In addition to its eight-game Thursday Night Football schedule, CBS has a full schedule of Sunday afternoon games. CBS has a 106-game schedule and for the first time since it had the NFC package ending in 1993-94, the Tiffany Network will be able to air full NFC matchups which CBS is calling “Crossover Games.”
We already know three of the Crossovers, Carolina at Baltimore in Week 4 on September 27, Washington at San Diego in Week 12 on November 23 and Chicago at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, November 27 at 12:30 p.m. ET. There can be more NFC Crossover Games as the Flex can now take effect starting in Week 5. There can’t be more than two flexes between Weeks 5 and 10, but from Week 11 through 17, there can be multiple flexes.
Some highlights for the 2014-15 NFL season on CBS:
- CBS will be able to air NFC games in the 4:25 p.m. ET timeslot and Fox will be able to air AFC201 games in an attempt to bring the most attractive games to that window.
- CBS will have nine doubleheaders and this marks its final year of having just one game in Week 1 as the network ends its long association with the U.S. Open.
- CBS will air one AFC Wild Card Playoff game and apparently it will air one Divisional Playoff game as NBC will enter Divisional Weekend for the first time since 1998.
- Its annual London game will be Miami vs. Oakland on September 28 in Week 4.
Let’s take a look at what CBS is saying about its 55th season in covering The League Where They Play for Pay.
CBS SPORTS MARKS 55th YEAR OF NFL COVERAGE AS NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2014 “NFL ON CBS” BROADCAST SCHEDULE
CBS TELEVISION NETWORK AND NFL NETWORK ALSO KICK OFF INAUGURAL PARTNERSHIP YEAR OF THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
The CBS Television Network marks its 55th year broadcasting the NFL with some of the most marquee games on the NFL schedule including Super Bowl XLVIII rematch Denver-Seattle (9/21), Denver-New England (11/2), Indianapolis-Dallas (12/21), New England-Green Bay (11/30), Indianapolis-Pittsburgh (10/26) and Washington-San Francisco (11/23) during its 17 weeks of regular-season coverage. In addition to the AFC package, the 106 regular-season game broadcast schedule features for the first time ever NFC games. The regular-season schedule is followed by a post-season slate of AFC Playoff games including the AFC Championship Game on January 18, 2015.
This year also marks the inaugural 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 11 with Pittsburgh-Baltimore from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. (on.nfl.com/1frFKgk)
NINE NFL ON CBS DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS
The 2014 NFL ON CBS broadcast schedule on Sunday, which includes nine doubleheader weekends, features key AFC and AFC-NFC match-ups including:
AFC
Denver-New England (11/2)
Indianapolis-Pittsburgh (10/26)
New England-Miami (9/7)
Kansas City-Denver (9/14)
Baltimore-Indianapolis (10/5)AFC-NFC
Denver-Seattle (9/21)
Indianapolis-Dallas (12/21)
New England-Green Bay (11/30)
Cincinnati-New Orleans (11/16)
Kansas City-San Francisco (10/5)GAMES FEATURING DENVER, NEW ENGLAND, INDIANAPOLIS, PITTSBURGH, BALTIMORE, NEW YORK GIANTS, DALLAS, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON, CHICAGO AND GREEN BAY HIGHLIGHT SUNDAY’S 2014 SCHEDULE
Along with near-weekly AFC divisional battles, the broadcast schedule on Sunday also features AFC-NFC match-ups including Carolina-Baltimore (9/28); N.Y. Jets-Green Bay (9/14); Miami-Chicago (10/19); Oakland-Seattle (11/2); Houston-Dallas (10/5); New England-Minnesota (9/14); Denver-St. Louis (11/16); Atlanta-Cincinnati (9/14) and Houston-New York Giants (9/21).
NFC CROSSOVER GAMES ADDED TO NFL ON CBS SCHEDULE FOR FIRST TIME EVER
In addition to the AFC package of games, for the first time ever, THE NFL ON CBS’s broadcast schedule features NFC games highlighted by Chicago-Detroit (Thanksgiving Day, 11/27); Washington-San Francisco (11/23); Carolina-Baltimore (9/28), as well as other NFC Crossover flex games to be determined later in the season.
LONDON CALLING
In Week 4 (9/28) THE NFL ON CBS, for the sixth-of-the-past-seven years, travels across the Atlantic Ocean to cover the Miami Dolphins–Oakland Raiders clash live from Wembley Stadium in London, England.
THANKSGIVING DAY GAME
Thanksgiving Day (11/27) will feature the Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions in an NFC Crossover game.
OPENING KICK-OFF
THE NFL ON CBS kicks off Week 1 with single-header coverage on Sunday, Sept. 7 (12:00 Noon-4:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY. Games that day include: New England vs. Miami; Cincinnati vs. Baltimore; Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh; Oakland vs. N.Y. Jets; Tennessee vs. Kansas City and Jacksonville vs. Philadelphia.
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, 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. 7 (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown, along with analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, and newcomers 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 Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
Following is the complete 2014 NFL ON CBS broadcast schedule.
WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
New England @ Miami — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Baltimore — 1:00
Oakland @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia — 1:00
Tennessee @ Kansas City — 1:00WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 – CBS DBHDR
New England @ Minnesota — 1:00
Atlanta @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Washington — 1:00
Miami @ Buffalo — 1:00N.Y. Jets @ Green Bay — 4:25
Kansas City @ Denver — 4:25
Houston @ Oakland — 4:25WEEK 3 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 – CBS DBHDR
Houston @ N.Y. Giants — 1:00
Oakland @ New England — 1:00
Baltimore @ Cleveland — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Jacksonville — 1:00
Tennessee @ Cincinnati — 1:00
San Diego @ Buffalo — 1:00Denver @ Seattle — 4:25
Kansas City @ Miami — 4:25WEEK 4 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 28
Carolina @ Baltimore — 1:00
Buffalo @ Houston — 1:00
Tennessee @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Miami-Oakland (London) — 1:00Jacksonville @ San Diego — 4:05
WEEK 5 – SUNDAY, OCT. 5 – CBS DBHDR
Houston @ Dallas — 1:00
Baltimore @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville — 1:00
Cleveland @ Tennessee — 1:00Kansas City @ San Francisco — 4:25
N.Y. Jets @ San Diego — 4:25WEEK 6 – SUNDAY, OCT. 12
Denver @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
New England @ Buffalo — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Cleveland — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Tennessee — 1:00
Baltimore @ Tampa Bay — 1:00San Diego @ Oakland — 4:05
WEEK 7 – SUNDAY, OCT. 19
Miami @ Chicago — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Tennessee @ Washington — 1:00
Cleveland @ Jacksonville — 1:00Kansas City @ San Diego — 4:05
WEEK 8 – SUNDAY, OCT. 26 – CBS DBHDR
Baltimore @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Buffalo @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Miami @ Jacksonville — 1:00
Houston @ Tennessee — 1:00Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh — 4:25
Oakland @ Cleveland — 4:25WEEK 9 – SUNDAY, NOV. 2 – CBS DBHDR
San Diego @ Miami — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ Kansas City — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Cincinnati — 1:00Denver @ New England — 4:25
Oakland @ Seattle — 4:25WEEK 10 – SUNDAY, NOV. 9
Pittsburgh @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Miami @ Detroit — 1:00
Tennessee @ Baltimore — 1:00
Kansas City @ Buffalo — 1:00Denver @ Oakland — 4:05
WEEK 11 – SUNDAY, NOV. 16
Denver @ St. Louis — 1:00
Cincinnati @ New Orleans — 1:00
Houston @ Cleveland — 1:00Oakland @ San Diego — 4:05
WEEK 12 – SUNDAY, NOV. 23 – CBS DBHDR
Tennessee @ Philadelphia — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Houston — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ Buffalo — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Indianapolis — 1:00
Cleveland @ Atlanta — 1:00Washington @ San Francisco — 4:25
Miami @ Denver — 4:25WEEK 13 – THURSDAY, NOV. 27 THANKSGIVING DAY
Chicago @ Detroit — 12:30
WEEK 13 – SUNDAY, NOV. 30 – CBS DBHDR
San Diego @ Baltimore — 1:00
Oakland @ St. Louis — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Tampa Bay — 1:00
Cleveland @ Buffalo — 1:00
Tennessee @ Houston — 1:00New England @ Green Bay — 4:25
WEEK 14 – SUNDAY, DEC. 7
Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati — 1:00
Baltimore @ Miami — 1:00
N.Y. Jets @ Minnesota — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Cleveland — 1:00
Houston @ Jacksonville — 1:00Kansas City @ Arizona — 4:05
Buffalo @ Denver — 4:05WEEK 15 – SUNDAY, DEC. 14
Miami @ New England — 1:00
Pittsburgh @ Atlanta — 1:00
Oakland @ Kansas City — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Cleveland — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Baltimore — 1:00
Houston @ Indianapolis — 1:00Denver @ San Diego — 4:05
N.Y. Jets @ Tennessee — 4:05WEEK 16 – SUNDAY, DEC. 21 – CBS DBHDR
New England @ N.Y. Jets — 1:00
Kansas City @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
Baltimore @ Houston — 1:00
Cleveland @ Carolina — 1:00Indianapolis @ Dallas — 4:25
Buffalo @ Oakland — 4:25WEEK 17 – SUNDAY, DEC. 28 – CBS DBHDR
N.Y. Jets @ Miami — 1:00
Buffalo @ New England — 1:00
Cleveland @ Baltimore — 1:00
Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh — 1:00
Jacksonville @ Houston — 1:00
Indianapolis @ Tennessee — 1:00
San Diego @ Kansas City — 1:00Oakland @ Denver — 4:25
AFC PLAYOFFS – JAN. 3-18, 2015
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY, JAN. 18
The NFL on Fox schedule will wrap up our posts tonight.
