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The first NFL games actually played on December 25 came after the merger, during the 1971–72 NFL playoffs.The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round were held on Christmas Day; the first of these was between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, while the second of the two contests played that afternoon, the Miami Dolphins versus the Kansas City Chiefs, wound up being the ...
The NFL played two games on Christmas in 2005, 2006, 2016, and 2017 and one each in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Since 2020, there's been at least one game on the holiday and as many as three matchups in ...
The Christmas NFL games will kick off at 1:00 pm EST and both matchups are potential previews of the playoffs. Kansas City is the No. 1 seed in the AFC entering Week 17, and the Chiefs will face ...
Where to watch NFL Christmas games The Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs will air on Netflix and locally CBS in the Pittsburgh and Kansas City markets at 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 25 ...
NFL WEEK 16 PICKS: Betting advice straight up and against spread: Much on line for Ravens, Steelers Christmas NFL games 2024 Both of this year's Christmas NFL games are potential previews for AFC ...
The 2009 season featured a Friday night game on December 25, as the Thursday that week was Christmas Eve, and the NFL tried not to schedule games that night in deference to the holiday (a lone exception being a Monday Night Football game in 2007 due to scheduling conflicts caused by ESPN's broadcast contracts). Also, the start times were pushed ...
In 1971, four teams featuring a combined 26 Pro Football Hall of Famers and two teams on a crash course for the Super Bowl played in the first NFL games played on Christmas Day.
The NFL has played a total of 30 games on Christmas Day since 1971, including three last year. It has stayed away from midweek games, though, until this year's Christmas slate. Last year’s three games averaged 28.68 million viewers. The early afternoon contest between the Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs averaged 29.48 million.