The NFL, as part of the recently-completed Collective Bargaining Agreement, is planning on extending the regular season from 16 to 17 games in 2021, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. By increasing the regular season, the NFL would decrease the preseason to two or three games.
History
| Number of regular season games per team |
|---|
| 1978–1981, 1983–1986, 1988–1989 | 16 games (16 weeks) |
| 1982 | 9 games (17 weeks, strike) |
| 1987 | 15 games (16 weeks, strike) |
| 1990–1992, 1994–2000, 2002–present | 16 games (17 weeks) |
Except, it seems, the National Football League. Starting in 2021, in all likelihood, the NFL will move to a 17-game regular season, as permitted in the new collective bargaining agreement signed in March, meaning some teams will have eight home games and some will have nine.
If your favorite NFL team is always on the brink of the postseason, take solace. The league announced Tuesday that NFL owners have officially voted to expand the playoffs by two teams -- one from each conference, bringing the grand total from 12 to 14 -- starting with the 2020 season.
Playoff expansion reportedly isn't an issue for the players, though, compared to the idea of an extra week of regular-season play. The NFL's motivation behind its push for a 17-game schedule is obvious, especially considering nobody (not even the fans) is asking for regular-season expansion.
It's obvious that the NFL won't be contracting any time soon, so either one of the 32 current franchises will have to move, or the league will have to expand. The only logical move for the NFL is to move to 36 teams for the symmetry of having six divisions of six teams each.
New scheduling procedures with respect to the 17th regular-season game will "be an interconference match-up based on divisional standings" from the previous campaign, and "on a rotating divisional basis" in a fashion similar to current scheduling standards that annually see one AFC division play an entire NFC division,
For now, the 2020 NFL schedule features a complete slate of 17 weeks and 256 games.
The NFL season format consists of a four-week preseason, a seventeen-week regular season (each team plays 16 games), and a fourteen-team single-elimination playoff culminating in the Super Bowl, the league's championship game.
The NFL's scheduling formula ensures that all teams will play every team from every division in the other conference once every four years. The 16 teams in each conference are split into the East, North, South and West divisions; every division has four teams.
Standings
| Down arrow icon NFC EAST | Down arrow icon W | Down arrow icon Conf |
|---|
| Washington Football Teamxz Washington xz | 7 | 5 - 7 - 0 |
| New York Giants Giants | 6 | 5 - 7 - 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys Cowboys | 6 | 5 - 7 - 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles Eagles | 4 | 4 - 8 - 0 |
The National Football League today formally announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has canceled all 2020 preseason games. As we have developed our 2020 playbook for the return of football, safety continues to be our first priority; that commitment will remain paramount as players return to the field."
Where each of the 32 NFL teams stands on allowing fans into stadiums. As we enter Week 15 of the 2020 NFL regular season, some teams are allowing fans into stadiums, while others are still playing games without anyone in attendance.
NFL owner predicts 2020 season will be played without fans in attendance. The way Blank sees the upcoming season playing out, the NFL is likely to play a full season although the Falcons' owner does not anticipate fans being in the stadium at this time.
The high school spring sports season came to an end in March, two months earlier than scheduled. The first playable date for the 2020 high school football season, if it were not pushed back or changed in anyway, would be Aug. 20.
Regular season. The NFL released its regular season schedule on May 7. The season was played over a 17-week schedule beginning on September 10. Each of the league's 32 teams played a 16-game schedule, with one bye week for each team.
In 2020, when the NFL's 100th season ends with Super Bowl 54, that domestic and global attention will turn to Miami. The Super Bowl in 2020, the game that will crown an NFL champion for the 2019 season, is scheduled to take place Sunday, Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The 49ers will play the Chiefs.
The "NFL 100" logo was revealed during halftime of FOX's broadcast of the Denver Broncos vs. Arizona Cardinals on Thursday Night Football. The logo will be featured on game balls and every player's jersey near the neck area during the 2019 season, similar to how the league deployed its 75th season logos in 1994.
While 10 teams have gone winless in the history of the NFL, only two — the 2008 Lions and 2017 Cleveland Browns — have gone 0-16.
There were eight original AFL teams: the Dallas Texans, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo Bills, New York Titans, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, and Boston Patriots. All of these franchises still exist in the NFL today although not all of them are known by the same name.
In honor of the NFL's centennial, let's see how the five oldest NFL franchises have transformed over the years.
- Arizona Cardinals.
- Chicago Bears.
- Green Bay Packers.
- New York Giants. Established in 1925, the Giants have had the same name for its entire existence.
- Detroit Lions. Ever heard of the Portsmouth Spartans?
NFL seasonsThe 2019 NFL season was the 100th season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 54th of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 5, 2019 with the NFL Kickoff Game, in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 10–3.
The National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team was revealed in 2019 after being voted on by a panel consisting of media members, former players and league personnel. It honored the best players of the first 100 years of the National Football League (NFL).
The NFL: 100 Years of football
- The Akron Professionals championship team. 1st Season.
- The Chicago Bears play in a game during the 1920s. 2nd Season.
- Canton Bulldogs championship team. 3rd Season.
- Canton Bulldogs play a game in the 1920s. 4th Season.
- Cleveland Bulldogs 1924 championship trophy.
- Harold “Red” Grange in 1925.
- C.C.
- NFL president Joe Carr.
