Each NFL team plays 16 games over the 17-week season. The league uses a formula to determine all 256 matchups. The league’s 32 teams are split into two conferences — the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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Unfortunately for all of us, the 2016 NFL regular season does not start until Sept. 8, which will be the opening Thursday night. It won’t be until Sept. 11 where we get a full slate of Sunday games, followed by the Monday Night Football doubleheader on Sept. 12.
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For the first time since the 2003 NFL season, neither of the previous season's Super Bowl participants made the playoffs. The 2016 season was also the last season for the San Diego Chargers before their return to their original city of Los Angeles for 2017.
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When does the 2016 NFL regular season begin? With the 2016 NFL Draft wrapping up, most will start wondering about when the real action actually gets underway. Well, that is why you can to FanSided. The regular season begins on Sept. 8 with the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers staging a Super Bowl rematch.
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Once the 2017 NFL regular season starts to wind down, fans also want to know when the 2018 Playoffs will be held. For the 2018 NFL Playoff schedule, the Wild Card round of play will held on Saturday January 6th, 2018 and Sunday, January 7th, 2018.
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A common question asked by NFL fans is when does the 2017 NFL football season start? For the upcoming season, the first game will be held on Thursday, September 7th, 2017. Following the annual kickoff game, the remainder of the league will start play on either Sunday, September 10th, 2017 or Monday, September 11th.
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The first Sunday of the NFL regular season is on Sept. 11, with 13 games taking place. One of the more interesting games will be the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Green Bay Packers. For years, this would have been a brutal beating, but the Jaguars have some real players on both sides of the ball.
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When does the 2016 NFL regular season start? When does the 2016 NFL regular season start? Super Bowl 50 will be over on Sunday night, leaving football fans around the world with a massive void. For the next seven months, there will be no on-field action except for the occasional minicamp and subsequent training camp and preseason games.
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Each spring four NFL executives take on an enormous task: creating the NFL schedule for the next season. The 2017 NFL schedule will feature a Super Bowl LI rematch when the New England Patriots host the Atlanta Falcons. The season kicks off on Sept. 7. (AP Photo/Ben Liebenberg)
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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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when does the nfl season
The National Football League season is on September 11.  