The 2021 NFL Sunday Night Football Schedule kicks off with a special season-opening game on Thursday, Sept. 9. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys at 8:20pm ET on NBC.
Games on Sunday begin on Sept. 12 with the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Chicago Bears. That game, as well as all remaining Sunday Night Football branded games, will be televised at 8:20pm ET on NBC.
A Sunday Night Football branded game will also be played on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, Nov. 25. That match-up features the Buffalo Bills visiting the New Orleans Saints.
Sunday Night Football games in Weeks 5-17 are subject to change based on the NFL’s flexible scheduling:
“Flexible scheduling” will be used in Weeks 11-18. Additionally, in Weeks 5-10, flexible scheduling may be used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-17, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.
Overall, the 2021 NFL Sunday Night Football Schedule on NBC will include 20 regular-season games, with two of those contests on a Thursday.
2021 NFL Sunday Night Football Schedule
*All games at 8:20pm ET on NBC.
Sunday, Jan. 2 (Week 17)
Vikings at Packers
Sunday, Jan. 9 (Week 18)
Matchup TBD
PAST GAMES
Thursday, Sept. 9 (Week 1)
Buccaneers 31, Cowboys 29
Sunday, Sept. 12 (Week 1)
Rams 34, Bears 14
Sunday, Sept. 19 (Week 2)
Ravens 36, Chiefs 35
Sunday, Sept. 26 (Week 3)
Packers 30, 49ers 28
Sunday, Oct. 3 (Week 4)
Buccaneers 19, Patriots 17
Sunday, Oct. 10 (Week 5)
Bills 38, Chiefs 20
Sunday, Oct. 17 (Week 6)
Steelers 23, Seahawks 20
Sunday, Oct. 24 (Week 7)
Colts 30, 49ers 18
Sunday, Oct. 31 (Week 8)
Cowboys 20, Vikings 16
Sunday, Nov. 7 (Week 9)
Titans 28, Rams 16
Sunday, Nov. 14 (Week 10)
Chiefs 41, Raiders 14
Sunday, Nov. 21 (Week 11)
Chargers 41, Steelers 37
Thursday, Nov. 25 (Week 12)
Bills 31, Saints 6
Sunday, Nov. 28 (Week 12)
Ravens 16, Browns 10
Sunday, Dec. 5 (Week 13)
Chiefs 22, Broncos 9
Sunday, Dec. 12 (Week 14)
Packers 45, Bears 30
Sunday, Dec. 19 (Week 15)
Saints 9, Buccaneers 0
Sunday, Dec. 26 (Week 16)
Cowboys 56, Washington 14
NFL Schedules
- NFL Schedule (Composite)
- NFL Team Schedules (Team-by-team)