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What NFL teams are playing on Christmas 2021?
Regular season
| Season | Visiting Team | Home Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cleveland Browns | Green Bay Packers |
| Indianapolis Colts | Arizona Cardinals | |
| 2022 | Green Bay Packers | Miami Dolphins |
| Denver Broncos | Los Angeles Rams |
Has there ever been an NFL game on Christmas Day?
1971 – Dallas Cowboys 20, MINNESOTA VIKINGS 12 # The Cowboys’ defense forced five turnovers to give Dallas control of the game.
What football team plays on Christmas?
NFL Christmas football schedule 2022: Broncos, Rams, Packers set to participate in holiday tripleheader. The NFL is playing on Christmas for a third straight season in 2022. And this year, the league is going all out to produce a Christmas spectacular.
When was the first Christmas NFL game?
1971
While the tradition of football on Thanksgiving has become a part of our culture, playing NFL games on Christmas Day is relatively rare. The first time that a pro football game was played on Christmas came in 1971 with a pair of playoff games slated for the holiday.
Who plays Christmas Day 2022?
The league announced Tuesday morning that the Rams and the Broncos will continue the 2022 holiday season with a marquee matchup on Christmas Day. The two teams will square off on Sunday, Dec. 25 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The game will air concurrently on CBS and Nickelodeon.
What NFL teams are playing on Christmas 2022?
Which NFL teams are playing on Christmas?
- The Green Bay Packers play at the Miami Dolphins.
- The Denver Broncos play at the Los Angeles Rams.
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play at the Arizona Cardinals.
When was the last Christmas football game?
The last time a full round of fixtures was scheduled on December 25 was in 1976, though many games were postponed due to the weather.
When was the last time football was on Christmas?
The most recent Christmas game was held on Sunday, December 25, 2011.
What NFL week is Christmas?
Week 16
For Week 16, the league will have its regular Thursday night game on Dec. 22. Eleven games will be on Dec, 24, including a night game on NFL Network.
Who’s playing on Christmas Day 2022?
Turning to Christmas Day, which this year for the first time ever will gift pigskin fans with three Sunday games: At 1 pm ET on Fox, the Dolphins will host the Packers. Then at 4:40 pm on CBS (and Nickelodeon), the Rams will host the Broncos.
Will NFL play on Christmas Day 2022?
There will be three marquee NFL games for fans to unwrap on Christmas Day during the 2022 regular season, in what will be the first Christmas tripleheader in league history.
How many NFL teams are playing on Christmas?
The NFL is adding three Christmas Day games to its slate for the 2022-23 season. Per the league’s Twitter, the Denver Broncos and defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams will square off in a special holiday spectacle on Dec. 25. It will be the second of the three matchups scheduled for the day.
What teams play on Christmas 2022?
How many football games on Christmas?
NFL will play two afternoon games and a prime-time contest on Christmas Day for 1st time.
How many Christmas games have there been in the NFL?
National Football League Christmas games. Christmas Day and Christmas Eve games in the National Football League are an occasional part of the league’s schedule. In contrast to Thanksgiving Day games, however, they are not an annual occurrence; as of 2017, there have been just 19 Christmas Day games in the NFL’s history.
What happened in the 2013 NFL season?
The 2013 NFL season was the 94th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 48th of the Super Bowl era. The season saw the Seattle Seahawks capture the first championship in the franchise’s 38 years in the league with a lopsided 43–8 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, the league’s championship game.
Why is Christmas Day a Sunday in the NFL season?
All 32 teams played their final regular season game on Sunday, December 28 in these years. Beginning in 1994, the league established a practice for years in which Christmas falls on a Sunday: The majority of the Sunday games are instead played on Saturday afternoon, December 24.
Is the NFL the Grinch of Christmas?
And the NFL is the Grinch. NFL V.P. of broadcasting Mike North recently told Sal Capaccio of WGR in Buffalo that the NFL will field a Christmas triple-header for the first time ever. “We’ll play one game on CBS in the afternoon, one game on Fox in the afternoon, and our regular Sunday night game on NBC,” North said.