The return of the NFL season also means we see the familiar faces of the NFL refs back on our screens, making the big calls that can define games. Let’s examine which referees have been assigned which NFL games, who will feature in Week 1’s prime-time games, and who will be in charge of your favorite team’s contest.
NFL referee assignments for Week 1
Below, you will find the referee assignments for all of the 15 NFL games on Sunday and Monday. Each ref has a crew assigned to them from the NFL’s officiating roster at the beginning of the season. Our handy guide will help you find out which officials are on which officiating crews in 2022 [Link once live].
Note: All times are Eastern.
Early Sunday NFL ref assignments | 1 p.m.
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Alex Kemp
Cleveland Browns at Carolina Panthers
Brad Rogers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Clay Martin
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Shawn Hochuli
Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions
Brad Allen
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
Land Clark
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
John Hussey
Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets
Craig Wrolstad
Jacksonville Jaguars at Washington Commanders
Tra Blake
Late Sunday NFL ref assignments
Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals | 4:25 p.m.
Scott Novak
Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers | 4:25 p.m.
Shawn Smith
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings | 4:25 p.m.
Bill Vinovich
New York Giants at Tennessee Titans | 4:25 p.m.
Jerome Boger
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys | 8:20 p.m.
Ron Torbert
Is there a new ref for the 2022 season?
There is one new ref for the 2022 season. That is Tra Blake, who was an umpire on Carl Cheffers’ team last year. Blake replaces Tony Corrente, who has retired after 27 years on the roster. Blake’s crew has a wide mix of members on it, including Tony Michalek as umpire, and Tom Hill as field judge, both of whom have more than 20 years of experience. Three of his crew worked with Corrente last year.
Intriguingly, the crew Blake was on in 2022, Cheffers’, has the dubious honor of having thrown the most flags in the NFL (237). Intriguingly, Corrente’s crew threw the third-fewest flags (169). Therefore, it will be interesting to see how this new crew fairs.
