The 2025 NFL regular season schedule has officially been released as all 32 teams have announced when they will be playing their 17 opponents. The schedule is critical to tell how a team could have some tough stretches throughout the season, and the major prime-time games on Thursday, Sunday, and Monday each week are going to be important.
Let’s take a closer look at the full prime-time schedule to discuss how the schedule for each slate is going to be.
What Are the 2025 NFL Prime-Time Games?
Thursday Night Football
Thursday Night Football does not have a game for Week 18 of the season, but every other week will have one game. The only exceptions are Week 13 (as it is Thanksgiving) and Week 17 (as it is Christmas), so each of those weeks will consist of three games.
Most TNF games are going to be exclusive to Amazon Prime Video, but the trio of Thanksgiving games will air on Fox, CBS, and NBC, and two of the three Christmas games are on Netflix. Below is the full Thursday Night Football schedule.
- Week 1: Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles (Sept. 4)
- Week 2: Washington Commanders vs. Green Bay Packers (Sept. 11)
- Week 3: Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills (Sept. 18)
- Week 4: Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals (Sept. 25)
- Week 5: San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams (Oct. 2)
- Week 6: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants (Oct. 9)
- Week 7: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals (Oct. 16)
- Week 8: Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Chargers (Oct. 23)
- Week 9: Baltimore Ravens vs. Miami Dolphins (Oct. 30)
- Week 10: Las Vegas Raiders vs. Denver Broncos (Nov. 6)
- Week 11: New York Jets vs. New England Patriots (Nov. 13)
- Week 12: Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Texans (Nov. 20)
- Week 13: Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens (Nov. 27, Thanksgiving)
- Week 14: Dallas Cowboys vs. Detroit Lions (Dec. 4)
- Week 15: Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Dec. 11)
- Week 16: Los Angeles Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks (Dec. 18)
- Week 17: Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders, Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Dec. 25, Christmas)
Sunday Night Football
Sunday Night Football features one of the biggest games each week, as it is highlighted on a national stage while people are “waiting all day for Sunday night.” SNF games air on NBC as well as the Peacock app. These games can be flexed, but below are the games that are currently slated for Sunday Night Football this season.
- Week 1: Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills (Sept. 7)
- Week 2: Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings (Sept. 14)
- Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Giants (Sept. 21)
- Week 4: Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys (Sept. 28)
- Week 5: New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills (Oct. 5)
- Week 6: Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Oct. 12)
- Week 7: Atlanta Falcons vs. San Francisco 49ers (Oct. 19)
- Week 8: Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (Oct. 26)
- Week 9: Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Commanders (Nov. 2)
- Week 10: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Chargers (Nov. 9)
- Week 11: Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles (Nov. 16)
- Week 12: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams (Nov. 23)
- Week 13: Detroit Lions vs. Washington Commanders (Nov. 30)
- Week 14: Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Dec. 7)
- Week 15: Minnesota Vikings vs. Dallas Cowboys (Dec. 14)
- Week 16: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Miami Dolphins (Dec. 21)
- Week 17: Chicago Bears vs. San Francisco 49ers (Dec. 28)
- Week 18: TBD
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football games air on ESPN, and there are multiple games in Weeks 2, 4, 6, and 7 this year. However, there is no game in Week 18. Otherwise, there will be one game each week. Below is the full schedule for Monday Night Football this season.
- Week 1: Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears (Sept. 8)
- Week 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Houston Texans, Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders (Sept. 15)
- Week 3: Detroit Lions vs. Baltimore Ravens (Sept. 22)
- Week 4: New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Denver Broncos (Sept. 29)
- Week 5: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (Oct. 6)
- Week 6: Buffalo Bills vs. Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears vs. Washington Commanders (Oct. 13)
- Week 7: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions, Houston Texans vs. Seattle Seahawks (Oct. 20)
- Week 8: Washington Commanders vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Oct. 27)
- Week 9: Arizona Cardinals vs. Dallas Cowboys (Nov. 3)
- Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers (Nov. 10)
- Week 11: Dallas Cowboys vs. Las Vegas Raiders (Nov. 17)
- Week 12: Carolina Panthers vs. San Francisco 49ers (Nov. 24)
- Week 13: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots (Dec. 1)
- Week 14: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Chargers (Dec. 8)
- Week 15: Miami Dolphins vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (Dec. 15)
- Week 16: San Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts (Dec. 22)
- Week 17: Los Angeles Rams vs. Atlanta Falcons (Dec. 29)