CBS Sports has announced a 104-game NFL Sunday afternoon regular season schedule. It includes the NFL on CBS’ first Week 1 doubleheader since 2000. From 2001-14, CBS had to cede the Week 1 late game to Fox due to its coverage of the U.S. Open. Now with the tennis over at ESPN, CBS no longer has to worry about late afternoon tennis in Week 1 and will be able to air a late afternoon game.
As it stands right now, CBS has three NFC crossover games, Chicago at Seattle in Week 3 which is a part of a doubleheader, St. Louis at Green Bay in Week 5 in the early afternoon window and then on Thanksgiving Day, Carolina at Dallas which will kickoff at 4:30 p.m.
CBS will have defending champion New England 9 times including a Patriots-Dallas game in Week 5. Baltimore, Denver and Pittsburgh appear 10 times on the Sunday afternoon schedule.
And CBS ends the season with the milestone Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA on February 7.
Here’s the NFL on CBS schedule:
CBS SPORTS’ COUNTDOWN TO SUPER BOWL 50 BEGINS AS NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2015 NFL ON CBS BROADCAST SCHEDULECBS TELEVISION NETWORK AND NFL NETWORK ALSO KICKS OFF SECOND YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP OF THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl 50, marks its 56th year broadcasting the NFL headlined by Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016, as well as some of the most marquee games on the NFL schedule including New England-Dallas (10/11), Denver-Indianapolis (11/8), New England-N.Y. Giants (11/15), Pittsburgh-Seattle (11/29), N.Y. Jets-N.Y. Giants (12/6) and Denver-Pittsburgh (12/20), during its 17 weeks of regular-season coverage.
In addition to the AFC package, the 104 regular-season game broadcast schedule once again features NFC crossover games. The regular-season schedule is followed by a post-season slate of AFC Playoff games, the AFC Championship game, as well as Super Bowl 50 from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
This year also marks the second season of partnership between the CBS Television Network and NFL Network in broadcasting Thursday Night Football. The 16-game Thursday Night Football schedule kicks off on September 17 with Denver-Kansas City from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
► NINE NFL ON CBS DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS
The 2015 NFL ON CBS broadcast schedule on Sunday, Sept. 13 begins with a CBS doubleheader and includes eight more doubleheader weekends featuring key AFC and AFC-NFC match-ups:
AFC AFC-NFC
Denver-Indianapolis (11/8) New England-Dallas (10/11)
Denver-Pittsburgh (12/20) New England-N.Y. Giants (11/15)
New York Jets-Buffalo (1/3/16) Pittsburgh-Seattle (11/29)
New England-Miami (1/3/16) San Diego-Green Bay (10/18)
Baltimore-Denver (9/13) Miami-Philadelphia (11/15)
► GAMES FEATURING NEW ENGLAND, INDIANAPOLIS, DENVER, PITTSBURGH, NEW YORK GIANTS, DALLAS, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO AND GREEN BAY HIGHLIGHT SUNDAY’S 2015 SCHEDULE
Along with near-weekly AFC divisional battles, the broadcast schedule on Sunday also features other AFC-NFC match-ups including N.Y. Jets-N.Y. Giants (12/6), Baltimore-San Francisco (10/18), Denver-Chicago (11/22), Buffalo-Philadelphia (12/13), Pittsburgh-St. Louis (9/27), Cincinnati-Arizona (11/22) and Kansas City-Minnesota (10/18)
► NFC CROSSOVER GAMES ONCE AGAIN ADDED TO NFL ON CBS SCHEDULE
In addition to the AFC package of games, THE NFL ON CBS’s broadcast schedule once again features NFC games highlighted by Carolina-Dallas (Thanksgiving Day, 11/26); Chicago-Seattle (9/27); St. Louis-Green Bay (10/11), as well as other NFC Crossover flex games to be determined later in the season.
► THANKSGIVING DAY GAME
Thanksgiving Day (11/26) will feature Carolina at Dallas in an NFC Crossover game.
► OPENING KICK-OFF
THE NFL ON CBS kicks off Week 1 with double-header coverage on Sunday, Sept. 13 (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY. Games that day include: Baltimore vs. Denver; Miami vs. Washington; Indianapolis vs. Buffalo; Cleveland vs. N.Y. Jets; Kansas City vs. Houston; Cincinnati vs. Oakland and Tennessee vs. Tampa Bay.
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, along with Tracy Wolfson reporting, are the lead announce team for the Network’s coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Thursday night, along with select games on Sunday. THE NFL TODAY, CBS Sports’ NFL pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, begins on Sunday, Sept. 13 (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott.
Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports and serves as the Executive Producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of the NFL. David Berson is President, CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Senior Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
Following is the complete 2015 NFL ON CBS broadcast schedule.
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WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Miami @ Washington — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Buffalo — 1:00
Cleveland @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Kansas City @ Houston — 1:00
Baltimore @ Denver — 4:25
Cincinnati @ Oakland — 4:25
Tennessee @ Tampa Bay — 4:25WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
Houston @ Carolina — 1:00
New England @ Buffalo — 1:00
San Diego @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Tennessee @ Cleveland — 1:00
Baltimore @ Oakland — 4:05
Miami @ Jacksonville — 4:05WEEK 3 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 – CBS DOUBLHEADER
San Diego @ Minnesota — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis — 1:00
Jacksonville @ New England — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Baltimore — 1:00
Oakland @ Cleveland — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Tennessee — 1:00
Chicago @ Seattle — 4:25
Buffalo @ Miami — 4:25WEEK 4 – SUNDAY, OCT. 4
N.Y. Jets-Miami (London) — 9:30 AM
Oakland @ Chicago — 1:00
Houston @ Atlanta — 1:00
Kansas City @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Cleveland @ San Diego — 4:05WEEK 5 – SUNDAY, OCT. 11 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Jacksonville @ Tampa Bay — 1:00
Cleveland @ Baltimore — 1:00
Buffalo @ Tennessee — 1:00
St. Louis @ Green Bay — 1:00
New England @ Dallas — 4:25
Denver @ Oakland — 4:25WEEK 6 – SUNDAY, OCT. 18 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Kansas City @ Minnesota — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Buffalo — 1:00
Denver @ Cleveland — 1:00
Miami @ Tennessee — 1:00
Houston @ Jacksonville — 1:00
San Diego @ Green Bay — 4:25
Baltimore @ San Francisco — 4:25WEEK 7 – SUNDAY, OCT. 25
Cleveland @ St. Louis — 1:00
houston @ Miami — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ New England — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Kansas City — 1:00
Oakland @ San Diego — 4:05WEEK 8 – SUNDAY, NOV. 1
San Diego @ Baltimore — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
Tennessee @ Houston — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ Oakland — 4:05WEEK 9 – SUNDAY, NOV. 8 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Tennessee @ New Orleans — 1:00
Miami @ Buffalo — 1:00
Jacksonville @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Oakland @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
Denver @ Indianapolis — 4:25WEEK 10 – SUNDAY, NOV. 15 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Miami @ Philadelphia — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Baltimore — 1:00
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
New England @ N.Y. Giants — 4:25
Kansas City @ Denver — 4:25WEEK 11 – SUNDAY, NOV. 22
Denver @ Chicago — 1:00
Oakland @ Detroit — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Atlanta — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ Houston — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Arizona — 4:05WEEK 12 – THURSDAY, NOV. 26 THANKSGIVING DAY
Carolina @ Dallas — 4:30
WEEK 12 – SUNDAY, NOV. 29 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
Miami @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
San Diego @ Jacksonville — 1:00
Oakland @ Tennessee — 1:00
Buffalo @ Kansas City — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Seattle — 4:25WEEK 13 – SUNDAY, DEC. 6
N.Y. Jets @ N.Y. Giants — 1:00
Houston @ Buffalo — 1:00
Baltimore @ Miami — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Cleveland — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Tennessee — 1:00
Kansas City @ Oakland — 4:05
Denver @ San Diego — 4:05WEEK 14 – SUNDAY, DEC. 13
Buffalo @ Philadelphia — 1:00
Tennessee @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati — 1:00
New England @ Houston — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Jacksonville — 1:00
San Diego @ Kansas City — 1:00
Oakland @ Denver — 4:05
WEEK 15 – SUNDAY, DEC. 20 – CBS DBHDR
Houston @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Tennessee @ New England — 1:00
Kansas City @ Baltimore — 1:00
Buffalo @ Washington — 1:00
Denver @ Pittsburgh — 4:25
Miami @ San Diego — 4:25WEEK 16 – SUNDAY, DEC. 27
Jacksonville @ New Orleans — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Miami — 1:00
New England @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Houston @ Tennessee — 1:00
Cleveland @ Kansas City — 1:00
TBD — 4:05WEEK 17 – SUNDAY, JAN. 3, 2016 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo — 1:00
New England @ Miami — 1:00
Baltimore @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Houston — 1:00
Tennessee @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Oakland @ Kansas City — 1:00
San Diego @ Denver — 4:25AFC PLAYOFFS – JAN. 10-24, 2016
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY, JAN. 24
SUPER BOWL 50 – SUNDAY, FEB. 7
And that does it for the NFL on CBS.
