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One of the biggest days of the year for NFL fans is when the next year’s schedule is announced. The 2016 NFL schedule was announced on Thursday night with plenty to talk about including the opening game of the season when the Denver Broncos will look to begin their defense of their Super Bowl 50 title with a rematch against the team that beat in Santa Clara in the Carolina Panthers. It is a blockbuster start to the season and a great way for fans to get pumped up for the rest of the season to begin.
Here is a look at the full 2016 NFL schedule:
Week 1
Thursday, September 8
Carolina at Denver, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Sunday, September 11
Green Bay at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo at Baltimore, 1 p.m., CBS
Chicago at Houston, 1 p.m., Fox
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m., Fox
Minnesota at Tennessee, 1 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Oakland at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m., CBS
Miami at Seattle, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Detroit at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m., Fox
New England at Arizona, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 12
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:10 p.m., ESPN
Los Angeles at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m., ESPN
Week 2
Thursday, September 15
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 8:25 p.m., CBS
Sunday, September 18
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee at Detroit, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m., Fox
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Carolina, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami at New England, 1 p.m., CBS
Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay at Arizona, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Atlanta at Oakland, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis at Denver, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 19
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 3
Thursday, September 22
Houston at New England, 8:25 p.m., CBS
Sunday, September 25
Arizona at Buffalo, 1 p.m., Fox
Oakland at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Fox
Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., CBS
Minnesota at Carolina, 1 p.m., Fox
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Seattle, 4:05 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m., CBS
San Diego at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, September 26
Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 4
Thursday, September 29
Miami at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, October 2
Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville, 9:30 a.m., CBS
Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland at Washington, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m., Fox
Oakland at Baltimore, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Fox
Denver at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles at Arizona, 4:25 p.m., Fox
New Orleans at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Dallas at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 3
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 5
Thursday, October 6
Arizona at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m., CBS
Sunday, October 9
New England at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia at Detroit, 1 p.m., Fox
Chicago at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington at Baltimore, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston at Minnesota, 1 p.m., CBS
N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m., CBS
Atlanta at Denver, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati at Dallas, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Buffalo at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m., CBS
San Diego at Oakland, 4:25 p.m., CBS
N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 10
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 6
Thursday, October 13
Denver at San Diego, 8:25 p.m., CBS
Sunday, October 16
San Francisco at Buffalo, 1 p.m., Fox
Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m., Fox
Cleveland at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville at Chicago, 1 p.m., CBS
Los Angeles at Detroit, 1 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati at New England, 1 p.m., CBS
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Atlanta at Seattle, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 17
N.Y. Jets at Arizona, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 7
Thursday, October 20
Chicago at Green Bay, 8:25 p.m., CBS
Sunday, October 23
N.Y. Giants vs Los Angeles, 9:30 a.m., NFL Network
New Orleans at Kansas City, 1 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 1 p.m., Fox
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m., Fox
Oakland at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., CBS
Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m., Fox
San Diego at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New England at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Seattle at Arizona, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 24
Houston at Denver, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 8
Thursday, October 27
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, October 30
Washington vs Cincinnati, 9:30 a.m., Fox
Kansas City at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., CBS
Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
Detroit at Houston, 1 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Green Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m., Fox
New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m., CBS
San Diego at Denver, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Arizona at Carolina, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, October 31
Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 9
Thursday, November 3
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, November 6
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m., CBS
Dallas at Cleveland, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville at Kansas City, 1 p.m., CBS
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m., Fox
Carolina at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New Orleans at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Tennessee at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Indianapolis at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Denver at Oakland, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, November 7
Buffalo at Seattle, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 10
Thursday, November 10
Cleveland at Baltimore, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, November 13
Green Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m., Fox
Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m., Fox
Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., Fox
Kansas City at Carolina, 1 p.m., CBS
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver at New Orleans, 1 p.m., CBS
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., CBS
Miami at San Diego, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Seattle at New England, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, November 14
Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 11
Thursday, November 17
New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m., NBC
Sunday, November 20
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Baltimore at Dallas, 1 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville at Detroit, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., CBS
Buffalo at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 1 p.m., Fox
Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New England at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia at Seattle, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Green Bay at Washington, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, November 21
Houston vs Oakland, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 12
Thursday, November 24
Minnesota at Detroit, 12:30 p.m., CBS
Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m., Fox
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Sunday, November 27
Tennessee at Chicago, 1 p.m., CBS
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m., CBS
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona at Atlanta, 1 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Miami, 1 p.m., Fox
San Diego at Houston, 1 p.m., CBS
Seattle at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m., Fox
Carolina at Oakland, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m., CBS
New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, November 28
Green Bay at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 13
Thursday, December 1
Dallas at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m., NBC
Sunday, December 4
Kansas City at Atlanta, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
Los Angeles at New England, 1 p.m., Fox
Denver at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., CBS
Houston at Green Bay, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., Fox
Miami at Baltimore, 1 p.m., CBS
San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo at Oakland, 4:05 p.m., CBS
N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Carolina at Seattle, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, December 5
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 14
Thursday, December 8
Oakland at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m., NBC
Sunday, December 11
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m., CBS
Denver at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., Fox
Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m., Fox
Arizona at Miami, 1 p.m., Fox
San Diego at Carolina, 1 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., CBS
Minnesota at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Atlanta at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Seattle at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, December 12
Baltimore at New England, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 15
Thursday, December 15
Los Angeles at Seattle, 8:25 p.m., NBC
Saturday, December 17
Miami at New York, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, December 18
Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m., Fox
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m., CBS
Cleveland at Buffalo, 1 p.m., CBS
Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1 p.m., Fox
Tennessee at Kansas City, 1 p.m., CBS
Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis at Minnesota, 1 p.m., CBS
New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m., Fox
New England at Denver, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, December 19
Carolina at Washington, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 16
Thursday, December 22
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m., NBC
Saturday, December 24
Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m., CBS
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m., Fox
N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m., CBS
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., CBS
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m., Fox
San Diego at Cleveland, 1 p.m., CBS
Washington at Chicago, 1 p.m., Fox
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m., Fox
Indianapolis at Oakland, 4:05 p.m., CBS
Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m., Fox
San Francisco at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Cincinnati at Houston, 8:25 p.m., NFL Network
Sunday, December 25
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m., NFL Network
Denver at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Monday, December 26
Detroit at Dallas, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Week 17
Sunday, January 1, 2017
New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m., Fox
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., CBS
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m., Fox
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m., Fox
Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m., Fox
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., CBS
New England at Miami, 1 p.m., CBS
Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m., Fox
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m., Fox
Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m., CBS
Arizona at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m., Fox