2025 Sunday Night Football on NBC Schedule

Caption: The current "Sunday Night Football" logo (2022-present). | 📸 Photo credit: Variety.com.

Sunday, May 11, 2025 (Happy Mother's Day !!)

• Two Games during Opening Week: Cowboys at Eagles in annual NFL Kickoff Game on Thursday, September 4 followed by a matchup of the last two MVP winners - Lamar Jackson (2023 NFL MVP) and the Baltimore Ravens vs. Josh Allen (2024 NFL MVP) and the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, September 7.

• Primetime TV's #1 Show for 14 straight seasons.

• Vigorous Amount of Quarterback Duels on SNF in 2025: Dak Prescott vs. Jalen Hurts (Week 1, Sept. 4), Jackson vs. Allen (Week 1, Sept. 7), Jordan Love vs. Prescott (Week 4, Sept. 28), Jared Goff vs. Patrick Mahomes (Week 6, Oct. 12), Goff vs. Hurts (Week 11, Nov. 16), Baker Mayfield vs. Matthew Stafford (Week 12, Nov. 23), Joe Burrow vs. Jackson (Week 13, Nov. 27, Thanksgiving), C.J. Stroud vs. Mahomes (Week 14, Dec. 7), Burrow vs. Tagovailoa (Week 16, Dec. 21). SNF has it covered in terms of the must-see quarterback matchups.

• Peacock to once again supplement NBC's SNF coverage in 2025: Peacock will stream every Sunday Night Football on NBC broadcast during the 2025 season, the Football Night in America pregame studio show, Sunday Night Football Final (postgame show), and of course, Super Bowl LX in February.

Sunday Night Football (SNF) on NBC, America's No. 1 primetime television show for an unprecedented 14 consecutive years, is excited to mark the 20th season of the program. This year's slate has an emphasis on showcasing the best players & teams in football from September (NFL Kickoff Game) thru Super Bowl LX from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026, live on NBC & Peacock.

The 20th anniversary season of SNF on NBC begins with two must-see games during the first weekend of the NFL's regular season. Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys continue their traditional NFC East rivalry with 2024 AP Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley and the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles during NFL Kickoff '25 on Thursday, September 4, on NBC and Peacock. This game will be the 17th time that Dallas & Philadelphia will be matching up on NBC's Sunday Night Football package and the first time that the Cowboys & Eagles clash on the first NFL regular season weekend since 2000.

Later that weekend on Sunday, September 7, NBC Sports will air their first traditional Sunday night game of the new campaign. And boy, do they have a fantastic game in which to show. Lamar Jackson (2023 NFL MVP) and the reigning AFC North champion Baltimore Ravens travel to Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York to face off against Josh Allen (2024 NFL MVP) and the defending AFC East champion Buffalo Bills. This game is a re-match of last season's AFC Divisional Playoff Game, which was a Bills win over the Ravens at Highmark Stadium. This is the first game of the Bills' final season at the current Highmark Stadium, as the new Highmark Stadium is slated to open for the 2026 season.

The 2025 Sunday Night Football on NBC schedule has eight games featuring clubs that qualified for the 2024 postseason - spearheaded by Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, who have participated in all but one Super Bowl since the 2019 season. They will host Amon-Ra St. Brown and the reigning NFC North champion Detroit Lions on Sunday, October 12. With Kansas City & Detroit holding the best records in the AFC & NFC, respectively, a season ago, this matchup is just the second time in NBC's Sunday Night Football package history that NBC will have a game featuring the teams that finished FIRST in their respective conferences the previous season (with the Opening Night Panthers-Broncos game in 2016 being the only other time). Two years later, during NFL Kickoff "23, the Lions squeezed out a spellbinding 21-20 win over the Chiefs on NBC and Peacock.

Peacock will have a stream available for every single Sunday Night Football on NBC broadcast, including postseason games, in addition to the "Football Night in America" studio show that precedes live game coverage on Sunday nights. The exclusive "Sunday Night Football Final" show returns to Peacock in 2025, to give additional coverage of that week's NBC SNF game. Furthermore, Peacock will get exclusive rights to show a Week 17 Saturday NFL game live in primetime on Saturday, December 27 at 8:00 PM (ET). That matchup will be determined later on in the season.

The "SNF" announce team of play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico, analyst Cris Collinsworth, reporter Melissa Stark, and rules analyst Terry McAulay return to provide commentary for the fourth consecutive year.

Highlights of the 2025 "Sunday Night Football" on NBC Schedule:

• NBC Sports' NFL schedule has the defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys (including a game vs. their longtime rival Green Bay Packers) appearing three times each on the network, plus two games each for the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Commanders.

• Once the opening weekend is finished, the superb SNF lineup of highly anticipated quarterback battles continues with Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers facing off against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, September 28. This game has plenty of historic value, as these two clubs have played in postseason competition on nine different occasions over the years, the second-most in NFL history.

• On Sunday, November 16, Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions hit the road to play Jalen Hurts and the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in a game that has the top two seeds from the NFC last season. The next week, Sunday, November 23, Baker Mayfield and the defending NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers clash with Matthew Stafford and the defending NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams, bringing together two 2024 division-winning quarterbacks & former #1 overall picks.

• On Thanksgiving Night, Thursday, November 27, 2024 NFL passing leader Joe Burrow alongside 2024 receiving "Triple Crown" winner Ja'Marr Chase lead the Cincinnati Bengals into an AFC North division showdown against Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the Baltimore Ravens. An AFC Divisional Playoff Game re-match is coming your way on December 7, when C.J. Stroud leads the Houston Texans against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. On Sunday, December 21, Joe Burrow and the Bengals head to South Florida for a late-season game vs. Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins (Tua led the league in completion percentage last season & and in passing yardage in 2023).

• Double Feature of Class of 2024 Quarterback Confrontations: In Week 2 (Sunday, September 14), Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy - who had to miss the 2024 season due to injury - is expected to make his Minnesota Vikings home debut against fellow 2024 first round pick Michael Penix Jr. and the Atlanta Falcons. 2024 Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders, who made a Cinderella run to the NFC Championship Game last year, welcome fellow 2024 first round pick Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos to Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland on Sunday, November 30. In 2024, Nix helped the Broncos to a 10-7 record and a postseason appearance.

In total, NBC Sports will broadcast 25 NFL games during the forthcoming 2025 NFL season. 20 of these games will be regular season matchups, distributed by NBC (linear television) and Peacock (streaming), including 18 Sunday Night Football games, the annual NFL Kickoff Game & the annual Thanksgiving Night Game. To add on, Peacock gets a Saturday night exclusive game broadcast in Week 17 on Saturday, December 27. NBC Sports owns the broadcasting rights to three playoff games on NBC & Peacock - one Wild Card game, one Divisional Playoff game & Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026 from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

To launch the preseason later this year, NBC & Peacock will televise the Hall of Fame Game between the Chargers and the Lions on Thursday, July 31. 

The 2025 Sunday Night Football on NBC schedule is located below for your viewing needs. This schedule is subject to change due to flex scheduling.

* = Flex week [Weeks 5 through 18. Excludes Thanksgiving night (CIN-BAL) and the Peacock Week 17 exclusive (Teams TBD)]

• NFL on NBC: 2025 NFL Preseason, Regular Season & Postseason "Sunday Night Football" Schedule (All Times Eastern and Subject to Change)

Preseason:

| Preseason, Hall of Fame Game - Thursday, July 31

. Chargers vs. Lions (Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium) - NBC, 8:00 PM (ET) - 

- 2025 NFL Hall of Fame Game

Regular Season:

| Week 1 - Thursday, September 4 (Kickoff Game)

. Cowboys at Eagles - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| Week 1 - Sunday, September 7 (SNF)

. Ravens at Bills - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| Week 2 - Sunday, September 14

. Falcons at Vikings - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| Week 3 - Sunday, September 21

. Chiefs at Giants - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| Week 4 - Sunday, September 28

. Packers at Cowboys - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 5 - Sunday, October 5

. Patriots at Bills - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 6 - Sunday, October 12

. Lions at Chiefs - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 7 - Sunday, October 19

. Falcons at 49ers - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 8 - Sunday, October 26

. Packers at Steelers - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 9 - Sunday, November 2

. Seahawks at Commanders - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) -

| * Week 10 - Sunday, November 9

. Steelers at Chargers - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 11 - Sunday, November 16

. Lions at Eagles - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 12 - Sunday, November 23

. Buccaneers at Rams - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| Week 13 - Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving 🦃 Night)

. Bengals at Ravens - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 13 - Sunday, November 30 (SNF)

. Broncos at Commanders - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 14 - Sunday, December 7

. Texans at Chiefs - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) -

| * Week 15 - Sunday, December 14

. Vikings at Cowboys - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 16 - Sunday, December 21

. Bengals at Dolphins - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 17 - Saturday, December 27 (Peacock exclusive)

. Teams TBD - Peacock, 8:00 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 17 - Sunday, December 28

. Bears at 49ers - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

| * Week 18 - Sunday, January 4 (Regular Season Finale)

. Teams TBD - NBC, 8:20 PM (ET) - 

Postseason:

| AFC or NFC Wild Card Game - Sunday, January 11

. Teams TBD - NBC, 8:15 PM (ET) - 

| AFC or NFC Divisional Playoff Game - Saturday, January 17 or Sunday, January 18

. Teams TBD - NBC, TBD - 

| Super Bowl LX from Santa Clara, California - Sunday, February 8

. NFC Champion vs. AFC Champion (Levi's Stadium) - NBC, 6:30 PM (ET) -  

|| Sources 🛈: NBC Sports Press Box ||

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