NBC, home to primetime television's top two shows in SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and Thursday Night Football, will kick off the 2017 NFL season on Thursday night Sept. 7, and crown the SUPER BOWL LII champion on Feb. 4, highlighting a campaign which features a combined 28 regular season and postseason games on NBC - the most ever by an NFL broadcast primetime TV partner. NBC's schedule opens with a blockbuster Kickoff Weekend featuring four 2016 playoff teams. First, in NFL Kickoff 2017 on Thursday, Sept. 7, SUPER BOWL LI MVP Tom Brady and the champion New England Patriots host the AFC West Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
In the Sept. 10 opener of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - America's No. 1 primetime television show for a record six consecutive years - 2016 Offensive Rookie of the Year Dak Prescott, 2016 NFL rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott, and the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys host two-time SUPER BOWL MVP Eli Manning, star receiver Odell Beckham, Jr., and the New York Giants. In Week 2, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL travels to Atlanta to open the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with an NFC Championship Game rematch, as 2016 NFL MVP Matt Ryan and the Falcons host two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. This will be the fifth stadium to debut on NBC's SNF in the last 10 years (Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008, AT&T Stadium in 2009, Levi's Stadium in 2014, U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016). Sunday Night Football is also home to a rematch of the only SUPER BOWL game to go to overtime, as the Patriots host the Falcons in Week 7 (Oct. 22). New England defeated Atlanta 34-28 in SUPER BOWL LI this past February 5.Videos