How many games in an NFL season?

Publish date: 2024-06-24

AN NFL season may be short but it's one of the most punishing in sports.

Teams play from preseason in August through to hopefully February if they make it all the way to the Super Bowl.

Here is our guide to how the NFL season works.

How many games do NFL teams play?

The NFL season is made of of 272 regular-season games.

Each team plays 17 games during an 18-week season with one bye week.

The season typically runs from September to December to January.

Preseason is in August and the playoffs are in January and February.

Teams play their three division rivals home and away - 6 games.

They then all four teams from a division within their conference once, and that division rotates every three years - 4 games.

Teams also play the two other teams within their conference who finished in the same place in their division last season - 2 games.

They also play all four teams from a division in the other conference, and that division rotates every four years - 4 games.

The 17th game came in into force.

Teams are also matched up against a team in the other conference that finished in the same place in their division.

They are split into two conferences, and four divisions each within those conferences, and the two winners play in the Super Bowl.

There are eight divisions of four teams in the NFL.

Both the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference have 16 teams in each.