Complete week-by-week schedule for 18-week, 17-game 2021 NFL regular season
The schedule has been released for the 2021 NFL season. The big change this year – other than the hopeful return of near-capacity stadiums and International Series games – is a 17th game.
The regular season doesn't end until Jan. 9 thanks to the new "Week 18."
There's no shortage of highly-anticipated matchups among the NFL's 272 regular season games. Below you will find the complete week-by-week schedule for the upcoming NFL season.
All times Eastern and Sunday night games subject to flexing after Week 5
Week 3
Thursday, Sept. 23
Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans, 8:20 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, Sept. 26
Washington Football Team at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., Fox
Chicago Bears at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., Fox
Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Jets at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Sept. 27
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 4
Thursday, Sept. 30
Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:20 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, Oct. 3
Washington Football Team at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox
Carolina Panthers at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis Colts at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Giants at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Kansas City Chiefs at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Pittsburgh Steelers at Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Oct. 4
Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 5
Thursday, Oct. 7
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Oct. 10
New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons (in London), 9:30 a.m., NFL Network
Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox
New England Patriots at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans Saints at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Chicago Bears at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBS
San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Oct. 11
Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 6
Thursday, Oct. 14
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m., Fox/ NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Oct. 17
Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars (in London), 9:30 a.m., CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. CBS
Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Oct. 18
Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans, 8: 15 p.m., ESPN
Week 7
Thursday, Oct. 21
Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Oct. 24
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington Football Team at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox
Atlanta Falcons at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox
New York Jets at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina Panthers at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Philadelphia Eagles at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis Colts at San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Oct. 25
New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 8
Thursday, Oct. 28
Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Oct. 31
Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Rams at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
New England Patriots at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Washington Football Team at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints, 4;25 p.m., Fox
Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Nov. 1
New York Giants at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 9
Thursday, Nov. 4
New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Nov. 7
Minnesota Vikings at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., Fox
New England Patriots at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at New York Giants, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m. Fox
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Nov. 8
Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 10
Thursday, Nov. 11
Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Nov. 14
Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland Browns at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox
New Orleans Saints at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m., Fox
Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Fox
Philadelphia Eagles at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Nov. 15
Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 11
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021
New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Nov. 21
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington Football Team at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati Bengals at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Dallas Cowboys at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Chargers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Nov. 22
New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 12
Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving)
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions, 12:30 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m., CBS
Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Sunday, Nov. 28
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Jets at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox
Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina Panthers at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Nov. 29
Seattle Seahawks at Washington Football Team 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 13
Thursday, Dec. 2
Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Dec. 5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Giants at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington Football Team at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville Jaguars at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Dec. 6
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 14
Thursday, Dec. 9
Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Sunday, Dec 12
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans Saints at New York Jets, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Dallas Cowboys at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m., Fox
Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New York Giants at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Dec. 13
Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 15
Thursday, Dec. 16
Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Saturday, Dec. 18
TBD, 4:30 p.m., NFL Network
TBD, 8:15p.m. NFL Network
Potential Saturday game matchups
Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Bills
Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns
New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday, Dec. 19
Green Bay Packers at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., Fox
Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., Fox
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Dec. 20
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 16
Thursday, Dec. 23
San Francisco 49ers at Tennessee Titans, 8:20 p.m., NFL Network
Saturday, Dec. 25
Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers, 4:30 p.m., Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
Indianapolis Colts at Arizona Cardinals, 8:15 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, Dec. 26
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Denver Broncos at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Washington Football Team at Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Dec. 27
Miami Dolphins at New Orleans Saints 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 17
Sunday, Jan. 2
Atlanta Falcons at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., Fox
New York Giants at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS
Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox
Las Vegas Raiders at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami Dolphins at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Football Team, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Houston Texans at San Francisco 49ers, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Ravens, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Monday, Jan. 3
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Week 18
Saturday, January 08, 2022
TBD, 4:30 p.m., ESPN/ABC
TBD, 8:15 p.m., ESPN/ABC
Sunday, Jan. 9
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS
New York Jets at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox
Washington Football Team at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., CBS
TBD, 8:20 p.m., NBC
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL schedule 2021: Complete week-by-week slate for upcoming season
