The 2012 Sunday Night Football Schedule on NBC is set. Sunday Night Football kicks off with a game on Wednesday, yes Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET with the New York Giants hosting the Dallas Cowboys. The game is the regular season-opener for the NFL.

There will also be a special edition of Sunday Night Football on Thanksgiving night which is Thursday, Nov. 22. The New York Jets will host the Super Bowl runner-up New England Patriots.

Counting the Wednesday and Thursday games, there are a total of 18 regular-season NFL games schedule for Sunday Night Football on NBC.

2012 NBC Sunday Night Football Schedule

Preseason (all games at 8:00 p.m. ET):

• Aug. 19 – Indianapolis at Pittsburgh
• Aug. 26 – Carolina at N.Y. Jets

Regular Season (all games at 8:20 p.m. ET):

• Sept. 5 – Dallas at N.Y. Giants (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET)
• Sept. 9 – Pittsburgh at Denver
• Sept. 16 – Detroit at San Francisco
• Sept. 23 – New England at Baltimore
• Sept. 30 – N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
• Oct. 7 – San Diego at New Orleans
• Oct. 14 – Green Bay at Houston
• Oct. 21 – Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
• Oct. 28 – New Orleans at Denver
• Nov. 4 – Dallas at Atlanta
• Nov. 11 – Houston at Chicago
• Nov. 18 – Baltimore at Pittsburgh
• Nov. 22 – New England at N.Y. Jets (Thursday)
• Nov. 25 – Green Bay at N.Y. Giants
• Dec. 2 – Philadelphia at Dallas
• Dec. 9 – Detroit at Green Bay
• Dec. 16 –  San Francisco at New England
• Dec. 23 – San Diego at N.Y. Jets