2020 NFL on CBS Schedule

Current NFL on CBS logo (2016-present).

Schedule to feature AFC's bright, young star quarterbacks including Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore's Lamar Jackson

Marquee NFC Matchups to be Featured on the CBS Slate

Defending Super Bowl LIV Champions Kansas City Chiefs to Featured 9 Times

As NFL Playoffs Expand, CBS Adds Second Wild Card Game with a special telecast produced to air on Nickelodeon for younger audiences

CBS Sports begins their 61st season televising games of the National Football League (NFL) during the 2020 NFL season. CBS' coverage for this year is of course highlighted by their exclusive presentation of Super Bowl LV from Tampa, Fla. on February 7, 2021, marking the 21st time that CBS has broadcasted the Super Bowl - the most of any network.

The NFL on CBS 2020 lineup has plenty of star power from the American Football Conference (AFC). Obviously, Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore's Lamar Jackson (last year's NFL MVP) lead the pack. Also, Houston's Deshaun Watson, Cleveland's Baker Mayfield, Buffalo's Josh Allen and Jets quarterback Sam Darnold will also be factored into the schedule as well. Rookies Tua Tagovailoa in Miami, Joe Burrow in Cincinnati and Justin Herbert with the Chargers will be showcased on CBS this season. Tagovailoa, Burrow & Herbert were top 6 picks in the 2020 NFL Draft.

CBS' Super Bowl LV season is scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 13.

Highlighting the upcoming year's broadcast schedule will be games played in the NFL's highest-rated and most-watched window every single week, 4:25 PM ET, is a matchup of Mahomes' Super Bowl Champion Chiefs against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in Week 12, in addition to, Ravens vs. Texans in Week 2, Chiefs vs. Chargers in Week 2 (the first game at SoFi Stadium for the Chargers), Patriots vs. Chiefs in Week 4, Steelers vs. Cowboys in Week 9 & Chiefs vs. Saints in Week 15.

Marquee NFC cross-flex matchups in the 4:25 PM ET window include: Giants vs. Cowboys (Week 5), 49ers vs. Patriots (Week 7) and Eagles vs. Packers (Week 13). Other CBS NFC cross-flex highlight is the Rams vs. Seahawks game in Week 16.

CBS' annual Thanksgiving day contest will pit the Houston Texans against the Detroit Lions on Thursday, November 26th at 12:30 PM ET.

In addition, CBS has some compelling and riveting early afternoon, 1:00 PM, ET games too: Giants vs. Bears in Week 2 (9/20), Ravens vs. Eagles in Week 6 (10/18) & Steelers vs. Ravens in Week 7 (10/25).

Plus, CBS will have the Chiefs and Steelers appear 9 times each. The Patriots will have 10 games on CBS this season. The Texans will have 11 games on CBS this season. CBS will get three appearances from the Giants, Bears, Eagles & Vikings. CBS will get two appearances from the Cowboys & Buccaneers.

NFL on CBS National Games:

Kansas City vs. L.A. Chargers; Baltimore vs. Houston - Sunday, September 20 (4:25 PM ET)

New England vs. Kansas City - Sunday, October 4 (4:25 PM ET)

N.Y. Giants vs. Dallas - Sunday, October 11 (4:25 PM ET)

San Francisco vs. New England; Kansas City vs. Denver - Sunday, October 25 (4:25 PM ET)

Pittsburgh vs. Dallas - Sunday, November 8 (4:25 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay - Sunday, November 29 (4:25 PM ET)

Philadelphia vs. Green Bay; New England vs. L.A. Chargers - Sunday, December 6 (4:25 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. New Orleans - Sunday, December 20 (4:25 PM ET)

NFL on CBS Schedule Highlights:

N.Y. Giants vs. Chicago - Sunday, September 20th (1:00 PM ET)

Baltimore vs. Philadelphia - Sunday, October 18th (1:00 PM ET)

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore - Sunday, October 25th (1:00 PM ET)

N.Y. Jets vs. Kansas City - Sunday, November 1st (1:00 PM ET)

Detroit vs. Minnesota - Sunday, November 8th (1:00 PM ET)

New England vs. Houston; Tennessee vs. Baltimore - Sunday, November 22nd (1:00 PM ET)

Cincinnati vs. Miami - Sunday, December 6th (1:00 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. Miami - Sunday, December 13th (1:00 PM ET)

Cleveland vs. N.Y. Giants - Sunday, December 20th (1:00 PM ET)

L.A. Rams vs. Seattle - Sunday, December 27th (4:05 PM ET)

This regular-season schedule is followed by a full postseason slate of games.

Two wild card games will air on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10th. With the NFL's expansion of the playoffs to 14 games, the January 10 Wild Card game on CBS will be produced separately to air on children's cable channel, Nickelodeon.

An AFC Divisional Playoff game will air on Saturday, January 16th or Sunday, January 17th. This is followed by the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 24th at 6:30 PM ET and Super Bowl LV on Sunday, February 7th.

CBS' lead NFL broadcast team of Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tony Romo (analyst) & Tracy Wolfson (reporter) will lead CBS' 61st year of NFL coverage. CBS is scheduled to air at least 98 games during the 17 week regular season plus the AFC playoffs and Super Bowl LV.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this schedule is slated to change.

Link to announcers: 2020 NFL on CBS Announcers.

The 2020 NFL on CBS schedule is as follows:

Preseason (cancelled):
On July 21, the NFL and NFLPA reached a tentative agreement to cancel all preseason games. CBS was scheduled to televise Jaguars-Buccaneers on August 22nd & Bengals-Falcons on August 28th.

Regular Season:
* Week 1 - Sunday, September 13th - NFL on CBS Singleheader
1:00 PM, ET
Dolphins vs. Patriots (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Browns vs. Ravens (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)
Raiders vs. Panthers (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)
Jets vs. Bills (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)
Colts vs. Jaguars (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET
Chargers vs. Bengals (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

* Week 2 - Sunday, September 20th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader
1:00 PM, ET
Giants vs. Bears (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)
Broncos vs. Steelers (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)
Jaguars vs. Titans (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)
Bills vs. Dolphins (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:25 PM, ET
Chiefs vs. Chargers (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Ravens vs. Texans (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

* Week 3 - Sunday, September 27th - NFL on CBS Singleheader
1:00 PM, ET
Raiders vs. Patriots (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Texans vs. Steelers (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Titans vs. Vikings (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Bengals vs. Eagles (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET

Jets vs. Colts (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Panthers vs. Chargers (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

* Week 4 - Sunday, October 4th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader
1:00 PM, ET
Chargers vs. Buccaneers (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Ravens vs. Washington (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Jaguars vs. Bengals (Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely)

See below for Note 1, regarding Pittsburgh/Tennessee.

4:25 PM, ET
Bills vs. Raiders (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Colts vs. Bears (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Amanda Balionis)

See below for Note 2, regarding New England/Kansas City.

NOTE 1: Steelers vs. Titans, originally scheduled for 1:00 PM ET on October 4th, is postponed to Sunday, October 25th due to COVID-19 outbreak affecting the Titans. Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins were the scheduled announcers.

NOTE 2: Patriots vs. Chiefs, originally scheduled for 4:25 PM ET on October 4th, is postponed to Monday, October 5th due to COVID-19 outbreak affecting the Patriots & Chiefs. Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson were the scheduled announcers and will still call the game.

* Week 4 - Monday, October 5th - CBS National Broadcast

Patriots vs. Chiefs - 7:00 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

* Week 5 - Sunday, October 11th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Raiders vs. Chiefs (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Bengals vs. Ravens (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Amanda Balionis)

Jaguars vs. Texans (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

See below for Note 1, regarding Buffalo/Tennessee.

4:25 PM, ET
Giants vs. Cowboys (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Colts vs. Browns (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

See below for Note 2, regarding Denver/New England.

NOTE 1: Bills vs. Titans, originally scheduled for 1:00 PM ET on October 11th, is postponed to Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 PM ET, due to COVID-19 outbreak with Titans. Tom McCarthy & Jay Feely were scheduled to call the game and is expected to remain on the call.

NOTE 2: Broncos vs. Patriots, scheduled for 1:00 PM ET and later moved to 4:25 PM ET on October 11th, is postponed to Monday, October 12th at 5:00 PM ET on ESPN, due to COVID-19 outbreak with Patriots. Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins were scheduled for the call. However, ESPN assigned Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Laura Rutledge to the game instead due to the time/network change. Later on, the Broncos-Patriots was postponed for the week. Denver-New England will now be played in Week 6.

* Week 5 - Tuesday, October 13th - CBS National Broadcast

Bills vs. Titans - 7:00 (Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely, A.J. Ross)

* Week 6 - Sunday, October 18th - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Browns vs. Steelers (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Ravens vs. Eagles (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Broncos vs. Patriots (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Texans vs. Titans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

4:05 PM, ET
Jets vs. Dolphins (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

* Week 7 - Sunday, October 25th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Steelers vs. Titans (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)
Bills vs. Jets (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, A.J. Ross)

Browns vs. Bengals (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:25 PM, ET
49ers vs. Patriots (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Chiefs vs. Broncos (Kevin Harlan, Jay Feely, Melanie Collins)

Jaguars vs. Chargers (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

* Week 8 - Sunday, November 1st - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Steelers vs. Ravens (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Patriots vs. Bills (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Jets vs. Chiefs (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Colts vs. Lions (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Michael Grady)

Titans vs. Bengals (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET
Chargers vs. Broncos (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

* Week 9 - Sunday, November 8th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Ravens vs. Colts (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Lions vs. Vikings (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Broncos vs. Falcons (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Texans vs. Jaguars (Spero Dedes, Adam Archlueta)

4:25 PM, ET
Steelers vs. Cowboys (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Dolphins vs. Cardinals (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Michael Grady)

* Week 10 - Sunday, November 15th - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
4:05 PM, ET
Bills vs. Cardinals (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Broncos vs. Raiders (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Chargers vs. Dolphins (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, A.J. Ross)

* Week 11 - Sunday, November 22nd - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Titans vs. Ravens (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Steelers vs. Jaguars (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Patriots vs. Texans (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)
Bengals vs. Washington (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET
Dolphins vs. Broncos (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green)

Jets vs. Chargers (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

* Week 12 (Thurs.) - Thursday, November 26th - Thanksgiving
Texans vs. Lions - 12:30 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

* Week 12 (Sun.) - Sunday, November 29th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Titans vs. Colts (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Raiders vs. Falcons (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Amanda Balionis)

Chargers vs. Bills (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Dolphins vs. Jets (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Browns vs. Jaguars (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:25 PM, ET
Chiefs vs. Buccaneers (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

* Week 13 - Sunday, December 6th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Browns vs. Titans (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Colts vs. Texans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Sherree Burruss)

Bengals vs. Dolphins (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Raiders vs. Jets (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Jaguars vs. Vikings (Beth Mowins, Jay Feely)

4:25 PM, ET
Eagles vs. Packers (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)
Patriots vs. Chargers (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Amanda Balionis)

* Week 14 - Sunday, December 13th - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Chiefs vs. Dolphins (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Texans vs. Bears (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Broncos vs. Panthers (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

Titans vs. Jaguars (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET
Colts vs. Raiders (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)
Jets vs. Seahawks (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

* Week 15 - Sunday, December 20th - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET

Patriots vs. Dolphins (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

49ers vs. Cowboys (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Texans vs. Colts (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Jaguars vs. Ravens (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

Lions vs. Titans (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:25 PM, ET
Chiefs vs. Saints (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

* Week 16 - Sunday, December 27th - NFL on CBS Singleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Colts vs. Steelers (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson)

Browns vs. Jets (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, A.J. Ross)

Bears vs. Jaguars (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

4:05 PM, ET

Panthers vs. Washington (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)
Broncos vs. Chargers (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Amanda Balionis)

* Week 17 - Sunday, January 3rd - NFL on CBS Doubleheader (flex week)
1:00 PM, ET
Steelers vs. Browns (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Dolphins vs. Bills (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, A.J. Ross)

Ravens vs. Bengals (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Jets vs. Patriots (Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely)

4:25 PM, ET
Cardinals vs. Rams (Jim Nantz, Boomer Esiasion, Tracy Wolfson)

Titans vs. Texans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Amanda Balionis)

Jaguars vs. Colts (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

Raiders vs. Broncos (Beth Mowins, Tiki Barber)

2020-21 NFL Playoffs:
* Wild Card - Saturday, January 9th
AFC Wild Card: (7) Colts vs. (2) Bills - 1:00 (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

* Wild Card - Sunday, January 10th
NFC Wild Card: (7) Bears vs. (2) Saints - 4:30 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Jay Feely: CBS) | (Noah Eagle, Nate Burleson, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Lex Lumpkin: Nickelodeon)

NOTE: The children television's network Nickelodeon aired a kid-friendly version Chicago-New Orleans alongside the traditional broadcast on CBS.

* AFC Divisional Playoff - Sunday, January 17th
(6) Browns vs. (3) Chiefs - 3:00 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn)

* AFC Championship Game - Sunday, January 24th
(2) Bills vs. (1) Chiefs - 6:30 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn)

* Super Bowl LV (Tampa) - Sunday, February 7th
(1) Chiefs vs. (5) Buccaneers - 6:30 (Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn)

H/T: CBS Sports