when does the regular nfl season start this year
NFL preseason


west coast tend to start at 7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m. ET). When applicable, the NFL's blackout restrictions apply, although stations are allowed to play the game on a tape delay if the game does not sell out (unlike the regular season policy, when rights revert to NFL Films). However, the blackout restrictions have never been applied since 2015 as a result of a passed vote during the league's owners' meeting in March in which the league, as an experiment because no regular season games in the 2014
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Perfect season


1948 title games. Overall, the Browns won all four AAFC championship games and were accepted into the NFL when the two leagues merged after the 1949 season. Neither the NFL nor the Pro Football Hall of Fame recognizes the Bulldogs’ perfect season; the Hall of Fame recognizes the Browns’ perfect season but the NFL does not. Since the NFL expanded to a fourteen-game regular season in 1961, eleven teams have had regular seasons with one loss and no ties (or better) while failing to achieve a perfect season
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MSG Plus


; SportsNet New York became the Mets new cable home when it launched in April 2006, at the start of that year's regular season. As a result of losing the Yankees, Nets and Mets over the span of three years, FSN New York and MSG went from being the sole rightsholders to seven of the New York area's major sports franchises (excluding the New York Jets and New York Giants, as the NFL does not sell game broadcasts on an individual team basis or to regional cable outlets) to carrying games
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Chris Hinton


starting 12. He wore #71 in his first season with the Falcons but was able to switch to #75 in 1991, which he wore for the first seven years of his NFL career. In 1991, he played all 16 regular-season games at right tackle and was named to the Pro Bowl. He returned as the starting right tackle the following season and started another entire season. To begin the 1993 NFL season, the Falcons named Hinton their starting right guard. He started all 16 regular season games and
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1947 NFL season


The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season by one game from eleven games per team to twelve, a number that remained constant for fourteen seasons, through 1960. The season ended when the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Championship Game on December 28. Starting in 1947, the NFL teams played a 12-game schedule rather than 11 games. The twelfth game proved to be crucial for the Steelers, Eagles, Cardinals and Bears. In the Eastern
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List of Miami Dolphins starting quarterbacks


's 17 games, contributions from his 1972 season and further performances in his career have listed him as one of the top backup quarterbacks in NFL history. In 1973 Griese started 13 regular-season games, and led the Dolphins to their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance, the first in NFL history and second consecutive Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl VIII, the second in NFL history. Over the next seven years Griese started 74 regular-season and three playoff games. He sustained a multitude of injuries and shared the starting role
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2001 NFL season


games that eventually made up Week 17 marked the latest regular season games to be played during what is traditionally defined as the "NFL season" (under the current format, the regular season cannot end later than January 3 in any given year). Another scheduling change took place in October, when the Dallas Cowboys at Oakland Raiders game was moved from October 21 to 7 to accommodate a possible Oakland Athletics home playoff game on the October 21 (the start of Major League Baseball’s postseason was also delayed by the 9/11
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List of Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks


the previous year set an NFL record. Even with this turnaround, the Colts lost in the playoffs. The following years would be marked by a near constant pattern. The Colts and Manning successes in the regular season were matched only by their failures in the post season. Manning was named to the Pro Bowl in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, as well as winning the NFL MVP award in both 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Manning set a then NFL record when he threw 49 touchdowns in a single
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Detroit Lions


times for the NFL championship (Detroit won three of the matchups); they have met much less frequently during the regular season since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger due to the Browns' move to the AFC. The Lions' flagship radio station is WJR 760 AM. Dan Miller does play-by-play and Lomas Brown does color commentary. The team moved to WJR for the 2016 NFL season, ending a 20-year relationship with CBS Radio-owned WXYT-FM. The decision to part with WXYT was reportedly instigated
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Perfect season


: Most of these teams suffered their regular-season loss early in the year and, other than the 2007 Patriots (finished regular season 16–0), only the 1962 Packers (10–0), 1985 Bears (12–0), 2011 Packers (13–0), and 2015 Panthers (14–0) were on track for a perfect season when they lost. Coincidentally, the 1985 Bears’ lone loss came to the Miami Dolphins. The best start from an NFL team who failed to complete a perfect regular season is shared by two teams
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1956 NFL season


The 1956 NFL season was the 37th regular season of the National Football League. With previous television partner DuMont Television Network ending operations prior to the 1956 season, CBS began carrying regular season games across its network nationwide. The season ended when the New York Giants crushed the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game, The Lions and the Cardinals had both finished 1955 poorly, 3–9 and 4–7–1, but both got off to fast starts in 1956. Both ended up finishing second in the Conference races. The Chicago Cardinals got off to
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History of the Washington Redskins


season since 1998. A bittersweet moment during the season occurred on December 29, 2002, when Darrell Green concluded his 20th and final season as the Redskins defeated the Cowboys 20–14 at FedExField. During his twenty seasons, he set a NFL record for consecutive seasons with at least one interception (19) and a Redskins team record for regular season games played (295) and started (258). Hoping for a turnaround from the year before, the Redskins started the 2003 season on September 4, 2003, when they hosted
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Canceled NFL games


stadium would be suitable for play when the regular season started. The Eagles would move into Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, and the Phillies would move into its own separate ballpark, Citizens Bank Park, in 2004. In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the NFL postponed its Week 2 games of the 2001 season, originally scheduled for September 16 and 17, until the end of the regular season. All playoff games following the 2001 regular season, including Super Bowl XXXVI and the 2002 Pro Bowl, were similarly rescheduled
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Todd Kalis


Associated Press. Kalis finished his four-year letterman career at ASU with (36) consecutive starts, 33 regular season and 3 bowl games. During his rookie season in 1988, head coach Jerry Burns assigned Kalis the responsibility of providing back-up assistance to both starting right tackle Tim Irwin (14-year NFL veteran) and left tackle Gary Zimmerman (Hall of Fame 2008). The Vikings finished the regular season 11–5 and reached the NFL playoffs as a NFC Wild Card team and beat the Los Angeles Rams 28-17
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1936 NFL season


The 1936 NFL season was the 17th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time since the league was founded, there were no team transactions; neither a club folded nor did a new one join the NFL. 1936 was also the first year in which all league teams played the same number of games. Since this season, the number of scheduled regular season games per team has been: The season ended when the Green Bay Packers defeated the Boston Redskins in the NFL Championship Game. For the only time
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List of current National Football League broadcasters


postseason games are shown in the U.S. on one of five national networks: the broadcast networks of CBS, Fox, or NBC; or the cable channels ESPN or NFL Network. The league does not, in general, have an anti-siphoning rule for regular season games, and such games can be (and are) carried on both the cable outlet and the local affiliate. Since 2018, selected regular season games airing on NFL Network are also simulcast on Fox. For those regular season games aired exclusively on NFL Network
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Bennie Anderson


Enforcers the entire season, paving the way for former NFL running backs LeShon Johnson and John Avery (also a former first-round pick by the Miami Dolphins). Later that year, Anderson would go on to play in all 16 regular season games with 13 starts at right guard for the Baltimore Ravens. After seeing action in a reserve role in the first two regular season games, he made the first start of his NFL career at the Denver Broncos on September 30 as the Ravens rushed for 112 yards and the line
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National Football League


Thursday NFL Kickoff game that starts the regular season and a primetime Thanksgiving Day game. ESPN carries all Monday Night Football games. The NFL's own network, NFL Network, broadcasts a series titled "Thursday Night Football", which was originally exclusive to the network, but which in recent years has had several games simulcast on CBS (since 2014) and NBC (since 2016) (except the Thanksgiving and kickoff games, which remain exclusive to NBC). For the 2017 season, the NFL Network will broadcast 18 regular
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2000 NFL season


The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants 34–7 at the Raymond James Stadium. Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000. It would be the last NFL season to date to start on Labor Day weekend. It would also be the last time until 2015 that CBS televised the late afternoon games in Week 1. This was because both Week 1 of the NFL season and CBS’
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Jerome Bettis


he was rested for the regular-season finale and finished 26 yards short of the team's single-season record. Bettis does hold the Steelers' franchise record for rushing yards in a single-season when including postseason play. Bettis was a second-team All-Pro choice in 1997 and set a then NFL record with two overtime touchdowns in the same season. Bettis was leading the league with 1,072 rushing yards in 2001 when he suffered a serious hip and groin injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the regular
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NFL on CBS


Madden utilized the device effectively to diagram football plays on-air to viewers. The telestrator is generally credited with popularizing the use of "telestration" during sports commentary. In 1982, the NFL signed a five-year contract with the three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) to televise all NFL regular season and postseason games starting with the 1982 season. By this particular time, CBS decided that instead of using the regular CBS Sports typeface of that period (a variant of Franklin Gothic), that it would
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Steve Heiden


year he made 11 appearances for the Chargers and made his NFL debut versus the Seattle Seahawks on October 17. In his second season with the Chargers, he made 15 appearances with three starts. He also caught his first NFL touchdown in a game versus the Carolina Panthers on December 17. For the first time in his professional career, Heiden appeared in all 16 regular season and made ten starts. On August 31, 2002, San Diego traded Heiden to the Cleveland Browns. He again appeared in all 16 regular season games
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1997 NFL season


The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee. The newly renamed Tennessee Oilers played their home games during this season at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee while construction of a new stadium in Nashville started. Houston would rejoin the NFL with the expansion Texans in 2002. This was the last season to date that TNT broadcast NFL games, as well as the last for NBC until 2006. When the TV contracts were renewed
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National Football League in Toronto


which was organized by Molson Brewery, due to a scheduling conflict at Cleveland Stadium with the Cleveland Indians. As early as 1994 the Bills were considered hosting some of their regular season home games in Toronto, with SkyDome officials actively attempting to organize a regular season NFL game at the new stadium. When the NFL reached a five-year partnership agreement with the CFL in 1997, which included a $3 million loan to the Canadian league, the NFL received the CFL's blessing to hold an annual preseason or regular season game
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Cowboys–Redskins rivalry


in the NFL. The rivalry started in 1960 when the Cowboys joined the league as an expansion team. During that year they were in separate conferences, but played once during the season. In 1961, Dallas was placed in the same division as the Redskins, and from that point on, they have played each other twice in every regular season. Texas oil tycoon Clint Murchison, Jr. was having a hard time bringing an NFL team to Dallas, Texas. He tried buying two teams, but the negotiations fell through.
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Stephen Gostkowski


also scored two field goals during the game, was defended by Patriots coach Bill Belichick and teammates Julian Edelman, Logan Ryan, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola, and Malcolm Butler. It was also his first miss in 56 attempts since the NFL moved the spot for extra points from the 2-yard line back to the 15-yard line. Since "The NFL Record & Fact Book" does not count statistics from playoff games when calculating regular-season streaks, Gostkowski ended the regular season with his extra point streak active at
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List of all-time NFL win–loss records


The following is a list of win–loss records for each of the 32 active National Football League (NFL) teams. The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their regular season win–loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2018 NFL regular season. For teams that previously played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), their AAFC win-loss records are not included as the NFL does not officially count AAFC statistics despite the 1950
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NFL on CBS


NFL's primary television partner, ended network operations after years of decline. DuMont had already sold the rights to the NFL Championship to NBC in 1955, and when DuMont ended its regular season coverage, CBS acquired the rights. CBS' coverage began on September 30, 1956 (the first regular season broadcast was a game between the visiting Washington Redskins against the Pittsburgh Steelers), before the 1970 AFL–NFL merger. Prior to 1968, CBS had an assigned crew for each NFL team. As a result, CBS became
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1948 Cleveland Browns season


into the NFL starting in 1950. In winning all of their regular season games and the AAFC championship, the Browns recorded the first perfect season in professional football since the advent of NFL championships in 1933. The feat has been duplicated only once since, by the Miami Dolphins in 1972. When the AAFC faltered and dissolved after the 1949 season and the NFL absorbed the Browns, their new league did not recognize AAFC statistics, including the perfect season. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, however, recognizes it as a perfect
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Brock Coyle


the NFL preseason while he filled in for injured middle linebacker Bobby Wagner. Coyle started his first NFL regular season game at middle linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday November 2, 2014 while playing against the Oakland Raiders. Coyle had a successful career with the Seahawks, mostly as a core special teamer, while also starting 5 games. Coyle tallied 33 tackles and 1.0 sack in three years. One of Coyle's best games was when he started at Strongside linebacker against the Buffalo Bills. On Monday Night Football, Coyle had
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Larry Allen


one year of experience as a starting guard. The team finished fifth in the league in total offense while Emmitt Smith gained a franchise record 1,773 rushing yards, his fourth NFL rushing title in five years. Smith also scored a then NFL record 25 rushing touchdowns. Allen made first NFL start at right guard in the season opener at the Meadowlands against the New York Giants on September 4, helping the Dallas offense record 459 yards including 230 rushing yards. In the regular-season finale on the road against the Cardinals on Christmas
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1939 NFL season


The 1939 NFL season was the 20th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, NFL president Joseph Carr died, and Carl Storck was named to replace him. An NFL game was televised for the first time when NBC broadcast a Brooklyn Dodgers–Philadelphia Eagles game. The experimental broadcast was broadcast only to viewers in New York and Albany; regular broadcasting of NFL games would not begin until 1951. The season ended when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game. Though both
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Kelly Butler


season. He was active for the Lions' season finale game against the Tennessee Titans, however he did not play in the game. The following year, he earned the starting role at Right Tackle, and made his NFL debut against the Green Bay Packers, he then started every game of the regular season, recording a recovered fumble to help continue a third quarter scoring drive against the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, his career in Detroit ended when he was waived by the Lions at the end of training camp the next season
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List of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks


These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the 49ers. The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right in parentheses. "In the NFL era (since 1950 season)" These quarterbacks have the most starts for the 49ers in regular season games in the NFL era (since 1950 season). "In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
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1978 Dallas Cowboys season


. Dallas finished strong, winning their last six regular season games to post a 12–4 record. In the aftermath of the season, NFL Films produced its annual highlight reel as it does for every NFL team. Notable of the highlight reel was the title, "America's Team". It would come to be a label that would define the Dallas Cowboys for the rest of their history. However, the label is most remembered for the Cowboys of this era, appearing in three Super Bowls in four years and claiming a
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Aaron Gibson


he had his most consistent professional season, starting at right tackle in all sixteen games with the Chicago Bears, after Colombo was lost for the year when he was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. In 2004, he played four games (three starts) and was declared inactive in 10. It would be the last season in which he made an appearance in a regular season NFL game. On April 5, 2006, Gibson signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent. He was cut on August 28
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Fox NFL


package. Coincidentally, this was the first game since 1992 that Brett Favre did not start an NFL game, as he was placed on the inactive list due to a shoulder injury, ending his streak of 297 consecutive regular season games; Tarvaris Jackson started in his place and subsequently Joe Webb had his first ever down in an NFL game. In addition, it was the first ever regular-season Monday night game in Ford Field. On December 14, 2011, the NFL, along with Fox, NBC and CBS,
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KCAL-TV


, the Chargers relocated back to Los Angeles after 56 years in San Diego and KABC-TV picked up the Chargers preseason coverage starting in the 2017 season. KCAL broadcast two "NFL on CBS" games during the 2017 regular season as part of an arrangement with the NFL that saw CBS get both a Rams and Chargers game on weeks when Fox had the doubleheader. Since its founding in 1994 until 2008, KCAL was the originating station of the annual John R. Wooden Classic college basketball game. KCAL-TV presently broadcasts a
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2008 New England Patriots season


one year after finishing with the only 16–0 regular-season record in NFL history. In the season opener, quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's MVP in 2007, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament against the Chiefs and missed the remainder of the season. Backup quarterback Matt Cassel replaced Brady. Cassel led the team to a win in Week 2 against the New York Jets, his first start since high school. A loss the following week against the Miami Dolphins ended the Pats' record 21 game regular-season winning streak
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Primary NFL television stations


A primary, flagship or home television station refers to the local affiliates that carry a majority of the regular season telecasts for a said National Football League (NFL) team. This list only concentrates on television coverage since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. This list however, does not include "official station" partnerships, where a station that only carries off-network pre-season games also carries team programming throughout the season such as coach's shows, player shows or interview segments during station sportscasts. It also does
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NFL on NBC


1982, the NFL signed a five-year contract with the three television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) to televise all NFL regular season and postseason games starting with the 1982 season. NBC's national Nielsen rating of 48.6 for Super Bowl XVII was the second-highest for a Super Bowl broadcast, trailing only the 49.1 garnered by Super Bowl XVI on CBS the year before. Following the game, NBC aired the premiere episode of "The A-Team", beginning the tradition of the game's host
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2017 CFL season


has extensive experience coaching in the NFL and various American collegiate levels. On May 16, 2017 the CFL announced it would be renewing and expanding the officiating partnership as it enters into its second year of existence. Six NFL officials (two more than in 2016) worked as part of CFL crews during CFL preseason and regular-season games in June and July, prior to the start of the NFL season. Additionally, six CFL officials (three more than in 2016) attended the NFL's Officiating Development Program. In March
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WJMN-TV


season). WFRV is not part of the network since it is in the Green Bay Packers' television market. However, WJMN does simulcast Packers-related programming from WFRV. Decisions on when to air Lions regular season home games against American Football Conference opponents as part of CBS' NFL contract are made on a case by case basis, depending on how the Packers and Lions games are scheduled (though in even-numbered years, one such game is reserved for Thanksgiving, as the Lions are one of two teams that
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WFXT


"Right This Minute", and "TMZ on TV". Through the "NFL on Fox", WFXT typically airs two New England Patriots games a year, usually when the team plays host to an NFC team at Gillette Stadium. However, with the institution of the NFL's new 'cross-flex' rules in 2014, along with Fox's broadcasting rights to "Thursday Night Football" starting in 2018, this has given the station more opportunities to air regular season Patriots games. The station has aired five
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Super Bowl XVII


the 1982 regular season from a 16-game schedule to 9. Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament. Division standings were ignored. Eight teams from each conference were seeded 1–8 based on their regular season records. The modified schedule forced the league to extend the regular season into January for the first time. After the 57-day strike, the NFL extended the regular season one weekend (pushing the end of the regular season back from December 26 to January 2), moving back the start of the
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1964 NFL season


The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to gambling. Beginning this season, the home team in each game was allowed the option of wearing their white jerseys. Since 1957, league rules had mandated that the visiting team wear white and the home team wear colored jerseys. The NFL also increased the regular season
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1960 NFL season


The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the league, 33-year-old Pete Rozelle, the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams, was elected NFL commissioner as a compromise choice on the twenty-third ballot. Meanwhile, the league expanded to 13 teams in late January with the addition of the Dallas Cowboys, with a fourteenth team, the Minnesota Vikings, to start in . Also, the Cardinals relocated from Chicago to St. Louis and became the St. Louis Cardinals, the same
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Chris Gragg


columnist Mike Rodak gave the Bills a "C" grade in tight end depth and stated that Gragg "would be in the bottom 10 percent of NFL starters at [the position]". Gragg made his regular season NFL debut on October 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals, and caught his first career reception and touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers four games later. When Buffalo faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 8, Gragg started in a game for the first time during the regular season. By the end of 2013, Gragg
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Tutan Reyes


Carolina Panthers offensive line that used five different starting combinations. He made his first NFL start at left guard against the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004 and helped clear lanes for running back DeShaun Foster to rush for 174 yards, the fourth-highest total in Panthers history. In 2005, Reyes had his best season as a pro. He started in all 16 regular season games, and 3 playoff games, helping lead the Panthers to their 2nd NFC Championship appearance in 3 years. After the 2005 NFL season, Reyes left the
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Le'Veon Bell


nine regular season games, and then did not report to the Steelers prior to the NFL's November 13 deadline to sign his franchise tender, therefore making him ineligible to play in the 2018 NFL season. On February 20, 2019, the Steelers announced that they would not use the franchise tag on Bell, making him a free agent at the start of the new official NFL year on March 13. On March 13, 2019, Bell signed a four-year, $52.5 million contract with the New York Jets with
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List of National Football League head coaches by playoff record


NFL champion. Coach Ralph Jones led the Bears to a 9-0 victory over Coach Potsy Clark. The game is recorded as a regular season game for the teams' statistics. Three seasons later Coach Clark would lead his team to their first title, when they were the Detroit Lions. Because it proved so popular, the 1932 NFL "Playoff Game", as it is unofficially called, started a new era for the National Football League. Beginning in the 1933 NFL season, the league was divided into divisions,
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Point After


and Adam Schefter provided analysis. "Point After" has been on NFL Network from its beginning during the 2003 season. The original version was basically an automated program that aired on Sunday nights. A voice-over announcer briefly described the games of that NFL Sunday, then the comments of the players and coaches in that game aired. When NFLN revamped for 2006, mainly to mark the start of live regular-season play-by-play, this program became "NFL Scoreboard" and "Point After" became a
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1935 NFL season


The 1935 NFL season was the 16th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended when the Detroit Lions defeated the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game. Were it not for a cancellation due to heavy snow, this would have been the first season where all NFL teams played the same number of games. This standardization was formalized the following year and has continued ever since, with the number of games being slowly increased to sixteen by . This width lasted for ten seasons, through . The hashmarks were moved
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NFL International Series


Starting in the 2007 season, the National Football League (NFL) has hosted regular season American football games outside the United States every year. Collectively officially known through 2016 as the NFL International Series, since 2017 the series has two sub-series: the NFL London Games in London, which has been in place since 2007, and the NFL Mexico Game in Mexico City, which began in 2016 with a predecessor game in 2005. Initially, all games in the International Series were held in London. Wembley Stadium was the
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Stephon Gilmore


of $7.22 million with a fifth-year option. Gilmore entered training camp slated as the No. 1 starting cornerback, alongside Aaron Williams. Head coach Chan Gailey named Gilmore and Williams the starting cornerbacks to begin the regular season. Gilmore made his professional regular season debut and first NFL start in the Bills' season-opener at the New York Jets and recorded five combined tackles during a 48–28 loss. The following week, he recorded a season-high seven solo tackles in the Bills' 35–17 win against the Kansas
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National Football League on television


million per year between the 2014 and 2017 seasons. The contract that runs from 2018 through 2022, which does not include exclusivity, has Verizon doubling its rights fee payment to $500 million per year. NFL Sunday Ticket is an out-of-market sports package that broadcasts National Football League (NFL) regular season games unavailable on local affiliates. It carries all regional Sunday afternoon games currently produced by Fox and CBS. The package was launched exclusivity on satellite service provider DirecTV in 1994. Beginning in 2015, the exclusive
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1962 NFL season


The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). Before the season, CBS signed a contract with the league to televise all regular-season games for a $4.65 million annual fee. The season ended on December 30, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 16–7 in the NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium. The Packers successfully defended their 1961 NFL title, finishing the 1962 season at 14–1; their only loss was to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day at Tiger
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Barret Robbins


Jets in a wild card game but losing to the New England Patriots in the divisional round, in controversial fashion (see Tuck Rule Game). In the 2002 NFL season with Bill Callahan in his first year as head coach, Robbins rebounded strongly by starting all 16 regular season games and making the Pro Bowl. Oakland won the AFC west for the third straight year, with an 11–5 record, scoring 450 points (28.1 points/game), 2nd of 32 teams in the NFL. In the 2002–03 NFL playoffs,
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1974 NFL season


The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Players held a strike from July 1 until August 10, prior to the regular season beginning; only one preseason game (that year's College All-Star Game) was canceled, and the preseason contests were held with all-rookie rosters. The following changes were adopted to add tempo and action to the game and to help counter the proposed changes announced by
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Jack Conklin


year, $15.89 million rookie contract with $15.44 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $9.76 million. Conklin entered training camp slated as the starting right tackle, replacing Byron Bell. Head coach Mike Mularkey named Conklin the starting right tackle to begin the regular season. Conklin joined starting left tackle Taylor Lewan, offensive guards Quinton Spain and Chance Warmack, and center Ben Jones. He made his professional regular season debut and first NFL start in the Titans' season-opening 25–16 loss against the Minnesota Vikings. On December
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History of the National Football League


and female players in American college and high school football, no woman with prior experience as an American football player has attempted to make an NFL roster. In recent years, the NFL has expanded into new markets and ventures outside of the United States, beginning with a regular series of exhibition games known as the American Bowl, then with a European-based developmental league culminating in the now defunct NFL Europa, and starting in 2005 the league began hosting regular season games outside the United States, the first in Mexico City,
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Kevin Shaffer


244th overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft. In his rookie season he played in six regular season games plus two post season games. He made his NFL debut at the Green Bay Packers on September 8. In the 2003 season he played in all 16 games and made his first NFL start at the New York Giants on November 9. In his third season for the Falcons, Shaffer started in 15 games and was a member of the offensive line that ranked first in the NFL with 2,672 rushing yards. Just as he
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1966 NFL Championship Game


10–3–1), the Eastern Conference champions. The home field for the NFL Championship alternated between the two conferences; even-numbered years were hosted by the Eastern and odd-numbered by the Western. Starting with the 1975 season, playoff sites were determined by regular season record, rather than a rotational basis. The New Year's college bowl game at the Cotton Bowl for the 1966 season included the SMU Mustangs of Dallas. It was played the day before, New Year's Eve, which required a quick turnaround to transform
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2014 NFL season


the fifth game of the Dolphins immaculate season. Morrall started the final nine regular season games, before giving way to a healed Griese during the 1972–73 NFL playoffs. Morrall was named the Comeback Player of the Year by Pro Football Weekly for his contribution in 1972. In addition to those mentioned above, the following people associated with the NFL (or AFL) died in 2014: former coaches Harry Gamble, Hal Hunter, Sr., Steve Little, Jim Myers, Anthero "Nick" Nicolau and Pete Rodriguez; former official
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Janoris Jenkins


NFL Draft. On July 24, 2012, the St. Louis Rams signed Jenkins to a four-year, $4.99 million contract, that included $2.93 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.06 million. Jenkins competed with fellow rookie Trumaine Johnson, veteran Cortland Finnegan, and Bradley Fletcher for the Rams' starting cornerback job throughout training camp. Head coach Jeff Fisher named Jenkins the Rams' starting cornerback for the start of the regular season. He earned his first career start in his professional regular season debut during the
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Chris Hudson


interceptions in Buffaloes team history, and fifth on the team's all-time list for pass deflections. The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Hudson in the third round (71st pick overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft, and he played for the Jaguars from to . He also was a member of the Chicago Bears in , and after a year off in 2000, returned to the NFL in with the Atlanta Falcons. During his six his seasons in the NFL, he played in 77 regular season games, started in 63 of them
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Chris Patrick


regular season and 3 playoff) games of the 2008 NFL season, but saw no game action. After starting the 2009 NFL season with the Chiefs as a member of that team's practice squad, Patrick signed with the 49ers in late October to add depth to the offensive line. He made his first NFL regular-season appearance on November 22 against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Patrick appeared in two more games in the 2009 season, December 14 against the Arizona Cardinals - his Candlestick Park debut - and January
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Dan Fike


36 regular season games and two playoff from 1984 to 1985. When the USFL ceased operations, Fike signed with the NFL Cleveland Browns. His coach while with the Bandits was Steve Spurrier. The New York Jets selected Fike in the tenth round (274th pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, but he spent two years on the Jets' practice squad without being activated for a regular season game. He signed with the Cleveland Browns in 1985, and earned a position as a regular starter, playing at different times at
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Tom Brady


29–29, Brady engineered a drive with five pass completions to put the Patriots in position for the game-winning 41-yard field goal by Vinatieri. During the 2004 season, Brady helped the Patriots set an NFL record with 21 straight wins dating from the previous year, an accomplishment honored in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (though for official records, the NFL considers it an 18-game regular season winning streak; it does not count playoff games). New England finished with a 14–2 record, equaling their 2003 record and the best
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1948 NFL season


The 1948 NFL season was the 29th regular season of the National Football League. During the season, Halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Los Angeles Rams' helmets, making the first modern helmet emblem in pro football. The last regular season game played on Wednesday until the 2012 season happened on September 22, 1948, between Detroit and Los Angeles. The season ended when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Chicago Cardinals in the NFL Championship Game. The 1948 season featured the highest per-game, per-team scoring in NFL
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NFL preseason


The National Football League preseason is the period each year during which NFL teams play several not-for-the-record exhibition games before the actual "regular" season starts. Beginning with the featured Pro Football Hall of Fame game in early August, five weekends of exhibition games are currently played in the NFL. The start of the preseason is intrinsically tied to the last week of training camp. The games are useful for new players who are not used to playing in front of very large crowds. Management often uses the
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NFL RedZone


night, and any stand-alone Saturday night games, nor for NFL International Series games which are scheduled in an early Sunday morning timeslot. It also does not cover Thanksgiving games or postseason games. During the offseason breaks before the 2016, 2017, and 2018 NFL season, NFL Network re-ran the previous season's "RedZone" presentations. During seventeen selected Sunday afternoons in the spring and early summer, all seventeen weeks of the regular season as seen on "RedZone" were re-aired. They were edited
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2011 San Francisco 49ers season


. Two suspects have been charged in the case." The NFL has officially canceled all future preseason games between the two teams. They can now only meet in the regular season every four years when the NFC West plays the AFC West, or in the Super Bowl. LEGEND: With the win, the 49ers started the season 1–0. With the loss, the 49ers fell to 1–1. With the win, the 49ers improved to 2–1. With the comeback win, the 49ers improved to 3–1. With the win,
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Super Bowl XXXI


losing season, the very competitive Patriots sold out that venue regularly. The team then posted a 10–6 record in 1994 after starting the regular season at 3–6, but were eliminated by the Cleveland Browns in their first playoff game. The Krafts had also eliminated the practice of TV blackouts (and courted and nailed deals with local affiliates), and the season resulted in a resurge of popularity in the NFL game across the region. New England then had a let down and failed to make the playoffs in 1995, a year when
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2013 Kansas City Chiefs season


the 4th quarter when Tamba Hail returned an interception 10 yards for a touchdown. The Chiefs beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 28–2, the first time in NFL history a game ended with that score. It was also the first time in 20 years a team scored 2 points during a regular season game. The Jaguars crossed the 50 yard line once but failed to score. The Jaguars only score came when a blocked punt that went out of the end zone. With the win, the Chiefs started 1-0. The Chiefs made
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Super Bowl VII


games of the season, was replaced in Game 4 by 38-year-old Sonny Jurgensen, then replaced Jurgensen when he was lost for the season with an Achilles tendon injury. The Redskins' powerful rushing attack featured two backs. Larry Brown gained 1,216 yards (first in the NFC and second in the NFL) on 285 carries during the regular season, caught 32 passes for 473 yards and scored 12 touchdowns, earning him both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award. Charley Harraway ran
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Casey Rabach


of the 2005-06 NFL playoffs before losing to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round. Since then, he returned to the playoffs only once, in the 2007-08 NFL playoffs, with Gibbs as head coach and Jason Campbell as the starting quarterback in the regular season. In 2008, they lost to the Seattle Seahawks with Todd Collins replacing Campbell in a wild card game. Overall, Rabach started 79 of 80 regular season games and 3 post-season games since joining the Redskins. Rabach signed a three-
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Fox Major League Baseball


the "MLB on Fox" logo was placed on the far right of the banner instead during non-regular season game broadcasts (e.g. "World Series on Fox", "All-Star Game on Fox", etc.) While Fox Sports upgraded the graphics packages on its other properties, the NFL, NFL Europe, and NASCAR starting with the 2003 NFL season, baseball telecasts continued to use this on-screen appearance in 2004 (except during its coverage of that year's postseason), but used elements from
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Mo Collins (American football)


Collins decided to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. Collins graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 1998. The Oakland Raiders selected Collins in the first round (twenty-third pick overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, and he played for the Raiders from to . In his six NFL seasons, Collins appeared in seventy-one regular season games and started in sixty-four of them. Collins was hired as the head coach of the
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FedExField


game blacked out on local television since 1972 (when home game broadcasts were banned outright) because it does not count "premium club level seating" when calculating sellouts (their sellout streak dates to 1965, eight years before the new blackout rules were implemented). From 2004 to 2010 Redskins fans set the NFL regular-season home paid attendance records. In 2005 the team drew a record 716,998 fans overall. The December 30, 2007, 27–6 win against the Dallas Cowboys was the most watched game in Redskins history, with
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Mark May


a football analyst and commentator on college football. Along with Lou Holtz, he was a regular on the popular "College Football Scoreboard" and "College Football Final" as well as appearing on pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage during the season, and on "College Football Live" in the off-season, and offers analysis on ESPN2 and ESPNews. He was also present in the "NFL Live" studio throughout the entire 2007 NFL Draft. While not a regular game analyst, he does occasionally broadcast games,
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1967 NFL Championship Game


incited his team to a 28–7 victory over the Rams at Milwaukee County Stadium. The home field for the NFL Championship alternated between the two conferences; even-numbered years were hosted by the Eastern and odd-numbered by the Western. Starting with the season, playoff sites were determined by regular season record, rather than a rotational basis. The 1967 game was a rematch of the previous season's, played in Dallas on January 1, 1967. More than two years after football had become the most popular televised sport in
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The NFL Today


Football League awarded Fox a four-year contract (worth US$1.58 billion) for the broadcast television rights to the National Football Conference, allowing that network to carry regular season and playoff games from the conference starting with the 1994 season (which it continues to this day). The deal stripped CBS of National Football League telecasts following the 1993 season after 38 years; as a result, "The NFL Today" ended its original run and CBS aired its final NFC telecast on January 23, 1994. After CBS lost the
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Antrel Rolle


2005 NFL Draft. Rolle was the second cornerback drafted in 2005, behind Adam "Pacman" Jones. On August 6, 2005, the Arizona Cardinals signed Rolle to a six-year, $43 million contract that includes $7.75 million guaranteed. Head coach Dennis Green named Rolle a starting cornerback to begin the regular season, alongside David Macklin. He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Arizona Cardinals' season-opener at the New York Giants and recorded one tackle in their 42–19 loss.
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Kerry Collins


deal. The contract was worth one-year and $4 million. Collins was signed as insurance for Peyton Manning, who was recovering from offseason neck surgery. The Colts named Collins the starter for week one, ending Manning's streak of 227 consecutive starts (208 regular season plus 19 playoff games) and making Collins the first quarterback other than Manning to start a regular-season game for the Colts since Jim Harbaugh in week 17 of the 1997 NFL season. On October 25, 2011, the Colts placed Collins on
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Brian Orakpo


round (13th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. Orakpo was the third defensive end drafted in 2009. On July 31, 2009, the Washington Redskins signed Orakpo to a five-year, $15.33 million contract that included $11.69 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $6.36 million. Head coach Jim Zorn named Orakpo the starting strongside linebacker to begin the regular season, along with Rocky McIntosh and middle linebacker London Fletcher. He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Washington Redskins' season
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1983 NFL season


The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins 38–9 at Tampa Stadium in Florida. Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference. The two wild cards would meet for the right to face whichever of the three division winners had the best overall record. The tiebreaker rules were based on head-to-
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List of black NFL quarterbacks


quarterback to start a season-opening game, being named the starter for the Buffalo Bills. Like his predecessors, Harris sometimes had to be accompanied by bodyguards during games and in his hotel room to protect him from credible death threats. This is a list of black quarterbacks who managed to start every regular season game in any NFL season. In 1974, James Harris became the first black quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game. Midway through the 1976 season, Harris was benched by his team's owner, Carroll
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1989 Dallas Cowboys season


UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman with the first pick in the NFL Draft. Curiously, they also drafted quarterback Steve Walsh later in the NFL’s supplemental draft (in doing so, they gave up a number one pick in the 1990 draft). Walsh had played quarterback for Jimmy Johnson at the University of Miami and led the ‘Canes to a 23–1 record as a starter and one national title. Walsh and Aikman battled for the starting quarterback job in the pre-season, with Aikman winning the nod when the regular season began
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2007 New England Patriots season


Pittsburgh Steelers, 1998 Minnesota Vikings, 1985 Chicago Bears, and 1984 San Francisco 49ers, while their 15–0 regular season start was a first in NFL history. The Patriots’ 6–0 record against division opponents was a franchise first. The win also marked the Patriots’ 18th straight regular season victory since their December 2006 loss to the Dolphins, tying the Patriots’ 2003–2004 NFL record. In their final regular season game, the 15–0 Patriots traveled to Giants Stadium, trying to win a record 16th game of the season. With the
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Alvin Kamara


. However, the Saints would lose to the Vikings by a score of 29–24 on the last play of the game. After a spectacular rookie season, Kamara was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was ranked #20 by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. With teammate Mark Ingram Jr. suspended for the first four games of the regular season, Kamara started the 2018 season as the Saints' main running back. In the season opener, a 48–40 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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National Football League Christmas games


NFL tried another Christmas Day game, the Cincinnati Bengals at the Minnesota Vikings, but it was a 9 p.m. ET "ABC Monday Night Football" contest, thereby avoiding interfering with family dinners. The NFL pushed the regular season back one week in 1989 as a one-off experiment, meaning Christmas would fall during the last week of the regular season instead of the first round of the playoffs. Starting with the following season, the league added a bye week, making Christmas permanently fall during the regular season. In the
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2007 NFL season


The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League. Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30. The New England Patriots became the first team to complete the regular season undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978. Four weeks after the playoffs began on January 5, 2008, the Patriots' bid for a perfect season was dashed when they lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, the league championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale
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Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman)


season in exchange for the Broncos' fifth-round selection in the 2005 NFL draft. In his only season with the Broncos, he played in thirteen games, recording sixteen tackles, three sacks and an interception. The interception came on a deflected pass in the famous "snow game" with the Oakland Raiders, and Johnson put on an impressive burst of speed to reach the end zone. In his ten-year NFL career, Johnson appeared in 149 regular season games, started in eighty-nine of them, and
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Quinton Patton


of NFL league rules. Nevertheless, Patton's action rebounded in his favor when Coach Jim Harbaugh took favorable notice of Patton's enthusiasm. Patton started the season as a backup to the 49ers' No. 3 receiver, Mario Manningham. Having suffered a foot fracture that sidelined him after the fourth game of the season, Patton sat out virtually all of his rookie year with the 49ers and had one reception for zero yards prior to the final regular season game against the Arizona Cardinals. However, Patton made a substantial impact in
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National Football League Christmas games


Sunday being an off-week. (The NFL's 1966 championship game was also held on Sunday, January 1, 1967, two weeks after the end of the regular season.) New Year's Day was an available day since the college bowl games were pushed forward to Monday, January 2 in those seasons. The AFL had scheduled the 1966 championship game for Monday afternoon December 26, but when the two leagues agreed to merge in 1970 and play a "World Championship game" starting with the 1966 season, the
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2018 Pittsburgh Steelers season


signed after the 2018 NFL draft concluded on April 28 unless otherwise noted. The Steelers' regular season schedule was announced on April 19. Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. The Steelers started their season on the road against the Browns. After a scoreless first quarter, the Steelers struck first in the second when second-year RB James Conner ran for a 4-yard touchdown to make it 7-0 at halftime. After the break, the Browns went to work as Tyrod Taylor ran for a 20-yard touchdown
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Washington Redskins


Comcast SportsNet also airs a pregame show and an extensive game recap program after each Redskins regular season Sunday game. Kenny Albert usually does play-by-play, while former Redskins players Joe Theismann and Clinton Portis respectively serve as the color analyst and sideline reporter. In the regular season, most games are shown on Fox NFL. The main exceptions are when the Redskins host an AFC team or play at night. For 17 of the past 19 United States presidential elections, a win for the Redskins' last home game prior
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1994 NFL season


to televising the NFL in 1998. The league also signed an exclusivity agreement with the new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service DirecTV to launch NFL Sunday Ticket, a satellite television subscription service that offers every regular season NFL game. The package remains exclusive to DirecTV to this day. The season ended with Super Bowl XXIX when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49–26 at Joe Robbie Stadium. Both teams had met that regular season, the second straight season that had happened, and ninth time overall. Even though
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Wembley Stadium


consecutive years. On 16 October 2012, the NFL announced there were to be two NFL regular season games played at Wembley Stadium during the 2013 season. The Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings on 29 September 2013 and the San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars on 27 October 2013. This is an attempt by the NFL to strengthen the NFL fanbase in London and internationally. Future plans to have a permanent NFL team in London have been suggested. Another first was recorded in 2014 as three regular season NFL games were played at Wembley.
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