Highlights of the 2016 schedule included: NFL Kickoff Game: The 2016 season began on Thursday, September 8, 2016, with a rematch of the previous Super Bowl. The defending Super Bowl 50 champions, the Denver Broncos, hosted the Carolina Panthers at 8:30 p.m.
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Highlights of the 2015 schedule include: 1  NFL Kickoff Game: The 2015 season began on Thursday, September 10, 2015, with the Super Bowl XLIX champion New England Patriots hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots defeated the Steelers, 28-21.
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Highlights of the 2017 schedule include: 1  NFL Kickoff Game: The 2017 season will begin with the Kickoff Game on September 7, at 8:30 p.m. EDT. 2  International Series: Four games will be played in London in 2017. 3  Thanksgiving Day: As has been the case since 2006, three games will be played on November 23.
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The 2017 NFL season, the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL), will begin on September 7, 2017, with the defending Super Bowl LI champion, New England Patriots hosting a game. The season will conclude with Super Bowl LII, the league's championship game, on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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In 1990, the NFL re-introduced a bye week to the schedule, which it had not had since 1966. Each team played sixteen regular season games over seventeen weeks. During the season, on a rotating basis, each team would have the weekend off. As a result, opening weekend was moved up to Labor Day weekend.
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For the Gaelic football season in Ireland, see 2016 National Football League (Ireland). The 2016 NFL season was the 97th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL), began on September 8, 2016, with the defending Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos defeating the Carolina Panthers 21-20 in the NFL Kickoff Game.
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From 1961 through 1977, the NFL schedule consisted of fourteen regular season games played over fourteen weeks, except in 1966. Opening weekend typically was the weekend after Labor Day, or rarely two weekends after Labor Day. Teams played six or seven exhibition games.
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The 2015 NFL season was the 96th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL), and the 50th of the Super Bowl era.
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nfl schedule for opening season
NFL Kickoff Game: The 2017 season will begin with the Kickoff Game on September 7, at 8:30 p.m. EDT In the National Football League, Kickoff Game will start on September 7, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.