When does the 2025 NFL regular season begin? Start date and week one schedule
We’re just three months away from the NFL preseason, and we now know the full schedule for all 32 teams! Here’s what to expect from opening week.
Today, the NFL gave us its last major event until the season begins - the 2025 full schedule release. Now, we know all the details about exactly which teams will face each other, where, and when.
In the meantime, we do have offseason workouts, cuts, franchise tag deadlines, and training camp to keep the NFL news cycle going. But nothing beats the feeling of football season finally starting again.
The preseason begins with the Hall of Fame game on Thursday, July 31, and the regular season begins Thursday, September 5. Here is the full schedule for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season.
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— NFL (@NFL) May 15, 2025
NFL 2025: Week 1 schedule
The NFL season’s opening week gets the season off to a hot start. It opens with the reigning Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles hosting their NFC East foes, the Dallas Cowboys. The game will be broadcast on NBC or available to stream on Peacock. The following day, we’ll be treated to the second annual game in São Paulo (on the first Friday of the season again) as the Los Angeles Chargers host the Super Bowl losers, the Kansas City Chiefs at Corinthians Arena.
Here’s a look at the full Week 1 schedule:
- Thursday, September 4:
- Cowboys @ Eagles, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
- Friday, September 5:
- Chiefs vs Chargers, 8:15 p.m. ET, São Paulo - Corinthians Arena (YouTube)
- Sunday, September 7:
- Raiders @ Patriots, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Steelers @ Jets, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Dolphins @ Colts, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Cardinals @ Saints, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Giants @ Commanders, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Panthers @ Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Bengals @ Browns, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Buccaneers @ Falcons, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Titans @ Broncos, 4:05 p.m. ET (FOX)
- 49ers @ Seahawks, 4:05 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Lions @ Packers, 4:25 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Texans @ Rams, 4:25 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Ravens @ Bills, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
- Monday, September 8:
- Vikings @ Bears, 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
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