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NFL schedule 2021: Date, kickoff times, scores, TV channel for every game of inaugural 17-game season

NFL schedule 2021: Date, kickoff times, scores, TV channel for every game of inaugural 17-game season

The 2021 NFL season has begun as Week 2 begins tonight. It promises to be a historic season as each team will play 17 games, it’s the Biggest Season Ever! The season, which will feature 18 weeks and 272 total games, so settle in for what will be an exciting slate of games. 

After a season of unknowns in 2020 due to COVID-19, the 2021 season will have fans back in the stands at every stadium and that’s great news.

We dissected the schedule from every angle on CBS Sports HQ and CBSSports.com. For now, you can check out the full week-by-week schedule below.

Note: All times are Eastern.

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sept. 9

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Dallas Cowboys 29

Sunday, Sept. 12

Philadelphia Eagles 32, Atlanta Falcons 6

Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Buffalo Bills 16

Carolina Panthers 19, New York Jets 14

Cincinnati Bengals 27, Minnesota Vikings 24 (OT)

San Francisco 49ers 41, Detroit Lions 33

Houston Texans 37, Jacksonville Jaguars 21

Seattle Seahawks 28, Indianapolis Colts 16

Arizona Cardinals 38, Tennessee Titans 13

Los Angeles Chargers 20, Washington Football Team 16

Kansas City Chiefs 33, Cleveland Browns 29

Miami Dolphins 17, New England Patriots 16

New Orleans Saints 38, Green Bay Packers 3

Denver Broncos 27, New York Giants 13

Los Angeles Rams 34, Chicago Bears 14

Monday, Sept. 13

Las Vegas Raiders 33, Baltimore Ravens 27

WEEK 2

Thursday, Sept. 16

New York Giants at Washington Football Team, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN) 

Sunday, Sept. 19

New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Los Angeles Rams at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Denver Broncos at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England Patriots at New York Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Minnesota Vikings at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Tennessee Titans at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) 

Monday, Sept. 20

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) 

WEEK 3 

Thursday, Sept. 23

Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN) 

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. (NFLN) 

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/NFLN/AMAZON) 

Sunday, Oct. 10

New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons (London), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)

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/NFLN/AMAZON) 

Sunday, Oct. 17

Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars (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/NFLN/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/NFLN/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/NFLN/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/NFLN/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

New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m (FOX/NFLN/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

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/NFLN/AMAZON) 

Sunday, December 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/NFLN/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, 2021

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/NFLN/AMAZON) 

Saturday, Dec. 18

TBD, 4:30p, NFLN

TBD, 8:15p, NFLN 

Saturday/Sunday TBD

Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Bills, TBD

Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns, TBD

New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts, TBD

New York Jets at Miami Dolphins, TBD

Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles, TBD 

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. (NFLN) 

Saturday, Dec. 25

Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers, 4:30 p.m., (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON)

Indianapolis Colts at Arizona Cardinals, 8:15 p.m. (NFLN) 

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, 1p, (FOX)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets, 1p, (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, Jan. 8

TBD, 4:30p, ESPN/ABC

TBD, 8:15p, 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)

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