 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies, although Football Night in America aired at its usual time that week. Also, a tentative full-season schedule was unveiled, including games in the last seven weeks of the season. Those games could be replaced under flexible scheduling if the need arose. Three of the games in the last seven weeks were eventually replaced with more compelling matches. This resulted in the situation—twice—of having a team playing consecutive Sunday nights. The New England Patriots played consecutive Sunday nights: their November 18 game at the Buffalo Bills was moved to prime time, replacing the Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks game, and was subsequently followed on November 25 by their already scheduled home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Likewise, the Washington Redskins played a scheduled game at the New York Giants on December 16, and their December 23 game at the Minnesota Vikings was moved to prime time, replacing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at San Francisco 49ers game. Also, due to playoff implications, the December 30, Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts game was flexed to prime time, replacing the Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets game. Thus, the Colts played in the Kickoff game against the New Orleans Saints (due to winning Super Bowl XLI) and the regular season finale. The same rules under which CBS and Fox protected games for their own packages still applied. The 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game produced by NFL Network as part of Thursday Night Football on Saturday, December 29 was also simulcast on NBC and CBS. The game, however, was part of the Thursday Night Football package NFL Network had the rights to at the time, and as such, is not featured on this list.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
1ThursdaySeptember 6New Orleans Saints10–41Indianapolis ColtsRCA Dome
SundaySeptember 9New York Giants35–45Dallas CowboysTexas StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2SundaySeptember 16San Diego Chargers14–38New England PatriotsGillette Stadium2006 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
3SundaySeptember 23Dallas Cowboys34–10Chicago BearsSoldier Field
4SundaySeptember 30Philadelphia Eagles3–16New York GiantsGiants StadiumEagles–Giants rivalry
2006 NFC Wild Card playoff rematch
5SundayOctober 7Chicago Bears27–20Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
6SundayOctober 14New Orleans Saints28–17Seattle SeahawksQwest Field
7SundayOctober 21Pittsburgh Steelers28–31Denver BroncosInvesco Field at Mile HighBroncos–Steelers rivalry
8SundayOctober 28No game was scheduled against the 2007 World Series
9SundayNovember 4Dallas Cowboys38–17Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
10SundayNovember 11Indianapolis Colts21–23San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium
11SundayNovember 18*New England Patriots56–10Buffalo BillsRalph Wilson StadiumBills–Patriots rivalry
12SundayNovember 25Philadelphia Eagles28–31New England PatriotsGillette Stadium
13SundayDecember 2Cincinnati Bengals10–24Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldBengals–Steelers rivalry
14SundayDecember 9Indianapolis Colts44–20Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium2006 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
15SundayDecember 16Washington Redskins22–10New York GiantsGiants StadiumGiants–Redskins rivalry
16SundayDecember 23**Washington Redskins32–21Minnesota VikingsHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
17SundayDecember 30***Tennessee Titans16–10Indianapolis ColtsRCA DomeColts–Titans rivalry
Last SNF game at RCA Dome.
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 5Washington Redskins14–35Seattle SeahawksQwest Field4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Jacksonville Jaguars31–29Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field8 p.m. Kickoff

*Bears–Seahawks game was flexed out for the Patriots–Bills game.
**Buccaneers–49ers game was flexed out for the Redskins–Vikings game.
***Chiefs–Jets game was flexed out for the Titans–Colts game. This was the only year that tentative opponents were scheduled for the last game of the season.

2008

NBC Sunday Night Football's 2008 schedule began on September 4 with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants defeating the Washington Redskins in the NFL Kickoff game. On September 7, the Indianapolis Colts hosted the Chicago Bears in the first game at Lucas Oil Stadium. 2008 marked the third consecutive year that both the Colts and Giants would be featured in the NBC Sunday Night Football opening week games. As a result, the Manning brothers were used in commercial advertisements.

The 2008 edition of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game aired on NBC because the 2008 Summer Olympics did not begin until Friday, August 8.

The 2008 schedule, released April 15, continued the current practice of a scheduled game possibly being moved in favor of a more compelling one during Weeks 11 through 16 (November 16 through December 21), but left the slot open on the final Sunday, December 28. The NFL Kickoff Game between the Redskins and Giants that was played on September 4 started at 7 p.m. instead of the normal 8:30 p.m. time in order to avoid conflict with the nomination speech that John McCain gave at the 2008 Republican National Convention that night; the game ended at 10:01 p.m. EDT, averting any conflict. As in previous years, one Sunday night (October 26) featured no game broadcast due to Game 4 of the 2008 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies, although Football Night in America aired as usual that week.

The October 19, Seattle Seahawks-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game featured Cris Collinsworth substituting for John Madden as the color commentator, the first time Madden had missed calling a game in 28 years. He had taken the week off because he would have had to make three straight cross country trips after calling games in Jacksonville and San Diego. (He traveled by bus because of a fear of flying.) The New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks game on December 7 was dropped in favor of a Washington Redskins-Baltimore Ravens flex schedule game. The San Diego Chargers-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on December 21 was dropped in favor of a Carolina Panthers-New York Giants game to determine home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. The Week 17 game was purposely not chosen when the schedule was initially released, and the Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers game was picked up for it to determine the winner of the AFC West division.

On Wild Card weekend, the Atlanta Falcons and Arizona Cardinals both made their debuts on SNF in the 4:30 EDT game on January 3. The San Diego Chargers hosted the Indianapolis Colts in the primetime game later that evening.

Super Bowl XLIII, the first aired as part of this package took place on February 1 in Raymond James Stadium, with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Arizona Cardinals 27–23. It was the first Super Bowl to air on NBC since Super Bowl XXXII in 1998.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 3Indianapolis Colts16–30Washington RedskinsFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 4Washington Redskins7–16New York GiantsGiants StadiumGiants–Redskins rivalry
SundaySeptember 7Chicago Bears29–13Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumFirst NFL game at Lucas Oil Stadium
2SundaySeptember 14Pittsburgh Steelers10–6Cleveland BrownsCleveland Browns StadiumBrowns–Steelers rivalry
3SundaySeptember 21Dallas Cowboys27–16Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldCowboys–Packers rivalry
4SundaySeptember 28Philadelphia Eagles20–24Chicago BearsSoldier Field
5SundayOctober 5Pittsburgh Steelers26–21Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville Municipal Stadium2007 AFC Wild Card playoff rematch
6SundayOctober 12New England Patriots10–30San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium2007 AFC Championship Game rematch
7SundayOctober 19Seattle Seahawks10–20Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James Stadium
8SundayOctober 26No game was scheduled against the 2008 World Series
9SundayNovember 2New England Patriots15–18Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumColts–Patriots rivalry
10SundayNovember 9New York Giants36–31Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles–Giants rivalry
11SundayNovember 16Dallas Cowboys14–10Washington RedskinsFedExFieldCowboys–Redskins rivalry
12SundayNovember 23Indianapolis Colts23–20San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium2007 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
13SundayNovember 30Chicago Bears14–34Minnesota VikingsHubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeBears–Vikings rivalry
14SundayDecember 7*Washington Redskins10–24Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium
15SundayDecember 14New York Giants8–20Dallas CowboysTexas StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2007 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
16SundayDecember 21**Carolina Panthers28–34 (OT)New York GiantsGiants StadiumFirst overtime SNF game during the NBC era.
17SundayDecember 28Denver Broncos21–52San Diego ChargersQualcomm StadiumBroncos–Chargers rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 3Atlanta Falcons24–30Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Indianapolis Colts17–23 (OT)San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium2007 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
8 p.m. Kickoff
Super Bowl XLIIISundayFebruary 1Pittsburgh Steelers27–23Arizona CardinalsRaymond James StadiumFirst Super Bowl to air on NBC since 1998.
Last SNF game and last Super Bowl to air on analog television.
6:30 p.m. Kickoff
2009 Pro BowlFebruary 8NFC30–21AFCAloha StadiumLast Pro Bowl to air on analog television.

*Patriots–Seahawks game was flexed out for the Redskins–Ravens game.
**Chargers–Buccaneers game was flexed out for the Panthers–Giants game.

2009

This season marked the last time no SNF game would be scheduled against the World Series. Also Cris Collinsworth replaced John Madden as the full-time color broadcaster as Madden retired in the offseason.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 9Buffalo Bills18–21Tennessee TitansFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 10Tennessee Titans10–13 (OT)Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldSteelers–Titans rivalry
SundaySeptember 13Chicago Bears15–21Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
2SundaySeptember 20New York Giants33–31Dallas CowboysCowboys StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
3SundaySeptember 27Indianapolis Colts31–10Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium
4SundayOctober 4San Diego Chargers28–38Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field2008 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
5SundayOctober 11Indianapolis Colts31–9Tennessee TitansLP FieldColts–Titans rivalry
6SundayOctober 18Chicago Bears14–21Atlanta FalconsGeorgia Dome
7SundayOctober 25Arizona Cardinals24–17New York GiantsGiants Stadium
8SundayNovember 1No game was scheduled against the 2009 World Series
9SundayNovember 8Dallas Cowboys20–16Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
10SundayNovember 15New England Patriots34–35Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumColts–Patriots rivalry
Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry
11SundayNovember 22Philadelphia Eagles24–20Chicago BearsSoldier Field
12SundayNovember 29Pittsburgh Steelers17–20 (OT)Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumRavens–Steelers rivalry
2008 AFC Championship Game rematch
13SundayDecember 6*Minnesota Vikings17–30Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium
14SundayDecember 13Philadelphia Eagles45–38New York GiantsGiants StadiumEagles–Giants rivalry
2008 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
15SundayDecember 20Minnesota Vikings7–26Carolina PanthersBank of America Stadium
16SundayDecember 27Dallas Cowboys17–0Washington RedskinsFedExFieldCowboys–Redskins rivalry
17SundayJanuary 3Cincinnati Bengals0–37New York JetsGiants StadiumOnly non-divisional Week 17 SNF matchup until 2024.
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 9New York Jets24–14Cincinnati BengalsPaul Brown Stadium4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Philadelphia Eagles14–34Dallas CowboysCowboys StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
8 p.m. Kickoff

*Patriots-Dolphins game was flexed out for the Vikings-Cardinals game.

2010s

2010

Beginning with this season, the Week 17 matchup is now always against divisional opponents, per new NFL regulations. In addition, the one on NBC features at least one divisional rival with playoff implications on the line. Examples of playoff implications include, but aren't limited to the following: if only one team will qualify a win, if only one team or both teams will qualify if the game ends in a tie, if one team already qualifies before the game and the other has already been eliminated, or if both teams already qualify before the game starts and seeding within their respective conference still needs to be determined. This became an NBC tradition for SNF. Also beginning with this season, there would be no more rescheduling due to the World Series.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 8Dallas Cowboys16–7Cincinnati BengalsFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 9Minnesota Vikings9–14New Orleans SaintsLouisiana SuperdomeSaints–Vikings rivalry
2009 NFC Championship Game rematch
SundaySeptember 12Dallas Cowboys7–13Washington RedskinsFedExFieldCowboys–Redskins rivalry
2SundaySeptember 19New York Giants14–38Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumManning Bowl rematch
3SundaySeptember 26New York Jets31–23Miami DolphinsSun Life StadiumDolphins–Jets rivalry
4SundayOctober 3Chicago Bears3–17New York GiantsNew Meadowlands StadiumBears–Giants rivalry
5SundayOctober 10Philadelphia Eagles27–24San Francisco 49ersCandlestick Park
6SundayOctober 17Indianapolis Colts27–24Washington RedskinsFedExField
7SundayOctober 24Minnesota Vikings24–28Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Vikings rivalry
8SundayOctober 31Pittsburgh Steelers10–20New Orleans SaintsLouisiana Superdome
9SundayNovember 7Dallas Cowboys7–45Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldCowboys–Packers rivalry
10SundayNovember 14New England Patriots39–26Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldPatriots–Steelers rivalry
11SundayNovember 21New York Giants17–27Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles–Giants rivalry
12SundayNovember 28San Diego Chargers36–14Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium
13SundayDecember 5Pittsburgh Steelers13–10Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumRavens–Steelers rivalry
14SundayDecember 12Philadelphia Eagles30–27Dallas CowboysCowboys StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
2009 NFC Wild Card playoff rematch
15SundayDecember 19Green Bay Packers27–31New England PatriotsGillette Stadium
16TuesdayDecember 28*Minnesota Vikings24–14Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field
17SundayJanuary 2St. Louis Rams6–16Seattle SeahawksQwest FieldRams–Seahawks rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 8New Orleans Saints36–41Seattle SeahawksQwest Field"Beast Quake"
4:30 p.m. Kickoff
New York Jets17–16Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium2009 AFC Championship Game rematch
8 p.m. Kickoff

*Chargers-Bengals game was flexed out for the Vikings-Eagles game. The game was then postponed to Tuesday night due to the December 2010 North American blizzard.

2011

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 7Chicago BearsN/ASt. Louis RamsFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
Cancelled due to the 2011 NFL lockout.
1ThursdaySeptember 8New Orleans Saints34–42Green Bay PackersLambeau Field
SundaySeptember 11Dallas Cowboys24–27New York JetsMetLife Stadium
2SundaySeptember 18Philadelphia Eagles31–35Atlanta FalconsGeorgia Dome
3SundaySeptember 25Pittsburgh Steelers23–20Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium
4SundayOctober 2New York Jets17–34Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium
5SundayOctober 9Green Bay Packers25–14Atlanta FalconsGeorgia Dome2010 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
6SundayOctober 16Minnesota Vikings10–39Chicago BearsSoldier FieldBears–Vikings rivalry
7SundayOctober 23Indianapolis Colts7–62New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
8SundayOctober 30Dallas Cowboys7–34Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
9SundayNovember 6Baltimore Ravens23–20Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
2010 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
10SundayNovember 13New England Patriots37–16New York JetsMetLife StadiumJets–Patriots rivalry
2010 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
11SundayNovember 20Philadelphia Eagles17–10New York GiantsMetLife StadiumEagles–Giants rivalry
12SundayNovember 27Pittsburgh Steelers13–9Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
13SundayDecember 4*Detroit Lions17–31New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
14SundayDecember 11New York Giants37–34Dallas CowboysCowboys StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
15SundayDecember 18Baltimore Ravens14–34San Diego ChargersQualcomm Stadium
16SundayDecember 25Chicago Bears21–35Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
2010 NFC Championship Game rematch
17SundayJanuary 1Dallas Cowboys14–31New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 7Cincinnati Bengals10–31Houston TexansReliant Stadium4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Detroit Lions28–45New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome8 p.m. Kickoff
2012 Pro BowlSundayJanuary 29NFC41–59AFCAloha Stadium
Super Bowl XLVIFebruary 5New York Giants21–17New England PatriotsLucas Oil StadiumGiants–Patriots rivalry
Super Bowl XLII rematch
6:30 p.m. Kickoff

*Colts–Patriots game was flexed out for the Lions-Saints game.

2012

The 2012 NFL Kickoff Game aired on Wednesday, September 5 to prevent conflicts with the acceptance speech of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

The December 16 game between the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots was interrupted for 25 minutes for NBC to cover President Barack Obama's speech in reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting the previous Friday. Coverage aired on NBC Sports Network and CNBC until the speech ended, after which NBC resumed airing the game.

The Week 17 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins attracted an average of 30.3 million viewers and remains the most-watched NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast as of today.

This season marked the first time the primetime Thanksgiving game would air on NBC, which also made it the first Thanksgiving game to air on NBC since 1997.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
1WednesdaySeptember 5Dallas Cowboys24–17New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
First NFL Kickoff Game to air on a Wednesday.
SundaySeptember 9Pittsburgh Steelers19–31Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile HighBroncos–Steelers rivalry
2011 AFC Wild Card playoff rematch (3:16 game)
2SundaySeptember 16Detroit Lions19–27San Francisco 49ersCandlestick Park
3SundaySeptember 23New England Patriots30–31Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumPatriots–Ravens rivalry
2011 AFC Championship Game rematch
4SundaySeptember 30New York Giants17–19Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles–Giants rivalry
5SundayOctober 7San Diego Chargers24–31New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
6SundayOctober 14Green Bay Packers42–24Houston TexansReliant Stadium
7SundayOctober 21Pittsburgh Steelers24–17Cincinnati BengalsPaul Brown StadiumBengals–Steelers rivalry
8SundayOctober 28New Orleans Saints14–34Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High
9SundayNovember 4Dallas Cowboys13–19Atlanta FalconsGeorgia Dome
10SundayNovember 11Houston Texans13–6Chicago BearsSoldier Field
11SundayNovember 18Baltimore Ravens13–10Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
12ThursdayNovember 22New England Patriots49–19New York JetsMetLife Stadium"Butt Fumble"
Jets–Patriots rivalry
NBC primetime Thanksgiving debut.
First Thanksgiving game to air on NBC since 1997.
SundayNovember 25Green Bay Packers10–38New York GiantsMetLife StadiumGiants–Packers rivalry
2011 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
13SundayDecember 2Philadelphia Eagles33–38Dallas CowboysCowboys StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
14SundayDecember 9Detroit Lions20–27Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldLions–Packers rivalry
15SundayDecember 16San Francisco 49ers41–34New England PatriotsGillette Stadium
16SundayDecember 23*San Francisco 49ers13–42Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field49ers–Seahawks rivalry
17SundayDecember 30Dallas Cowboys18–28Washington RedskinsFedExFieldCowboys–Redskins rivalry
Winner: NFC East Champions
Loser: Eliminated
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 5Cincinnati Bengals13–19Houston TexansReliant Stadium2011 AFC Wild Card playoff rematch
4:30 p.m. Kickoff
Minnesota Vikings10–24Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Vikings rivalry
8 p.m. Kickoff
2013 Pro BowlSundayJanuary 27AFC35–62NFCAloha Stadium

*Chargers–Jets game was flexed out for the 49ers–Seahawks game.

2013

The Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens played the 2013 NFL Kickoff Game on the road due to a scheduling conflict with the Baltimore Orioles, who were hosting a 4-game series with the Chicago White Sox.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 4Miami Dolphins20–24Dallas CowboysFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 5Baltimore Ravens27–49Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High2012 AFC Divisional playoff rematch (Mile High Miracle)
SundaySeptember 8New York Giants31–36Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2SundaySeptember 15San Francisco 49ers3–29Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field49ers–Seahawks rivalry
3SundaySeptember 22Chicago Bears40–23Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
4SundaySeptember 29New England Patriots30–23Atlanta FalconsGeorgia Dome
5SundayOctober 6Houston Texans3–34San Francisco 49ersCandlestick Park
6SundayOctober 13Washington Redskins16–31Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Redskins rivalry
7SundayOctober 20Denver Broncos33–39Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumPeyton Manning's return to Indianapolis
Andrew Luck's SNF debut
8SundayOctober 27Green Bay Packers44–31Minnesota VikingsHubert H. Humphrey MetrodomePackers–Vikings rivalry
2012 NFC Wild Card playoff rematch
9SundayNovember 3Indianapolis Colts27–24Houston TexansReliant StadiumColts–Texans rivalry
10SundayNovember 10Dallas Cowboys17–49New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
11SundayNovember 17*Kansas City Chiefs17–27Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile HighBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
12SundayNovember 24Denver Broncos31–34 (OT)New England PatriotsGillette StadiumTom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry
13ThursdayNovember 28Pittsburgh Steelers20–22Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumRavens–Steelers rivalry
Mike Tomlin is fined $100,000 for interfering with a Jacoby Jones kickoff return.
SundayDecember 1New York Giants24–17Washington RedskinsFedExFieldGiants–Redskins rivalry
14SundayDecember 8**Carolina Panthers13–31New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz SuperdomePanthers–Saints rivalry
15SundayDecember 15Cincinnati Bengals20–30Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldBengals–Steelers rivalry
16SundayDecember 22***Chicago Bears11–54Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field
17SundayDecember 29Philadelphia Eagles24–22Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 4Kansas City Chiefs44–45Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium4:30 p.m. Kickoff
New Orleans Saints26–24Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field8 p.m. Kickoff
2014 Pro BowlSundayJanuary 26Team Rice22–21Team SandersAloha StadiumLast Pro Bowl to air on NBC.

*Packers–Giants game was flexed out for the Chiefs–Broncos game.
**Falcons–Packers game was flexed out for the Panthers–Saints game.
***Patriots–Ravens game was flexed out for the Bears–Eagles game.

2014

Starting in the 2014 season, NBC was allowed to flex games beginning in week 5. All the previous flexible scheduling rules apply but on a limited basis. Only two games between weeks 5–10 could be flexed per season; weeks 11–17 (excluding Thanksgiving Night) flex rules were still the same as in previous years. However, despite these changes, NBC did not flex a single one of their originally scheduled games, which marked the first season since 2005 that none of the originally scheduled Sunday night games for the entire season (other than week 17) were flexed out. NBC held the rights to broadcast one Wild Card game and one Divisional game in the playoffs as opposed to two Wild Card games, lasted through 2019 in which the playoffs were contested amongst 12 teams.

The tradition of having the Super Bowl champion host the NFL Kickoff game returned after a 1-year hiatus, and the Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks hosted the Green Bay Packers.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 3New York Giants17–13Buffalo BillsFawcett StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 4Green Bay Packers16–36Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink FieldPackers–Seahawks rivalry
First Kickoff Game since 2012 to be hosted by a defending Super Bowl champion.
SundaySeptember 7Indianapolis Colts24–31Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High
2SundaySeptember 14Chicago Bears28–20San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
3SundaySeptember 21Pittsburgh Steelers37–19Carolina PanthersBank of America Stadium
4SundaySeptember 28New Orleans Saints17–38Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
5SundayOctober 5Cincinnati Bengals17–43New England PatriotsGillette Stadium
6SundayOctober 12New York Giants0–27Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles–Giants rivalry
7SundayOctober 19San Francisco 49ers17–42Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High
8SundayOctober 26Green Bay Packers23–44New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
9SundayNovember 2Baltimore Ravens23–43Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
10SundayNovember 9Chicago Bears14–55Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
11SundayNovember 16New England Patriots42–20Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumColts–Patriots rivalry
2013 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
12SundayNovember 23Dallas Cowboys31–28New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
13ThursdayNovember 27Seattle Seahawks19–3San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Seahawks rivalry
2013 NFC Championship Game rematch (The Tip)
SundayNovember 30Denver Broncos29–16Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
14SundayDecember 7New England Patriots23–14San Diego ChargersQualcomm StadiumLast SNF game in San Diego
15SundayDecember 14Dallas Cowboys38–27Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
16SundayDecember 21Seattle Seahawks35–6Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix StadiumCardinals–Seahawks rivalry
17SundayDecember 28Cincinnati Bengals17–27Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldBengals–Steelers rivalry
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 3Baltimore Ravens30–17Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
8:15 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundJanuary 10Baltimore Ravens31–35New England PatriotsGillette StadiumPatriots–Ravens rivalry
4:35 p.m. Kickoff
Super Bowl XLIXSundayFebruary 1New England Patriots28–24Seattle SeahawksUniversity of Phoenix StadiumTom Brady wins his first Super Bowl in 10 years.
6:30 p.m. Kickoff

2015

2015 marked the 10th season of SNF on NBC.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF WeekendSundayAugust 9Pittsburgh Steelers3–14Minnesota VikingsTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 10Pittsburgh Steelers21–28New England PatriotsGillette StadiumPatriots–Steelers rivalry
SundaySeptember 13New York Giants26–27Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2SundaySeptember 20Seattle Seahawks17–27Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Seahawks rivalry
2014 NFC Championship Game rematch
3SundaySeptember 27Denver Broncos24–12Detroit LionsFord Field
4SundayOctober 4Dallas Cowboys20–26 (OT)New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
5SundayOctober 11San Francisco 49ers27–30New York GiantsMetLife Stadium49ers–Giants rivalry
6SundayOctober 18New England Patriots34–27Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil StadiumColts–Patriots rivalry
2014 AFC Championship Game rematch (Deflategate)
Colts Catastrophe
7SundayOctober 25Philadelphia Eagles16–27Carolina PanthersBank of America Stadium
8SundayNovember 1Green Bay Packers10–29Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High
9SundayNovember 8Philadelphia Eagles33–27 (OT)Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
10SundayNovember 15Arizona Cardinals39–32Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink FieldCardinals–Seahawks rivalry
11SundayNovember 22*Cincinnati Bengals31–34Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium
12ThursdayNovember 26Chicago Bears17–13Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
Brett Favre's jersey number is retired during halftime.
SundayNovember 29New England Patriots24–30 (OT)Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile High
13SundayDecember 6Indianapolis Colts10–45Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
14SundayDecember 13**New England Patriots27–6Houston TexansNRG Stadium
15SundayDecember 20***Arizona Cardinals40–17Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field
16SundayDecember 27****New York Giants17–49Minnesota VikingsTCF Bank Stadium
17SundayJanuary 3Minnesota Vikings20–13Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Vikings rivalry
Wild CardSundayJanuary 10Seattle Seahawks10–9Minnesota VikingsTCF Bank Stadium1:05 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundSaturdayJanuary 16Green Bay Packers20–26 (OT)Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium8:15 p.m. Kickoff

*Chiefs–Chargers game was flexed out for the Bengals–Cardinals game.
**Seahawks–Ravens game was flexed out for the Patriots–Texans game.
***Bengals–49ers game was flexed out for the Cardinals–Eagles game.
****Steelers–Ravens game was flexed out for the Giants–Vikings game.

2016

2016 marked the first-ever tie on NBC Sunday Night Football, which occurred in week 7, when the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals tied at 6–6. That game became the lowest scoring SNF on NBC game (12 points) and the first tie in any primetime NFL game since November 23, 1997, when the New York Giants and Washington Redskins tied at 7–7 on ESPN Sunday Night Football. Due to NBC having the rights to the second half of the Thursday Night Football package, NBC Sports gave Al Michaels a "Bye week", giving him 3 games off: Green Bay Packers–Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts (Thanksgiving), and Kansas City Chiefs-Denver Broncos. Mike Tirico replaced him for three games, with Cris Collinsworth still doing the color commentary.

The Week 10 game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots was the last Patriots game to air on then-NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston, as the station would become independent in 2017.

The AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs was originally scheduled to kickoff at 1:05 ET, but due to stormy weather in the Kansas City area, the NFL moved the kickoff time to 8:20 ET.

The Thursday games on this list are separate from the Thursday Night Football package NBC had the rights to at the time, which did not include the NFL Kickoff Game or Thanksgiving, both of which take place on Thursdays. 2016 was the first of two NFL seasons for Thursday Night Football games to air on NBC.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
1ThursdaySeptember 8Carolina Panthers20–21Denver BroncosSports Authority Field At Mile HighSuper Bowl 50 rematch
SundaySeptember 11New England Patriots23–21Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix Stadium
2SundaySeptember 18Green Bay Packers14–17Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumPackers–Vikings rivalry
3SundaySeptember 25Chicago Bears17–31Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
4SundayOctober 2Kansas City Chiefs14–43Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
5SundayOctober 9New York Giants16–23Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldGiants–Packers rivalry
6SundayOctober 16Indianapolis Colts23–26 (OT)Houston TexansNRG StadiumColts–Texans rivalry
7SundayOctober 23Seattle Seahawks6–6 (OT)Arizona CardinalsUniversity of Phoenix StadiumCardinals–Seahawks rivalry
8SundayOctober 30Philadelphia Eagles23–29 (OT)Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
9SundayNovember 6Denver Broncos20–30Oakland RaidersOakland ColiseumBroncos–Raiders rivalry
Last SNF game in Oakland.
10SundayNovember 13Seattle Seahawks31–24New England PatriotsGillette StadiumSuper Bowl XLIX rematch
Last Patriots game on WHDH-TV in Boston.
11SundayNovember 20Green Bay Packers24–42Washington RedskinsFedExField2015 NFC Wild Card playoff rematch
12ThursdayNovember 24Pittsburgh Steelers28–7Indianapolis ColtsLucas Oil Stadium
SundayNovember 27*Kansas City Chiefs30–27 (OT)Denver BroncosSports Authority Field at Mile HighBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
13SundayDecember 4Carolina Panthers7–40Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field2015 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
14SundayDecember 11Dallas Cowboys7–10New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
15SundayDecember 18**Tampa Bay Buccaneers20–26Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
16SundayDecember 25Denver Broncos10–33Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
17SundayJanuary 1Green Bay Packers31–24Detroit LionsFord FieldLions–Packers rivalry
Winner: NFC North Champions
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 7Detroit Lions6–26Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field8:15 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundSundayJanuary 15Pittsburgh Steelers18–16Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium8:20 p.m. Kickoff

*Patriots–Jets game was flexed out for the Chiefs–Broncos game.
**Steelers–Bengals game was flexed out for the Buccaneers–Cowboys game.

2017

2017 marked the 12th season of NBC Sunday Night Football. Due to Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday in 2017, the Week 16 Sunday night telecast was instead scheduled for Saturday, December 23, with the Minnesota Vikings visiting the Green Bay Packers. NBC also broadcast Super Bowl LII, played at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, making it the fourth time NBC had broadcast a Super Bowl since taking over the Sunday night package in 2006. NBC did not flex a single one of their originally scheduled games, which marked the second time since 2014 that none of the originally scheduled Sunday night games for the entire season were flexed out. Due to NBC having the rights to the second half of the Thursday Night Football package, Mike Tirico replaced Al Michaels full-time on Thursday night games. Michaels focused on Sunday night games, while Tirico handled Thursday nights. For the first time since acquiring the Sunday night package, NBC aired no game in Week 17 to ensure that teams whose games would affect each other's playoff standings would be played at the same time. The Atlanta Falcons-Los Angeles Rams NFC wild card game kicked off at 8:15 pm ET, while the NFC Divisional Playoff Game between the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles kicked off at 4:35 pm ET. Also beginning with this season, NBC began a 4-year tradition of airing the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl together.

The Week 1 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots was the first Patriots game to air on new NBC affiliate WBTS-TV in Boston.

The Thursday games on this list are separate from the Thursday Night Football package NBC had the rights to at the time, which did not include the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game (2017 was the first season for it to air on Thursdays), NFL Kickoff Game, or Thanksgiving, all of which take place on Thursdays. 2017 was the second and final NFL season for Thursday Night Football games to air on NBC.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 3Arizona Cardinals18–20Dallas CowboysTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 7Kansas City Chiefs42–27New England PatriotsGillette StadiumFirst Patriots game on WBTS-TV in Boston.
SundaySeptember 10New York Giants3–19Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2SundaySeptember 17Green Bay Packers23–34Atlanta FalconsMercedes-Benz Stadium2016 NFC Championship Game rematch
3SundaySeptember 24Oakland Raiders10–27Washington RedskinsFedExField
4SundayOctober 1Indianapolis Colts18–46Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field
5SundayOctober 8Kansas City Chiefs42–34Houston TexansNRG Stadium
6SundayOctober 15New York Giants23–10Denver BroncosEmpower Field at Mile High
7SundayOctober 22Atlanta Falcons7–23New England PatriotsGillette StadiumSuper Bowl LI rematch
8SundayOctober 29Pittsburgh Steelers20–15Detroit LionsFord Field
9SundayNovember 5Oakland Raiders27–24Miami DolphinsHard Rock StadiumDolphins–Raiders rivalry
10SundayNovember 12New England Patriots41–16Denver BroncosEmpower Field at Mile High
11SundayNovember 19Philadelphia Eagles37–9Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
12ThursdayNovember 23New York Giants10–20Washington RedskinsFedExFieldGiants–Redskins rivalry
Washington's final SNF appearance as the Redskins.
SundayNovember 26Green Bay Packers28–31Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
13SundayDecember 3Philadelphia Eagles10–24Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field
14SundayDecember 10Baltimore Ravens38–39Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
15SundayDecember 17Dallas Cowboys20–17Oakland RaidersOakland Coliseum
16SaturdayDecember 23Minnesota Vikings16–0Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Vikings rivalry
17SundayDecember 31No SNF game was flexed to ensure that teams whose games would affect each other's playoff standings would be played at the same time
Wild CardSaturdayJanuary 6Atlanta Falcons26–13Los Angeles RamsLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum8:15 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundJanuary 13Atlanta Falcons10–15Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field4:35 p.m. Kickoff
Super Bowl LIISundayFebruary 4Philadelphia Eagles41–33New England PatriotsU.S. Bank Stadium"Philly Special"
Super Bowl XXXIX rematch
6:30 p.m. Kickoff

2018

Starting in 2018, the NFL moved the start time of Sunday Night Football up from 8:30 p.m. ET to 8:20 p.m. ET. The Cincinnati Bengals–Kansas City Chiefs game flexed into Sunday Night on October 21 became the earliest the NFL has ever flexed a Sunday Night Football contest. The Atlanta Falcons–New Orleans Saints game on Thanksgiving night was called by the Football Night in America studio crew, with Mike Tirico doing the play-by-play, and Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison as color analysts. The Week 17 game also returned after a 1-year hiatus. The Philadelphia Eagles–Chicago Bears Wild Card game kicked off at 4:35 p.m. ET, as did the Indianapolis Colts–Kansas City Chiefs Divisional game.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 2Chicago Bears16–17Baltimore RavensTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
Ravens become the last NFL team to play in the Hall of Fame Game for the first time.
1ThursdaySeptember 6Atlanta Falcons12–18Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field2017 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
SundaySeptember 9Chicago Bears23–24Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
2SundaySeptember 16New York Giants13–20Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
3SundaySeptember 23New England Patriots10–26Detroit LionsFord Field
4SundaySeptember 30Baltimore Ravens26–14Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
5SundayOctober 7Dallas Cowboys16–19 (OT)Houston TexansNRG StadiumGovernor's Cup
6SundayOctober 14Kansas City Chiefs40–43New England PatriotsGillette StadiumPatrick Mahomes' SNF debut.
7SundayOctober 21*Cincinnati Bengals10–45Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
8SundayOctober 28New Orleans Saints30–20Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumSaints–Vikings rivalry
2017 NFC Divisional playoff rematch (Minneapolis Miracle)
9SundayNovember 4Green Bay Packers17–31New England PatriotsGillette Stadium
10SundayNovember 11Dallas Cowboys27–20Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
11SundayNovember 18**Minnesota Vikings20–25Chicago BearsSoldier FieldBears–Vikings rivalry
12ThursdayNovember 22Atlanta Falcons17–31New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz SuperdomeFalcons–Saints rivalry
SundayNovember 25Green Bay Packers17–24Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumPackers–Vikings rivalry
13SundayDecember 2***Los Angeles Chargers33–30Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
14SundayDecember 9****Los Angeles Rams6–15Chicago BearsSoldier Field
15SundayDecember 16Philadelphia Eagles30–23Los Angeles RamsLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
16SundayDecember 23Kansas City Chiefs31–38Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field
17SundayDecember 30Indianapolis Colts33–17Tennessee TitansNissan StadiumColts–Titans rivalry
Winner: Clinch playoff berth
Loser: Eliminated
Wild CardSundayJanuary 6Philadelphia Eagles16–15Chicago BearsSoldier Field"Double Doink"
4:40 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundSaturdayJanuary 12Indianapolis Colts13–31Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium4:35 p.m. Kickoff

*Rams–49ers game was flexed out for the Bengals–Chiefs game.
**Steelers–Jaguars game was flexed out for the Vikings–Bears game.
***49ers–Seahawks game was flexed out for the Chargers–Steelers game.
****Steelers–Raiders game was flexed out for the Rams–Bears game.

2019

For the 2019 season, the NFL decided to break with a long-standing tradition of the reigning Super Bowl champion hosting the Kickoff game (occurring every year since 2004, except 2013). The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears was the Kickoff game instead, to celebrate the 100th season of the NFL, the 100th season of the Chicago Bears, and the NFL's oldest rivalry. Also, despite not hosting the kickoff game, the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots still hosted the first Sunday Night game of the season, with the opponent being the Pittsburgh Steelers. The schedule also included a rematch of the Thanksgiving game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons, and the Cleveland Browns made their first SNF appearance since 2008. In Week 15, the Buffalo Bills were flexed to SNF in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers; this was just their second appearance on the package, the first being in 2007. The Seattle Seahawks–Philadelphia Eagles Wild Card Playoff game kicked off at 4:40 pm ET, while the Divisional game between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers kicked off at 4:35 pm ET.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 1Denver Broncos14–10Atlanta FalconsTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 5Green Bay Packers10–3Chicago BearsSoldier FieldBears–Packers rivalry
First Kickoff Game since 2003 to not feature a defending Super Bowl champion.
SundaySeptember 8Pittsburgh Steelers3–33New England PatriotsGillette StadiumPatriots–Steelers rivalry
2SundaySeptember 15Philadelphia Eagles20–24Atlanta FalconsMercedes-Benz StadiumEagles–Falcons rivalry
2017 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
3SundaySeptember 22Los Angeles Rams20–13Cleveland BrownsFirst Energy StadiumBaker Mayfield's SNF debut.
4SundaySeptember 29Dallas Cowboys10–12New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
5SundayOctober 6Indianapolis Colts19–13Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium2018 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
6SundayOctober 13Pittsburgh Steelers24–17Los Angeles ChargersDignity Health Sports Park
7SundayOctober 20Philadelphia Eagles10–37Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
8SundayOctober 27Green Bay Packers31–24Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
9SundayNovember 3New England Patriots20–37Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumPatriots–Ravens rivalry
Lamar Jackson's SNF debut.
10SundayNovember 10Minnesota Vikings28–24Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Vikings rivalry
11SundayNovember 17Chicago Bears7–17Los Angeles RamsLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
12SundayNovember 24*Green Bay Packers8–37San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Packers rivalry
13ThursdayNovember 28New Orleans Saints26–18Atlanta FalconsMercedes-Benz StadiumFalcons–Saints rivalry
NO Win: NFC South Champions and ATL Eliminated
SundayDecember 1New England Patriots22–28Houston TexansNRG StadiumTom Brady's final SNF game with the Patriots.
14SundayDecember 8Seattle Seahawks12–28Los Angeles RamsLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumRams–Seahawks rivalry
15SundayDecember 15**Buffalo Bills17–10Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldBUF Win: Clinch playoff berth
Josh Allen's SNF debut.
16SundayDecember 22Kansas City Chiefs26–3Chicago BearsSoldier Field
17SundayDecember 29San Francisco 49ers26–21Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field49ers–Seahawks rivalry
SF Win: No.1 seed and home-field advantage
Wild CardSundayJanuary 5Seattle Seahawks17–9Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field4:40 p.m. Kickoff
Divisional RoundSaturdayJanuary 11Minnesota Vikings10–27San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium4:35 p.m. Kickoff

*Seahawks–Eagles game was flexed out for the Packers–49ers game.
**Vikings–Chargers game was flexed out for the Bills–Steelers game.

2020s

2020

2020 marked the 15th season of SNF on NBC. Super Bowl LV was originally supposed to air on NBC. However, in an effort to pair NBC's next Super Bowl with their upcoming Olympics broadcast, it was traded to CBS, in exchange for Super Bowl LVI. NBC did however gain rights to air an extra Super Wild Card game, as the NFL expanded their postseason from 12 teams to 14 teams (7 in each conference). This meant that NBC aired two Super Wild Card games, with the second game being aired on NBC's Spanish sister network Telemundo, and was streamed on NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock, and one Divisional game for the 2020-2021 postseason.

The tradition of having the Super Bowl champion host the NFL Kickoff game returned after a 1-year hiatus, and the Super Bowl LIV champion Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Houston Texans.

The SNF game scheduled for October 25 was originally Buccaneers-Raiders, but due to some Raiders players testing positive for COVID-19, the NFL moved that game back to 4:05 ET on Fox, and moved the Seahawks-Cardinals game to fill the SNF slot, to ensure that NBC would have a game. NBC's Thanksgiving night game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers had to be postponed twice due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the Ravens; The game was first rescheduled to the following Sunday at 1:15 p.m. ET, then later rescheduled to the following Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. ET, and finally rescheduled to the following Wednesday at 3:40 p.m. ET, still aired on NBC.

In Week 15, the 49ers–Cowboys game was flexed out for the Browns–Giants games, marking the first time that the Dallas Cowboys have been flexed out of an SNF slot and the first time Sunday Night Football was not in Dallas at least once in a season (they have had the most appearances with 49 at the time).

NBC streamed the Browns–Steelers Wild Card game on its Peacock service, and that led to many more streaming television deals with the NFL going forward.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 6Dallas CowboysN/APittsburgh SteelersTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumCowboys–Steelers rivalry
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1ThursdaySeptember 10Houston Texans20–34Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium2019 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
First Kickoff Game since 2018 to feature a defending Super Bowl champion.
SundaySeptember 13Dallas Cowboys17–20Los Angeles RamsSoFi StadiumCowboys–Rams rivalry
2SundaySeptember 20New England Patriots30–35Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field
3SundaySeptember 27Green Bay Packers37–30New Orleans SaintsMercedes-Benz Superdome
4SundayOctober 4Philadelphia Eagles25–20San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
5SundayOctober 11Minnesota Vikings26–27Seattle SeahawksCenturyLink Field
6SundayOctober 18Los Angeles Rams16–24San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Rams rivalry
7SundayOctober 25*Seattle Seahawks34–37 (OT)Arizona CardinalsState Farm StadiumCardinals–Seahawks rivalry
8SundayNovember 1Dallas Cowboys9–23Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
9SundayNovember 8New Orleans Saints38–3Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James StadiumBuccaneers–Saints rivalry
Tom Brady's Buccaneers SNF debut
10SundayNovember 15Baltimore Ravens17–23New England PatriotsGillette StadiumPatriots–Ravens rivalry
11SundayNovember 22Kansas City Chiefs35–31Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant StadiumChiefs–Raiders rivalry
12SundayNovember 29Chicago Bears25–41Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
WednesdayDecember 2**Baltimore Ravens14–19Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldRavens–Steelers rivalry
3:40 p.m. ET Kickoff
13SundayDecember 6Denver Broncos16–22Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
14SundayDecember 13Pittsburgh Steelers15–26Buffalo BillsBills Stadium
15SundayDecember 20***Cleveland Browns20–6New York GiantsMetLife Stadium
16SundayDecember 27Tennessee Titans14–40Green Bay PackersLambeau Field
17SundayJanuary 3Washington Football Team20–14Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles–Washington rivalry
Washington's first SNF appearance as the Washington Football Team.
WSH Win: NFC East Champions
Super Wild Card WeekendSaturdayJanuary 9Tampa Bay Buccaneers31–23Washington Football TeamFedExField8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
SundayJanuary 10Cleveland Browns48–37Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz FieldBrowns–Steelers rivalry
8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
Alternate presentation on Peacock
Divisional RoundSaturdayJanuary 16Baltimore Ravens3–17Buffalo BillsBills Stadium8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff

*Buccaneers–Raiders game was flexed out for the Seahawks–Cardinals game.
**Ravens-Steelers game was postponed from Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving).
***49ers–Cowboys game was flexed out for the Browns–Giants game.

2021

The NFL expanded the season to 17 games in 18 weeks beginning with the 2021 season. 2021 also marked the 16th season of Sunday Night Football on NBC. Super Bowl LVI aired on February 13. The Thanksgiving night game returned to its traditional primetime slot after a 1-year hiatus. After streaming NBC's Sunday Night Wild Card Game last season, and as part of their new television deal with the NFL, NBC streamed the entire season on Peacock for the first time. Along with Peacock's expanded involvement in the new television deal, NBC retained the rights to air SNF, gaining an additional game for Peacock, and picking up 3 additional Super Bowls in 2026, 2030, and 2034 (all Winter Olympic years). Like with the 17-week seasons from 2010, the Week 18 matchup is scheduled against divisional opponents per NFL regulations, and the one on NBC features at least one divisional rival with playoff implications on the line, per SNF tradition.

The Week 4 matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots attracted an average of 28.5 million viewers and became the second most-watched broadcast of NBC Sunday Night Football. It also became the latter's most-watched broadcast since 2012.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
1ThursdaySeptember 9Dallas Cowboys29–31Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James Stadium
SundaySeptember 12Chicago Bears14–34Los Angeles RamsSoFi Stadium
2SundaySeptember 19Kansas City Chiefs35–36Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium
3SundaySeptember 26Green Bay Packers30–28San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Packers rivalry
4SundayOctober 3Tampa Bay Buccaneers19–17New England PatriotsGillette StadiumTom Brady's return to New England
5SundayOctober 10Buffalo Bills38–20Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBills–Chiefs rivalry
2020 AFC Championship Game rematch
6SundayOctober 17Seattle Seahawks20–23 (OT)Pittsburgh SteelersHeinz Field
7SundayOctober 24Indianapolis Colts30–18San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
8SundayOctober 31Dallas Cowboys20–16Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumCowboys–Vikings rivalry
9SundayNovember 7Tennessee Titans28–16Los Angeles RamsSoFi Stadium
10SundayNovember 14Kansas City Chiefs41–14Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant StadiumChiefs–Raiders rivalry
11SundayNovember 21Pittsburgh Steelers37–41Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
12ThursdayNovember 25Buffalo Bills31–6New Orleans SaintsCaesars SuperdomeFirst Thanksgiving game on NBC since 2019.
SundayNovember 28Cleveland Browns10–16Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumBrowns–Ravens rivalry
13SundayDecember 5*Denver Broncos9–22Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBroncos–Chiefs rivalry
14SundayDecember 12Chicago Bears30–45Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
15SundayDecember 19New Orleans Saints9–0Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James StadiumBuccaneers–Saints rivalry
2020 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
16SundayDecember 26Washington Football Team14–56Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Washington rivalry
Washington's final SNF appearance as the Washington Football Team.
17SundayJanuary 2Minnesota Vikings10–37Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldPackers–Vikings rivalry
18SundayJanuary 9Los Angeles Chargers32–35 (OT)Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant StadiumChargers–Raiders rivalry
Winner: Clinch playoff berth
Loser: Eliminated
Super Wild Card WeekendSaturdayJanuary 15Las Vegas Raiders19−26Cincinnati BengalsPaul Brown StadiumJoe Burrow's SNF debut.
4:35 p.m. ET Kickoff
SundayJanuary 16Pittsburgh Steelers21−42Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumBen Roethlisberger's final NFL game.
8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
Divisional RoundJanuary 23Los Angeles Rams30−27Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James StadiumTom Brady announced his retirement after this game, but later withdrew it.
3:05 p.m. ET Kickoff
Super Bowl LVIFebruary 13Los Angeles Rams23−20Cincinnati BengalsSoFi Stadium6:30 p.m. ET Kickoff

*49ers–Seahawks game was flexed out for the Broncos–Chiefs game.

2022

2022 marked the 17th season of Sunday Night Football on NBC. Al Michaels left NBC in the offseason and was hired to announce play-by-play calls for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video. Michele Tafoya left NBC in the offseason to pursue a political career. Both were replaced with Mike Tirico and Melissa Stark, respectively. Michaels did, however, call the Chargers–Jaguars Wild Card game.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 4Jacksonville Jaguars11–27Las Vegas RaidersTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 8Buffalo Bills31–10Los Angeles RamsSoFi Stadium
SundaySeptember 11Tampa Bay Buccaneers19–3Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
2SundaySeptember 18Chicago Bears10–27Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldBears–Packers rivalry
3SundaySeptember 25San Francisco 49ers10–11Denver BroncosEmpower Field at Mile High
4SundayOctober 2Kansas City Chiefs41–31Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James StadiumSuper Bowl LV rematch
5SundayOctober 9Cincinnati Bengals17–19Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumBengals–Ravens rivalry
6SundayOctober 16Dallas Cowboys17–26Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
7SundayOctober 23Pittsburgh Steelers10–16Miami DolphinsHard Rock Stadium50th anniversary of the 1972 Miami Dolphins season.
8SundayOctober 30Green Bay Packers17–27Buffalo BillsHighmark Stadium
9SundayNovember 6Tennessee Titans17–20 (OT)Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
10SundayNovember 13Los Angeles Chargers16–22San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
11SundayNovember 20*Kansas City Chiefs30–27Los Angeles ChargersSoFi StadiumChargers–Chiefs rivalry
12ThursdayNovember 24New England Patriots26–33Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank Stadium
SundayNovember 27Green Bay Packers33–40Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field
13SundayDecember 4Indianapolis Colts19–54Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
14SundayDecember 11**Miami Dolphins17–23Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
15SundayDecember 18***New York Giants20–12Washington CommandersFedExFieldCommanders–Giants rivalry
Washington's first SNF appearance as the Commanders.
16SundayDecember 25Tampa Bay Buccaneers19–16 (OT)Arizona CardinalsState Farm StadiumTom Brady's final SNF game.
17SundayJanuary 1****Pittsburgh Steelers16–13Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumRavens–Steelers rivalry
18SundayJanuary 8Detroit Lions20–16Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldLions–Packers rivalry
GB Win: Clinch playoff berth
GB Loss: Eliminated
Aaron Rodgers' final game in Green Bay.
Super Wild Card WeekendSaturdayJanuary 14Los Angeles Chargers30–31Jacksonville JaguarsTIAA Bank FieldAl Michaels' final game on NBC.
Trevor Lawrence's SNF debut.
8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
SundayJanuary 15Baltimore Ravens17–24Cincinnati BengalsPaycor StadiumSam Hubbard recovered a fumble for a 98-yard touchdown in the 4th quarter, sealing the win for the Bengals.
Bengals–Ravens rivalry
8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
Divisional RoundSaturdayJanuary 21Jacksonville Jaguars20–27Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium4:35 p.m. ET Kickoff

*Bengals–Steelers game was flexed out for the Chiefs–Chargers game.
**Chiefs–Broncos game was flexed out for the Dolphins–Chargers game.
***Patriots–Raiders game was flexed out for the Giants–Commanders game.
**** Rams–Chargers game was flexed out for the Steelers–Ravens game.

2023

NBC entered into its 18th season broadcasting SNF. Under a new 11-year contract, Peacock will begin to exclusively stream one national regular season game per season (with the contest also simulcast over linear television on the NBC stations in the local team's markets). Peacock's first exclusive game was the Buffalo–LA Chargers contest on Saturday, December 23, at 8:05 pm ET. That was the second game of a doubleheader, preceded by the Cincinnati–Pittsburgh at 4:30 pm ET on NBC. The Saturday doubleheader is in lieu of an SNF game in Week 16, which falls on Christmas Eve. Peacock also exclusively aired one Wild Card playoff game, on Saturday, January 13 at 8:10 pm ET. NBC also aired two Wild Card games this postseason (one on Saturday, January 13 at 4:30 pm ET, and one on Sunday, January 14 at 8:20 pm ET) and one Divisional game. For only the third time since acquiring the SNF rights, NBC did not flex a single one of their originally scheduled games, which marked the first season since 2017 that none of the originally scheduled Sunday night games for the entire season (other than week 18) were flexed out. This was also the first time they did not flex a single game in a season when NBC does not air the Super Bowl under the new rotation. Had the 3-year rotation continued, it would have aired the Super Bowl in the 2023 season. When a SNF game airs exclusively on Peacock, the NBC affiliates of both competing teams' media markets must also simulcast the game to their viewers for free, per NFL regulations.

The Peacock-exclusive Wild Card playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs drew an average of 23 million viewers, making it the most live-streamed event in the United States. As the first-ever exclusive streaming NFL playoff game, it accounted for 30% of total internet traffic during the broadcast.

This was the only season an exclusively streamed Wild Card playoff game would air on Peacock, as Prime Video took over the following year.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 3New York Jets16–21Cleveland BrownsTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 7Detroit Lions21–20Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
SundaySeptember 10Dallas Cowboys40–0New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
2SundaySeptember 17Miami Dolphins24–17New England PatriotsGillette StadiumDolphins–Patriots rivalry
3SundaySeptember 24Pittsburgh Steelers23–18Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant StadiumRaiders–Steelers rivalry
4SundayOctober 1Kansas City Chiefs23–20New York JetsMetLife Stadium
5SundayOctober 8Dallas Cowboys10–42San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Cowboys rivalry
2022 NFC Divisional playoff rematch
Brock Purdy's SNF debut.
6SundayOctober 15New York Giants9–14Buffalo BillsHighmark Stadium
7SundayOctober 22Miami Dolphins17–31Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldEagles wear Kelly Green uniforms for the first time since 2010.
8SundayOctober 29Chicago Bears13–30Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
9SundayNovember 5Buffalo Bills18–24Cincinnati BengalsPaycor Stadium2022 AFC divisional playoff rematch.
Damar Hamlin's return to Cincinnati after suffering cardiac arrest.
10SundayNovember 12New York Jets12–16Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant Stadium
11SundayNovember 19Minnesota Vikings20–21Denver BroncosEmpower Field at Mile High
12ThursdayNovember 23San Francisco 49ers31–13Seattle SeahawksLumen Field49ers–Seahawks rivalry
2022 NFC Wild card playoff rematch
SundayNovember 26Baltimore Ravens20–10Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
13SundayDecember 3Kansas City Chiefs19–27Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldJordan Love's SNF debut.
14SundayDecember 10Philadelphia Eagles13–33Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Eagles rivalry
15SundayDecember 17Baltimore Ravens23–7Jacksonville JaguarsEverBank Stadium
16SaturdayDecember 23Cincinnati Bengals11–34Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure StadiumBengals–Steelers rivalry
4:30 p.m. ET Kickoff
Buffalo Bills24–22Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
First-ever exclusive game on Peacock, game also simulcast on WGRZ in Buffalo and KNBC in Los Angeles.
17SundayDecember 31Green Bay Packers33–10Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumPackers–Vikings rivalry
18SundayJanuary 7Buffalo Bills21–14Miami DolphinsHard Rock StadiumBills–Dolphins rivalry
2022 AFC Wild Card rematch
Winner: AFC East Champions
Super Wild Card WeekendSaturdayJanuary 13Cleveland Browns14–45Houston TexansNRG Stadium4:35 p.m. ET Kickoff
Miami Dolphins7–26Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium8:10 p.m. ET Kickoff
First ever exclusive NFL playoff game on a streaming service
Game also simulcast on WTVJ in Miami and KSHB in Kansas City, while bonus coverage of the opening quarter of the game was shown on NBC Nationally until 8:30 p.m. ET
SundayJanuary 14Los Angeles Rams23–24Detroit LionsFord FieldMatthew Stafford's return to Detroit
8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
Divisional RoundSundayJanuary 21Tampa Bay Buccaneers23–31Detroit Lions3:05 p.m. ET Kickoff

2024

In the 19th season of NBC's SNF, NBC produced the first NFL game played in South America, with the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil. The game aired exclusively on NBC affiliates in Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. Out of market broadcasts were exclusively on Peacock, the second exclusive out of market regular season game the streaming service aired live.

NBC also gained rights to broadcast an additional Saturday afternoon game in Week 16. It was the first time since 1997 that NBC airs Week 16 games on both Saturday and Sunday, as the network retained their Week 16 SNF game that week. The Week 16 Saturday game will also feature NBC's first alternate broadcast of an NFL game, as Peacock will use the league's player tracking data to render a live streaming version of the game using elements of the Madden 25 video game.

NBC will only carry two playoff games this season, one Wild Card game (the NFL retired the "Super Wild Card" branding) and one Divisional game. This marked the fewest playoff games the network has carried since the 2019–20 playoffs, after Prime Video picked up the rights from Peacock to exclusively stream one Wild Card playoff game, and CBS holding the rights to air two of the other Wild Card playoff games.

WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
1ThursdaySeptember 5Baltimore Ravens20–27Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium2023 AFC Championship Game rematch
FridaySeptember 6Green Bay Packers29–34Philadelphia EaglesArena Corinthians8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
NFL International Series
São Paulo game
First NFL game to be played in South America
Game also simulcast on WGBA-TV in Green Bay, WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, and WCAU in Philadelphia.
SundaySeptember 8Los Angeles Rams20–26 (OT)Detroit LionsFord Field2023 NFC Wild Card rematch
2SundaySeptember 15Chicago Bears13–19Houston TexansNRG Stadium
3SundaySeptember 22Kansas City Chiefs22–17Atlanta FalconsMercedes Benz Stadium
4SundaySeptember 29Buffalo Bills10–35Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium
5Sunday/MondayOctober 6/7Dallas Cowboys20–17Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure StadiumCowboys–Steelers rivalry
Game was delayed approximately 90 minutes due to a thunderstorm in the area
6SundayOctober 13Cincinnati Bengals17–7New York GiantsMetLife Stadium
7SundayOctober 20New York Jets15–37Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure Stadium
8SundayOctober 27Dallas Cowboys24–30San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium49ers–Cowboys rivalry
9SundayNovember 3*Indianapolis Colts13–21Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank Stadium
10SundayNovember 10Detroit Lions26–23Houston TexansNRG Stadium
11SundayNovember 17**Cincinnati Bengals27–34Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
12SundayNovember 24Philadelphia Eagles37–20Los Angeles RamsSoFi Stadium
13ThursdayNovember 28Miami Dolphins17–30Green Bay PackersLambeau Field
SundayDecember 1San Francisco 49ers10–35Buffalo BillsHighmark StadiumBUF Win: AFC East Champions
14SundayDecember 8Los Angeles Chargers17–19Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead StadiumChargers–Chiefs rivalry
KC Win: AFC West Champions
15SundayDecember 15Green Bay Packers30–13Seattle SeahawksLumen FieldPackers–Seahawks rivalry
16SaturdayDecember 21Houston Texans19–27Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium1 p.m. ET Kickoff
Madden 25 alternative broadcast on Peacock
SundayDecember 22Tampa Bay Buccaneers24–26Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
17SundayDecember 29***Atlanta Falcons24–30 (OT)Washington CommandersNorthwest StadiumFirst non-divisional Week 17 SNF matchup since 2009.
18SundayJanuary 5Minnesota Vikings9–31Detroit LionsFord FieldLions–Vikings rivalry
Winner: NFC North Champions, No. 1 seed, and home-field advantage
Wild Card WeekendSundayJanuary 12Washington Commanders23–20Tampa Bay BuccaneersRaymond James Stadium8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
Divisional RoundSundayJanuary 19Los Angeles Rams22–28Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field3:05 p.m. ET Kickoff

*Jaguars–Eagles game was flexed out for the Colts–Vikings game

**Colts–Jets game was flexed out for the Bengals–Chargers game

***Dolphins–Browns game was flexed out for the Falcons–Commanders game

2025

2025 marked the 20th season of SNF on NBC. NBC also broadcast Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026. 2025 featured the second tie game in the history of NBC Sunday Night Football in Week 4, with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys playing to a 40–40 tie, the first game by that score in NFL history. The Week 13 matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens became the most-watched Thanksgiving night game in NFL history with an average of 28.4 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, and Telemundo.

Peacock had alternative casts during this season. The first was the Cincinnati Bengals–Baltimore Ravens Thanksgiving night game that used the league's player tracking data to render a live streaming version of the game using elements of the Madden NFL 26 video game. The second alternative cast was the Week 14 Houston Texans–Kansas City Chiefs SNF game, titled Reality Hot Seat featuring reality television celebrities commenting on the game. Peacock also gained the exclusive rights to the Week 17 Saturday night game on December 27, in which the opponents are announced at a later date.

  • Games that were eligible to flexible scheduling under 12 day notice are indicated by *
  • Games that were eligible to flexible scheduling under 6 day notice are indicated by **
  • Games that were being protected from being flexed out are indicated by italic.
  • The Saturday Week 17 game aired by Peacock was selected 12 days in advance from a pool of five games set aside when the schedule was released.
WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayJuly 31Los Angeles Chargers34–7Detroit LionsTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1ThursdaySeptember 4Dallas Cowboys20–24Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial FieldCowboys–Eagles rivalry
SundaySeptember 7Baltimore Ravens40–41Buffalo BillsHighmark Stadium2024 AFC Divisional Round rematch
2SundaySeptember 14Atlanta Falcons22–6Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank Stadium
3SundaySeptember 21Kansas City Chiefs22–9New York GiantsMetLife Stadium
4SundaySeptember 28Green Bay Packers40–40 (OT)Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Packers rivalry
2023 NFC Wild Card Round rematch
5SundayOctober 5New England Patriots23–20Buffalo BillsHighmark StadiumBills–Patriots rivalry
6SundayOctober 12Detroit Lions17–30Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
7SundayOctober 19Atlanta Falcons10–20San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
8SundayOctober 26Green Bay Packers35–25Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure StadiumAaron Rodgers vs. his former team
Green Bay's first win in Pittsburgh since 1970
9SundayNovember 2Seattle Seahawks38–14Washington CommandersNorthwest Stadium
10SundayNovember 9Pittsburgh Steelers10–25Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium
11SundayNovember 16Detroit Lions9–16Philadelphia EaglesLincoln Financial Field
12SundayNovember 23Tampa Bay Buccaneers7–34Los Angeles RamsSoFi StadiumCris Collinsworth's 500th game as an NFL broadcaster.
13ThursdayNovember 27Cincinnati Bengals32–14Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumBengals–Ravens rivalry
Cincinnati's first Thanksgiving appearance since 2010.
Madden NFL 26 alternative broadcast on Peacock
SundayNovember 30Denver Broncos27–26 (OT)Washington CommandersNorthwest Stadium
14SundayDecember 7Houston Texans20–10Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium2024 AFC Divisional Round rematch
Reality Hot Seat alternative broadcast on Peacock
15SundayDecember 14Minnesota Vikings34–26Dallas CowboysAT&T StadiumCowboys–Vikings rivalry
16SundayDecember 21*New England Patriots28–24Baltimore RavensM&T Bank StadiumPatriots–Ravens rivalry
NE Win: Clinch playoff berth
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SaturdayDecember 27Baltimore Ravens41–24Green Bay PackersLambeau Field8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
BAL Win: Stay Alive in playoff contention
BAL Loss: Eliminated
Game also simulcast on WBAL-TV in Baltimore, WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and WGBA-TV in Green Bay.
SundayDecember 28Chicago Bears38–42San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium
18SundayJanuary 4Baltimore Ravens24–26Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure StadiumRavens–Steelers rivalry
2024 AFC Wild Card rematch
Winner: AFC North champions
Loser: Eliminated
Wild Card WeekendSundayJanuary 11Los Angeles Chargers3–16New England PatriotsGillette Stadium8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
AFC No. 7 vs. AFC No. 2
Divisional RoundSundayJanuary 18Los Angeles Rams20–17 (OT)Chicago BearsSoldier Field6:30 p.m. ET Kickoff
NFC No. 5 vs. NFC No. 2
Super Bowl LXSundayFebruary 8Seattle Seahawks29–13New England PatriotsLevi's StadiumSuper Bowl XLIX rematch
6:30 p.m. ET Kickoff

*Bengals–Dolphins game was flexed out for the Patriots–Ravens game

2026

The 2026 season will mark the 21st season of SNF.

The 2026 NFL Kickoff Game was the first Kickoff Game to be a Super Bowl rematch since 2016. It also aired on Wednesday, September 9 to prevent scheduling conflicts with the NFL's first-ever game in Australia scheduled to begin at 10:35 a.m. Friday morning in Melbourne (8:35 p.m. ET Thursday night in the United States), making 2026 the first time SNF aired the Kickoff Game on a Wednesday since 2012. The NFL was forced to do this to comply with broadcasting restrictions. The league cannot also play on Friday, September 11 in the United States due to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.

To celebrate the fact that the 2026 NFL Kickoff Game would be played on a Wednesday, the Hump Day Camel asked Mike Tirico and Mike Tomlin what day the Kickoff Game would be in a pre-season promo. Tirico reluctantly said "hump day", and the camel replied "HUMP DAAAY! Hump Day kickoff!" The camel tried to ask Tomlin the same thing, but Tomlin was unimpressed.

The Week 11 game between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers will be SNF's first game outside the United States via the NFL International Series.

  • Games that are eligible to flexible scheduling under 12 day notice are indicated by * (Note: only 2 games can be flexed during weeks 5 to 10)
  • Games that are eligible to flexible scheduling under 6 day notice are indicated by **
  • Games that were being protected from being flexed out are indicated by italic.
  • The Saturday Week 17 games airing by NBC and Peacock will be selected 12 days in advance from a pool of four games set aside when the schedule was released.
WeekDayDateVisiting teamFinal scoreHost teamStadiumSignificance
HOF GameThursdayAugust 6Carolina Panthers33–30Arizona CardinalsTom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumPro Football Hall of Fame Game
1WednesdaySeptember 9New England Patriots10–13Seattle SeahawksLumen FieldSuper Bowl LX rematch
First NFL Kickoff Game to air on a Wednesday since 2012 and the first to be a Super Bowl rematch since 2016.
SundaySeptember 13Dallas Cowboys20–28New York GiantsMetLife StadiumCowboys–Giants rivalry
New York's first Week 1 primetime win against the Cowboys.
2SundaySeptember 20Indianapolis Colts0–0Kansas City ChiefsArrowhead Stadium
3SundaySeptember 27Los Angeles Rams0–0Denver BroncosEmpower Field at Mile High
4SundayOctober 4Detroit Lions0–0Carolina PanthersBank of America StadiumFirst SNF game in Carolina since 2015.
5*SundayOctober 11Baltimore Ravens0–0Atlanta FalconsMercedes-Benz Stadium
6*SundayOctober 18Dallas Cowboys0–0Green Bay PackersLambeau FieldCowboys–Packers rivalry
7*SundayOctober 25Kansas City Chiefs0–0Seattle SeahawksLumen Field
8*SundayNovember 1Philadelphia Eagles0–0Washington CommandersNorthwest StadiumCommanders–Eagles rivalry
9*SundayNovember 8Tampa Bay Buccaneers0–0Chicago BearsSoldier Field
10*SundayNovember 15Pittsburgh Steelers0–0Cincinnati BengalsPaycor StadiumBengals–Steelers rivalry
11*SundayNovember 22Minnesota Vikings0–0San Francisco 49ersEstadio AztecaFirst NFL International Series game on SNF
12*ThursdayNovember 26Kansas City Chiefs0–0Buffalo BillsHighmark StadiumBills–Chiefs rivalry
SundayNovember 29New England Patriots0–0Los Angeles ChargersSoFi Stadium2025 AFC Wild Card rematch
13*SundayDecember 6Houston Texans0–0Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure Stadium2025 AFC Wild Card rematch
14**SundayDecember 13Buffalo Bills0–0Green Bay PackersLambeau Field
15**SundayDecember 20Detroit Lions0–0Minnesota VikingsU.S. Bank StadiumLions–Vikings rivalry
16**SundayDecember 27Jacksonville Jaguars0–0Dallas CowboysAT&T Stadium
17**SaturdayJanuary 2TBD0–0TBDTBD4:30 p.m. ET Kickoff
TBD0–0TBDTBD8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff
SundayJanuary 3Philadelphia Eagles0–0San Francisco 49ersLevi's Stadium2025 NFC Wild Card rematch
18**SundayJanuary 10TBD0–0TBDTBD
Wild Card WeekendSaturday/MondayJanuary 16/18TBD0–0TBDTBD
SundayJanuary 17TBD0–0TBDTBD
Divisional RoundSaturday/SundayJanuary 23/24TBD0–0TBDTBD

SNF statistics

  • Most points scored on SNF by a single team: 62 (New Orleans Saints 62 vs. Indianapolis Colts 7 [October 23, 2011])
  • Highest combined score on SNF: 83 points (Philadelphia Eagles 45 @ New York Giants 38 [December 13, 2009] & Kansas City Chiefs 40 @ New England Patriots 43 [October 14, 2018])
  • Lowest combined score on SNF: 9 points (New Orleans Saints 9 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 [December 19, 2021])
  • Most appearances on SNF (counting postseason): 69 (Dallas Cowboys)
  • Fewest appearances on SNF (counting postseason): 5 (Jacksonville Jaguars)
  • Most wins on SNF (counting postseason): 35 (Dallas Cowboys)
  • Most losses on SNF (counting postseason): 33 (Dallas Cowboys)

Most frequent matchups

Postseason matchups in italics. Meetings across a number of years represents one regular season meeting per season.

CountMatchupRecordYears playedSignificance
18Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia EaglesTied, 9–92006–2007, 2009(1), 2009(2), 2010–2020, 2022–2023, 2025Cowboys–Eagles rivalry
14Dallas Cowboys vs. New York GiantsCowboys, 9–52007–2009, 2011(1), 2011(2), 2012–2018, 2023, 2026Cowboys–Giants rivalry
12Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh SteelersTied, 6–62009–2013, 2014(1), 2014(2), 2017–2018, 2020, 2022, 2025Ravens–Steelers rivalry
11Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay PackersPackers, 9–22006–2007, 2009, 2011, 2014–2015, 2018–2022Bears–Packers rivalry
9Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota VikingsPackers, 5–42010, 2012, 2013, 2015–2018, 2021, 2023Packers–Vikings rivalry
7Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington CommandersCowboys, 5–22006, 2008–2010, 2012–2013, 2021Cowboys–Commanders rivalry
7New York Giants vs. Philadelphia EaglesEagles, 5–22007–2012, 2014Eagles–Giants rivalry
6Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City ChiefsChiefs, 4–22013–2014, 2016(1), 2016(2), 2020-2021Broncos–Chiefs rivalry
6Los Angeles Chargers vs. Pittsburgh SteelersChargers, 4–22006, 2009, 2018–2019, 2021, 2025none
5Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans SaintsSaints, 4–12006, 2013–2015, 2019Sean Payton vs. his former team
5Indianapolis Colts vs. New England PatriotsColts, 3–22006, 2008–2009, 2014–2015Colts–Patriots rivalry
5New York Giants vs. Washington CommandersGiants, 3–22007–2008, 2013, 2017, 2022Commanders–Giants rivalry
5Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh SteelersSteelers, 5–02007, 2012–2014, 2023Bengals–Steelers rivalry
5San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle SeahawksSeahawks, 3–22012–2014, 2019, 202349ers–Seahawks rivalry
5Baltimore Ravens vs. New England PatriotsPatriots, 3–22012, 2014, 2019–2020, 2025Patriots–Ravens rivalry
5Indianapolis Colts vs. Kansas City ChiefsColts, 3–12006,2013, 2018, 2019, 2026none
5New England Patriots vs. Seattle SeahawksSeahawks, 4–12014, 2016, 2020, 2025, 2026Super Bowl XLIX and Super Bowl LX
4Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay BuccaneersTied, 2–22016, 2021–2022, 2024none
4Indianapolis Colts vs. Los Angeles ChargersChargers, 3–12007, 2008(1), 2008(2), 2010none
4Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle SeahawksCardinals, 2–1–12014–2016, 2020Cardinals–Seahawks rivalry
4Chicago Bears vs. Philadelphia EaglesEagles, 3–12008–2009, 2013, 2018none
4Denver Broncos vs. New England PatriotsTied, 2–22006, 2013, 2015, 2017
4Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh SteelersSteelers, 3–12011, 2016(1), 2016(2), 2021none
4Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia EaglesTied, 2–22011, 2017, 2018–2019Eagles–Falcons rivalry

See also

  • NFL on NBC
  • NFL on television
  • NBC Sunday Night Football
  • Thursday Night Football results (2006–present)
  • Monday Night Football results (1970–2005)
  • Monday Night Football results (2006–2019)
  • Monday Night Football results (2020–present)
  • Sunday Night Football results (1987–2005)
  • NFL Network Exclusive Game Series results (2022–present)
  • 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers–New England Patriots game
  • Beast Quake
  • Butt Fumble
  • Colts Catastrophe
  • Philly Special
  • Double Doink