2025 NFL Schedule Release: Date, when does the season start?
April 4, 2025
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The 2025 NFL offseason continues to chug right along. Up next is the 2025 NFL Draft and not shortly after that will be the NFL schedule release for 2025. Stay up to date with everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Schedule release below:
When is the 2025 NFL Schedule Release?
We don’t know exactly when the NFL will announce the 2025 regular season schedule yet, but we can make some educated guesses based on past releases.
Based on past release dates, NFL fans can expect to see 2025 NFL season dates in early or mid-May.
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Past NFL Schedule Release Dates
2024 – May 15
2023 – May 11
2022 – May 12
2021 – May 12
2020 – May 7
2019 – April 17
2018 – April 19
2017 – April 20
2016 – April 14
2015 – April 21
2014 – April 23
2013 – April 18
2012 – April 17
2011 – April 19
2010 – April 20
2009 – April 14
2008 – April 15
2007 – April 11
2006 – April 6
2005 – April 13
When does the 2025 NFL Season start?
While we don’t know much about the 2025 NFL season yet, we do know that the Week 1 opening game will feature the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles at home on Thursday, September 4.
How is the NFL schedule determined?
The NFL has detailed rules about how the schedule comes together. Check out the specifics below:
Each team plays 17 regular season games.
Each team receives a bye week.
Teams alternate seasons where they host nine regular season games and one preseason game or eight regular season games and two preseason games.
Each team has six games against divisional opponents – two against each team, one at home and one on the road.
Each team has four games against teams from a division within its conference – two games at home and two on the road.
Each team has four games against teams from a division in the other conference – two games at home and two on the road.
Each team has two games against teams from the two remaining divisions in its own conference – one game at home and one on the road. Matchups are based on division ranking from the previous season.
The 17th game for each team is an additional game against a non-conference opponent from a division that the team is not scheduled to play. Matchups are based on division ranking from the previous season.
2024 NFL Schedule Opponents
Below is a list of who each team will be playing this season, home and away:
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