The 2015 NFL Thursday Night Football Schedule kicks off in Week 2 (Sept. 17) when the Denver Broncos travel to face the Kansas City Chiefs. The game will be televised by CBS and the NFL Network at 8:25pm ET.
The defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots will be featured on Thursday, Oct. 29 when they host the Miami Dolphins.
Overall, Thursday Night Football in 2015 will feature 16 regular-season NFL games, and two of those will be played on a Saturday (Dec. 19 and Dec. 26).
Note: New England opens the 2015 NFL season at home vs. Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 10 (8:30pm ET, NBC). Although the game is on Thursday, it is branded as part of the “Sunday Night Football” package.
A second game, Chicago at Green Bay on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, is also branded as “Sunday Night Football.”
2015 NFL Thursday Night Football Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 10 (Week 1)
Pittsburgh at New England – 8:30pm ET, NBC
Thursday, Sept. 17 (Week 2)
Denver at Kansas City – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Sept. 24 (Week 3)
Washington at NY Giants – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Oct. 1 (Week 4)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Oct. 8 (Week 5)
Indianapolis at Houston – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Oct. 15 (Week 6)
Atlanta at New Orleans – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Oct. 22 (Week 7)
Seattle at San Francisco – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Oct. 29 (Week 8)
Miami at New England – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Nov. 5 (Week 9)
Cleveland at Cincinnati – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Thursday, Nov. 12 (Week 10)
Buffalo at NY Jets – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Thursday, Nov. 19 (Week 11)
Tennessee at Jacksonville – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Thursday, Nov. 26 (Week 12)
Chicago at Green Bay – 8:30pm ET, NBC
Thursday, Dec. 3 (Week 13)
Green Bay at Detroit – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Dec. 10 (Week 14)
Minnesota at Arizona – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Thursday, Dec. 17 (Week 15)
Tampa Bay at St. Louis – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Saturday, Dec. 19 (Week 15)
NY Jets at Dallas – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Thursday, Dec. 24 (Week 16)
San Diego at Oakland – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
Saturday, Dec. 26 (Week 16)
Washington at Philadelphia – 8:25pm ET, NFLN
You can always bet the farm on a Tennessee vs Jacksonville Thursday night game at some point during the season…
every team has to have a thursday game so might as well ruin only 1 game then split them and ruin 2.
Lot of division rivalries.
always on thursday like they said – alot easier to fit every team in + natural rivalrys.
Thursday Night Football… on Saturday.
Sunday Night Football… on Thursday.
Gotta love that Roger Goodell thinkin’!
yea its called ratings.
Goodell is the owners employee, as long as they make more money every year they don’t care what stupid things he has done with schedules, player fines/suspensions, etc.. It’s all about money, that’s why they went 2 bye’s, it’s not about resting players, it’s about 2 more weeks of fball games to sell. The NFL has become as bad as college fball with games on thursday, sat, sunday, monday.. Friday nights won’t be far off especially if the talks about 18 game season start again.
they cant play friday from early sep thru early dec to not conflict with hs football – its also part of the anti trust deal with congress – dont wanna mess with that.
Nothing new. In the late ’70s and early ’80s ABC would show occasional Saturday and Thursday NFL games, and branded it as a “[x] Night Presentation of Monday Night Football.”
@dcomboy77
You really think if the NFL really wanted to they couldn’t get the the law changed. If they saw that it made them enough money it will be changed. The law now only restricts during the regular season of HS fball.
Who would want to watch or go to a football game on a Thursday night unless you don’t have work or school the next day?
Couldn’t that question also apply to Sunday night games?
Carolina plays at Dallas.
Yes, but it’s on CBS at 4:30pm ET and not considered “Thursday Night Football.”
The Nfl needs to go back to the good old days. Have everyone play on Sunday afternoon (No Sunday Night game), then have 1 Monday night game. Keep the Thanksgiving tradition of the Lions, and the Cowboys playing with no Thursday night game, and have 2 Saturday games the last 2 weeks of the season. The first one at 12:30, and the later game at 4:00. I know that won’t ever happen again. People will cry ratings, But it has to do more with greed.
They should put the Tennessee at Jacksonville Game on NBC or CBS so everyone can watch two of the WORST teams in the NFL
Steelers for life bigger Memphis
The 2015 NFL Thursday Night Football Schedule kicks off in Week 2 (Sept. 17) when the Denver Broncos travel to face the Kansas City Chiefs. The game will be televised by CBS and the NFL Network at 8:25pm ET.
2015 NFL Thursday Night Football Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 10 (Week 1)
Pittsburgh at New England – 8:30pm ET, NBC
Thursday, Sept. 17 (Week 2)
Denver at Kansas City – 8:25pm ET, CBS/NFLN
Thursday, Sept. 24 (Week 3)
Can someone explain, if the thurs night schedule kicks off Sept 17 then y is there a a Sept 10th game.
The Thursday, Sept. 10 game is part of the “Sunday Night Football” package. That is stated in the article.
Can hardly wait to see Denver Broncos play this year. This will be there year, I believe in them forever a fan
Let’s hope Peyton be back 2016. Miss that man!!!
I cannot believe that direct tv isn’t showing the dallas game tonight but you can watch the freaking Bengals on 3 count em 3 different stations! Wow is just all I can say in public…I’m so glad that I don’t have your service…
The NFL/Roger Goodell, is under absolute control…..of the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) noo doubt