When does the 2025 NFL season start?
Super Bowl LIX champions the Philadelphia Eagles are expected to kick off the 2025 season, which will come after a long wait.
The 2024 NFL season has come and gone, with the Philadelphia Eagles springing something of a surprise by winning their second Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday (February 9).
The game was the culmination of 22-and-a-half weeks of pro football, comprising of 18 weeks of regular season action, plus four postseason rounds. But now that it’s all over, football fans across the United States and beyond are all asking one question: “When does it all start again?”
The Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles will open the 2025 NFL season at home on Thursday night. Who will they face? Here are the options:
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 10, 2025
🏈Commanders
🏈Cowboys
🏈Giants
🏈Bears
🏈Lions
🏈Raiders
🏈Rams
🏈Broncos
2025 NFL season dates: first game, regular season, playoffs, Super Bowl LX
It may seem like a long way off, but the 2025 NFL season will start on Thursday, September 4, 2025. That will come after three weeks of preseason, which usually begins on the first weekend of August (exact dates have yet to be confirmed).
The regular season will run through to Sunday, January 4, 2026, with the postseason action slated to begin the following weekend on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Super Bowl LX will be held at Levi’s Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers, in Santa Clara, California on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
Unless the league changes the way it usually operates between now and September, the Philadelphia Eagles, as Super Bowl champions, will play in the first game of the 2025 season at home at Lincoln Financial Field. Their opponent will be announced in the spring.
We do know, however, that the Eagles are due to play the following teams at home, which could happen on Week 1: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Commanders, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams.
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