For the second straight season, CBS and NFL Network will team up for Thursday Night Football. CBS will produce all of the games and air the first seven games of the schedule from Weeks 2 through 8 and then return for Week 13. NFL Network will pick up from Weeks 9 through 11, take two weeks off for NBC on Thanksgiving Night, then CBS and pick up in Week 14 through 16 with a Thursday and Saturday schedule in Weeks 15 and 16.
This will include a Christmas Eve game on December 24 between AFC West rivals San Diego and Oakland.
Thursday Night Football will once again focus on division rivalries except for Week 14 on Thursday, December 10 with Minnesota at Arizona and Week 15 on Thursday, December 17 as Tampa Bay takes on St. Louis and on Saturday, December 19 with the New York Jets at Dallas.
The CBS portion is pretty good and it includes appearances by Denver at Kansas City in Week 2, Baltimore at Pittsburgh in Week 3, Seattle at San Francisco in Week 7 and Green Bay at Detroit in Week 13.
The highlights for NFL Network’s half include the aforementioned Vikings-Cards game and Washington at Philadelphia to close out the season on December 26.
Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson will be back to call the Thursday games. The Saturday games will be called by one of the NFL on CBS teams.
We have the full schedule for you.
2015 THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEDSlate of 16 Regular-Season Games Features 13 Division Rivalries; Kicks Off with Denver vs. Kansas City on September 17
CBS and NFL Network Partner for Second Season Broadcasting Thursday Night FootballThe CBS Television Network and NFL Network announce the Thursday Night Football prime time broadcast schedule for the 2015 NFL season. This season marks the second year CBS Sports and NFL Network are partnering to broadcast Thursday Night Football, a slate of 16 regular-season games kicking off September 17 with Denver at Kansas City.
This year’s schedule again showcases marquee match-ups with 13 of the 16 games featuring Division rivalries.
The 2015 Thursday Night Football schedule will feature games from Weeks 2-8 and Week 13 broadcast on CBS that also will be simulcast on NFL Network. The Thursday Night Football schedule in Weeks 9-11 and Weeks 14-16, including two Saturday games on December 19 and 26, will be televised on NFL Network, and will be simulcast on over-the-air stations in the primary markets of the participating teams. All Thursday Night Football games will kick off at 8:25 PM ET.
The Thursday Night Football schedule is highlighted by Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (Week 4), Atlanta vs. New Orleans (Week 6), Seattle at San Francisco (Week 7), Buffalo vs. New York Jets (Week 10), as well as Green Bay vs. Detroit (Week 13).
The entire 16-game Thursday Night Football schedule will also be streamed live on the NFL Mobile app (NFL.com/mobile), the NFL app on XBOX, including interactive features from Microsoft, and through Watch NFL Network (NFL.com/watch), with participating cable and satellite providers. Watch NFL Network (NFL.com/Watch) for eligible subscribers of AT&T U-verse, Charter, Cox, DirecTV, Dish, Optimum, Verizon FiOS and many more providers.
The Thursday Night Football schedule on CBS, also simulcast on NFL Network includes:
Sept. 17 (Week 2): Denver at Kansas City Oct. 15 (Week 6): Atlanta at New Orleans Sept. 24 (Week 3): Washington at N.Y. Giants Oct. 22 (Week 7): Seattle at San Francisco Oct. 1 (Week 4): Baltimore at Pittsburgh Oct. 29 (Week 8): Miami at New England Oct. 8 (Week 5): Indianapolis at Houston Dec. 3 (Week 13): Green Bay at Detroit The Thursday Night Football schedule on NFL Network includes:
Nov. 5 (Week 9): Cleveland at Cincinnati Dec. 17 (Week 15): Tampa Bay at St. Louis Nov. 12 (Week 10): Buffalo at N.Y. Jets Dec. 19 (Week 15): N.Y. Jets at Dallas Nov. 19 (Week 11): Tennessee at Jacksonville Dec. 24 (Week 16): San Diego at Oakland Dec. 10 (Week 14): Minnesota at Arizona Dec. 26 (Week 16): Washington at Philadelphia CBS Sports will produce the full slate of 16 Thursday Night Football games. The announce team of Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and reporter Tracy Wolfson return to call the Thursday Night Football action.
This season marks both the 56th year of NFL broadcasts on the CBS Television Network and the tenth year of Thursday Night Football games on NFL Network. In addition, CBS will conclude its year broadcasting the NFL with the exclusive presentation of SUPER BOWL 50 from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2016, marking the Network’s 19th Super Bowl telecast, the most by any broadcaster.
And we’re done with the NFL schedules.
