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