2015 NFL Schedule: National Games Released for ESPN, NBC, CBS and NFL Net

The NFL has released its 2015 Game schedule and there are few surprises on the calendar. The season begins in New England as the Super Bowl champions Patriots host the Steelers, on September 10th. Top teams currently only have five games schedule for Primetime, two MNF games and three SNF games. That allows room for key game to be scheduled for January 3rd, the last game of the season.

CBS returns to the primetime game with the first seven thursday night Football games, simulcasted on the NFL Network. On paper, their abbreviated schedule looks to have six good matchups, with the Falcons at Saints game being a little suspect.

MNF Schedule:
ESPN gets 17 games over 16 weeks, with a variety of teams. no one team appears on MNF more than two times this season.

• Sept. 14: Eagles at Falcons and Vikings at 49ers.
• Sept. 21: Jets at Colts
• Sept. 28: Chiefs at Packers
• Oct. 5: Lions at Seahawks
• Oct. 12: Steelers at Chargers
• Oct. 19: Eagles at Giants
• Oct. 26: Ravens at Cardinals
• Nov. 2: Colts at Panthers
• Nov. 9: Bears at Chargers
• Nov. 16: Texans at Bengals
• Nov. 23: Bills at Patriots.
• Nov. 30: Ravens at Browns
• Dec. 7: Cowboys at Redskins
• Dec. 14: Giants at Dolphins
• Dec. 21: Lions at Saints
• Dec. 28: Bengals at Broncos 

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SNF Schedule:
A total of 19 games will appear on NBC, including the Kick-off game, on Thursday night and a Thanksgiving night game. A half dozen teams will make three appearances, including the current SB champs, New England Patriots. The flex schedule begins on October 11th and the final SNF game will be announced closer to the end of the season.

• Sept. 10: Steelers at Patriots
• Sept. 13: Giants at Cowboys
• Sept. 20: Seahawks at Packers
• Sept. 27: Broncos at Lions
• Oct. 4: Cowboys at Saints
• Oct. 11: 49ers at Giants *
• Oct. 18: Patriots at Colts *
• Oct. 25: Eagles at Panthers *
• Nov. 1: Packers at Broncos *
• Nov. 8: Eagles at Cowboys *
• Nov. 15: Cardinals at Seahawks *
• Nov. 22: Chiefs at Chargers 
• Nov. 26: Bears at Packers *
• Nov. 29: Patriots at Broncos *
• Dec. 6: Colts at Steelers *
• Dec. 13: Seahawks at Ravens *
• Dec. 20: Bengals at 49ers *
• Dec. 27: Steelers at Ravens *
• Jan. 3: Game TBD

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TNF on CBS Schedule:
CBS will have the first seven Thursday Night games, for the second straight season, simulcasted on the NFL Network. All seven games are intra-divisional games.

• Sept. 17: Broncos at Chiefs
• Sept 24: Redskins at Giants
• Oct 1: Ravens at Steelers
• Oct. 8: Colts at Texans
• Oct. 15: Falcons at Saints
• Oct. 22: Seahawks at 49ers
• Oct. 29: Dolphins at Patriots

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TNF on NFL Schedule:
The second half of the TNF schedule is exclusive to the NFL Network. like the previous seven TNF games, they are intra-divisional, except for two. The December 10th game, with Vikings and Cards, and the December 17th game, with the Bucs and Rams. Thursday nights are usually where bad teams fins their one, required, primetime game of the season.

• Nov. 5: Browns at Bengals
• Nov. 12: Bills at Jets
• Nov. 19: Titans at Jaguars
• Dec. 3: Packers at Lions
• Dec. 10: Vikings at Cardinals
• Dec. 17: Buccaneers at Rams
• Dec. 24: Redskins at Eagles