Coming off a Super Bowl season, CBS will be back with as the AFC network including three playoff games (one Wild Card, one Divisional Playoff Game and the AFC Championship). This marks the 57th year of the Tiffany Network broadcasting the NFL and the 19th consecutive season as the home of the American Football Conference.
CBS will have nine doubleheaders this season in Weeks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 and 17. Once again, CBS will have cross-flex games as it will carry NFC games that normally would be on Fox. Between Weeks 5 and 9, the NFL can cross-flex twice and take Sunday afternoon games into NBC. Then between Weeks 10 and 17, except Week 16, the NFL can cross-flex any game. In Week 16, a full slate of games will be played on Christmas Eve and no games can be flexed there.
Here’s CBS’ Sunday afternoon schedule for 2016:
CBS SPORTS KICKS OFF 2016 NFL SEASON WITH MOST GAMES OF ANY NETWORK
CBS SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTED BY TWO NFL BROADCAST PACKAGES WITH NFL ON CBS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
The CBS Television Network continues to be the leading NFL broadcast network as it kicks off its 2016 NFL season broadcasting the most games of any network with THE NFL ON CBS Sunday afternoon and Thursday Night Football packages.
THE NFL ON CBS schedule features some of the most marquee games in the 4:25 PM national window, the highest-rated NFL television window, including Cincinnati-Dallas (10/9), New England-Pittsburgh (10/23), Indianapolis-Green Bay (11/6) and New England-Denver (12/18); as well as key 1:00 PM match-ups including Cincinnati-Pittsburgh (9/18), Cincinnati-New England (10/16), Baltimore-Dallas (11/20), Houston-Green Bay (12/4) and N.Y. Jets-New England (12/24).
In addition to the AFC package, THE NFL ON CBS schedule once again features NFC crossover-flex games including Philadelphia-Seattle (11/20) and Carolina-Oakland (11/28). The regular-season schedule is followed by a post-season slate of AFC Playoff games including the AFC Championship game on January 22, 2017.
This year marks the CBS Television Network’s 57th year broadcasting the NFL, as well as the third season of partnership between CBS and NFL Network in televising Thursday Night Football. The five-game Thursday Night Football schedule kicks off on September 15 and features New England, Denver and the classic NFC North rivalry Chicago at Green Bay (10/20).
NINE NFL ON CBS DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS
The 2016 NFL ON CBS schedule includes nine doubleheader weekends featuring other key AFC and AFC-NFC match-ups:
AFC AFC-NFC
Indianapolis-Denver (9/18) Atlanta-Oakland (9/18)
Denver-Cincinnati (9/25) Pittsburgh-Philadelphia (9/25)
Baltimore-N.Y. Jets (10/23) Cincinnati-Dallas (10/9)
Pittsburgh-Baltimore (11/6) Indianapolis-Green Bay (11/6)
New England-Denver (12/18) New England-San Francisco (11/20)
Baltimore-Cincinnati (1/1/17) Carolina-Oakland (11/28)
GAMES FEATURING DENVER, NEW ENGLAND, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, DALLAS, CAROLINA, SEATTLE, N.Y. GIANTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO AND GREEN BAY HIGHLIGHT SUNDAY’S 2016 SCHEDULE
Along with near-weekly AFC divisional battles, the broadcast schedule on Sunday also features other AFC-NFC match-ups including Kansas City-Carolina (11/13), Denver-New Orleans (11/13), Pittsburgh-Philadelphia (9/25), Cleveland-Washington (10/2), Baltimore-N.Y. Giants (10/13) and N.Y. Jets-San Francisco (12/11).
THANKSGIVING DAY GAME
Thanksgiving Day (11/24) will feature Minnesota at Detroit in an NFC crossover-flex game.
OPENING KICK-OFF
THE NFL ON CBS kicks off Week 1 on Sunday, Sept. 11 with Cleveland vs. Philadelphia; Cincinnati vs. N.Y. Jets, Buffalo vs. Baltimore; San Diego vs. Kansas City and Miami vs. Seattle.
Following is the complete 2016 NFL ON CBS broadcast schedule.
2016-17 NFL ON CBS BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(all times ET)
WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
Cleveland at Philadelphia 1:00 Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets 1:00 Buffalo at Baltimore 1:00 San Diego at Kansas City 1:00 Miami at Seattle 4:05
WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
CBS DoubleheaderTennessee at Detroit 1:00 Miami at New England 1:00 Baltimore at Cleveland 1:00 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 1:00 Kansas City at Houston 1:00 Indianapolis at Denver 4:25 Atlanta at Oakland 4:25 Jacksonville at San Diego 4:25
WEEK 3 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
CBS DoubleheaderDenver at Cincinnati 1:00 Cleveland at Miami 1:00 Baltimore at Jacksonville 1:00 Oakland at Tennessee 1:00 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 4:25 N.Y. Jets at Kansas City 4:25 San Diego at Indianapolis 4:25
WEEK 4 – SUNDAY, OCT. 2
Indianapolis at Jacksonville (London) 9:30 AM Cleveland at Washington 1:00 Buffalo at New England 1:00 Oakland at Baltimore 1:00 Tennessee at Houston 1:00 Denver at Tampa Bay 4:05
WEEK 5 – SUNDAY, OCT. 9
CBS DoubleheaderHouston at Minnesota 1:00 Tennessee at Miami 1:00 New England at Cleveland 1:00 N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh 1:00 Cincinnati at Dallas 4:25 Buffalo at Los Angeles 4:25 San Diego at Oakland 4:25
WEEK 6 – SUNDAY, OCT. 16
Baltimore at N.Y. Giants 1:00 Jacksonville at Chicago 1:00 Pittsburgh at Miami 1:00 Cincinnati at New England 1:00 Cleveland at Tennessee 1:00 Kansas City at Oakland 4:05
WEEK 7 – SUNDAY, OCT. 23
CBS DoubleheaderBuffalo at Miami 1:00 Baltimore at N.Y. Jets 1:00 Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 Oakland at Jacksonville 1:00 Indianapolis at Tennessee 1:00 New England at Pittsburgh 4:25
WEEK 8 – SUNDAY, OCT. 30
Oakland at Tampa Bay 1:00 New England at Buffalo 1:00 N.Y. Jets at Cleveland 1:00 Kansas City at Indianapolis 1:00 San Diego at Denver 4:05
WEEK 9 – SUNDAY, NOV. 6
CBS DoubleheaderN.Y. Jets at Miami 1:00 Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1:00 Jacksonville at Kansas City 1:00 Indianapolis at Green Bay 4:25 Tennessee at San Diego 4:25
WEEK 10 – SUNDAY, NOV. 13
Kansas City at Carolina 1:00 Denver at New Orleans 1:00 Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 Miami at San Diego 4:05
WEEK 11 – SUNDAY, NOV. 20
CBS DoubleheaderBaltimore at Dallas 1:00 Jacksonville at Detroit 1:00 Pittsburgh at Cleveland 1:00 Tennessee at Indianapolis 1:00 Philadelphia at Seattle 4:25 New England at San Francisco 4:25
WEEK 12 – THURSDAY, NOV. 24 – THANKSGIVING
Minnesota at Detroit 12:30
WEEK 12 – SUNDAY, NOV. 27
CBS DoubleheaderTennessee at Chicago 1:00 Jacksonville at Buffalo 1:00 Cincinnati at Baltimore 1:00 San Diego at Houston 1:00 Kansas City at Denver 4:25 Carolina at Oakland 4:25
WEEK 13 – SUNDAY, DEC. 4
Houston at Green Bay 1:00 Kansas City at Atlanta 1:00 Miami at Baltimore 1:00 Denver at Jacksonville 1:00 Buffalo at Oakland 4:05
WEEK 14 – SUNDAY, DEC. 11
Pittsburgh at Buffalo 1:00 Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 Houston at Indianapolis 1:00 Denver at Tennessee 1:00 N.Y. Jets at San Francisco 4:05
WEEK 15 – SUNDAY, DEC. 18
CBS DoubleheaderIndianapolis at Minnesota 1:00 Cleveland at Buffalo 1:00 Jacksonville at Houston 1:00 Tennessee at Kansas City 1:00 New England at Denver 4:25 Oakland at San Diego 4:25
WEEK 16 – SATURDAY, DEC. 24
Miami at Buffalo 1:00 N.Y. Jets at New England 1:00 San Diego at Cleveland 1:00 Tennessee at Jacksonville 1:00 Indianapolis at Oakland 4:05
WEEK 17 – SUNDAY, JAN. 1=
CBS DoubleheaderNew England at Miami 1:00 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 1:00 Baltimore at Cincinnati 1:00 Cleveland at Pittsburgh 1:00 Jacksonville at Indianapolis 1:00 Houston at Tennessee 1:00 Oakland at Denver 4:25 Kansas City at San Diego 4:25 AFC PLAYOFFS – JAN. 7-22, 2017
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY, JAN. 22
That is it.
