List of Sunday Night Football results (2006–present)
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The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League games aired on NBC under the game package NBC Sunday Night Football. The list includes both regular season and post-season game results, both produced by NBC Sports, from the 2006 NFL season to the present.
The NFL instated a new "
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The 2021 season marked the first time that NBC streamed its entire SNF season on its Peacock streaming service. Beginning in 2023, Peacock will also exclusively stream one national regular season game per year.
"Flex-scheduling" game
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Playoff game/Super Bowl broadcast on NBC | Peacock exclusive game |
2000s
2006
In 2006, NBC Sunday Night Football wrapped up its inaugural season averaging 17.5 million viewers, 1.2 million viewers better than Monday Night Football in 2005 on ABC and the best viewership number for the network primetime NFL package in six years (18.5 million on ABC in 2000).[1] The season featured pop singer Pink singing the anthem for SNF called "I've Been Waiting All Day For Sunday Night." This would be the only season the tentatively scheduled games during the flex period were not publicly announced.
The September 10 game marked the first time two brothers started against each other as quarterbacks: Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts, and Eli Manning of the New York Giants.
There was no game played on October 22 because it overlapped with Game 1 of the 2006 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers, along with Christmas Eve night; NBC broadcast the latter week's game (Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys) on Christmas afternoon instead. However, the broadcast of Football Night in America continued at its regular time on both occasions each Sunday, with a half-hour version of the program airing before the Christmas game and the two "Wild Card Saturday" games.
*This was the only season that no game was initially scheduled for NBC in the affected weeks of flexible scheduling.
2007
In 2007, there was no game broadcast on October 28 due to Game 4 of the 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies, although Football Night in America aired at its usual time that week. Also, a tentative full-season schedule was unveiled, including games in the last seven weeks of the season. Those games could be replaced under flexible scheduling if the need arose. Three of the games in the last seven weeks were eventually replaced with more compelling matches. This resulted in the situation—twice—of having a team playing consecutive Sunday nights. The New England Patriots played consecutive Sunday nights: their November 18 game at the Buffalo Bills was moved to prime time, replacing the Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks game, and was subsequently followed on November 25 by their already scheduled home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Likewise, the Washington Redskins played a scheduled game at the New York Giants on December 16, and their December 23 game at the Minnesota Vikings was moved to prime time, replacing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at San Francisco 49ers game. Also, due to playoff implications, the December 30 Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts game was flexed to prime time, replacing the Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets game. Thus, the Colts played in the Kickoff game against the New Orleans Saints (due to winning Super Bowl XLI) and the regular season finale. The same rules under which CBS and Fox protected games for their own packages still applied.
*Bears-Seahawks game was flexed out for the Patriots-Bills game.
**Buccaneers-49ers game was flexed out for the Redskins-Vikings game.
***Chiefs-Jets game was flexed out for the Titans-Colts game. This was the only year that tentative opponents were scheduled for the last game of the season.
2008
NBC Sunday Night Football's 2008 schedule began on September 4 with the
The 2008 schedule, released April 15, continued the current practice of a scheduled game possibly being moved in favor of a more compelling one during Weeks 11 through 16 (November 16 through December 21), but left the slot open on the final Sunday, December 28. The NFL Kickoff Game between the Redskins and Giants that was played on September 4 started at 7 p.m. instead of the normal 8:30 p.m. time in order to avoid conflict with the nomination speech that John McCain gave at the 2008 Republican National Convention that night; the game ended at 10:01 p.m. EDT, averting any conflict. As in previous years, one Sunday night (October 26) featured no game broadcast due to Game 4 of the 2008 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies, although Football Night in America aired as usual that week.
The October 19 Seattle Seahawks-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game featured Cris Collinsworth substituting for John Madden as the color commentator, the first time Madden had missed calling a game in 28 years. He had taken the week off because he would have had to make three straight cross country trips after calling games in Jacksonville and San Diego. (He traveled by bus because of a fear of flying.)[2][3][4] The New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks game on December 7 was dropped in favor of a Washington Redskins-Baltimore Ravens flex schedule game. The San Diego Chargers-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on December 21 was dropped in favor of a Carolina Panthers-New York Giants game to determine home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. The Week 17 game was purposely not chosen when the schedule was initially released, and the Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers game was picked up for it to determine the winner of the AFC West division.
On Wild Card weekend, the Atlanta Falcons and Arizona Cardinals both made their debuts on SNF in the 4:30 EDT game on January 3. The San Diego Chargers hosted the Indianapolis Colts in the primetime game later that evening.
Super Bowl XLIII, the first aired as part of this package took place on February 1 in Raymond James Stadium, with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Arizona Cardinals 27–23.
Week | Day | Date | Visiting Team | Final Score | Host Team | Stadium | Significance |
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1 | Thursday | September 4 | Washington Redskins | 7–16 | New York Giants | Giants Stadium | Giants–Redskins rivalry
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Sunday | September 7 | Chicago Bears | 29–13 | Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | Super Bowl XLI rematch First regular-season game at Lucas Oil Stadium | |
2 | Sunday | September 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10–6 | Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Browns Stadium | Browns–Steelers rivalry |
3 | Sunday | September 21 | Dallas Cowboys | 27–16 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Cowboys–Packers rivalry 2007 Week 13 rematch |
4 | Sunday | September 28 | Philadelphia Eagles | 20–24 | Chicago Bears | Soldier Field | 2007 Week 7 Rematch |
5 | Sunday | October 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 26–21 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
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2007 AFC Wild Card playoff rematch 2007 Week 15 rematch |
6 | Sunday | October 12 | New England Patriots | 10–30 | San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium
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2007 AFC Championship Game rematch 2007 Week 2 rematch |
7 | Sunday | October 19 | Seattle Seahawks | 10–20 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Raymond James Stadium | 2007 Week 1 Rematch |
8 | Sunday | October 26 | No game was scheduled against the 2008 World Series | ||||
9 | Sunday | November 2 | New England Patriots | 15–18 | Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | Colts–Patriots rivalry Battle of the last two AFC Champions 2007 Week 9 rematch |
10 | Sunday | November 9 | New York Giants | 36–31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | Eagles–Giants rivalry |
11 | Sunday | November 16 | Dallas Cowboys | 14–10 | Washington Redskins | FedExField
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Cowboys–Redskins rivalry
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12 | Sunday | November 23 | Indianapolis Colts | 23–20 | San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium
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2007 AFC Divisional playoff rematch 2007 Week 10 Rematch |
13 | Sunday | November 30 | Chicago Bears | 14–34 | Minnesota Vikings | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Bears–Vikings rivalry |
14 | Sunday | December 7* | Washington Redskins | 10–24 | Baltimore Ravens | M&T Bank Stadium | |
15 | Sunday | December 14 | New York Giants | 8–20 | Dallas Cowboys | Texas Stadium | Cowboys–Giants rivalry 2007 NFC Divisional playoff rematch |
16 | Sunday | December 21** | Carolina Panthers | 28–34 (OT) | New York Giants | Giants Stadium | Winner: Clinch home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs as the No. 1 seed |
17 | Sunday | December 28 | Denver Broncos | 21–52 | San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium
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Broncos–Chargers rivalry Winner: AFC West champion Loser: Eliminated |
Wild Card | Saturday | January 3 | Atlanta Falcons | 24–30 | Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium
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NFC No. 5 vs. NFC No. 4 |
Indianapolis Colts | 17–23 (OT) | San Diego Chargers | Qualcomm Stadium
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2007 AFC Divisional playoff rematch and Week 12 rematch AFC No. 5 vs. AFC No. 4 | |||
Super Bowl XLIII | Sunday | February 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27–23 | Arizona Cardinals | Raymond James Stadium | AFC No. 2 vs. NFC No. 4 |
2009 Pro Bowl | February 8 | NFC | 30–21 | AFC | Aloha Stadium |
*Patriots-Seahawks game was flexed out for the Redskins-Ravens game.
**Chargers-Buccaneers game was flexed out for the Panthers-Giants game.
2009
Week | Day | Date | Visiting Team | Final Score | Host Team | Stadium | Significance |
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1 | Thursday | September 10 | Tennessee Titans | 10–13 (OT) | Pittsburgh Steelers | Heinz Field
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Steelers–Titans rivalry 2008 Week 16 rematch |
Sunday | September 13 | Chicago Bears | 15–21 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Bears–Packers rivalry | |
2 | Sunday | September 20 | New York Giants | 33–31 | Dallas Cowboys | Cowboys Stadium
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Cowboys–Giants rivalry First regular season game at Cowboys Stadium |
3 | Sunday | September 27 | Indianapolis Colts | 31–10 | Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium
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Cardinals regular-season SNF debut |
4 | Sunday | October 4 | San Diego Chargers | 28–38 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Heinz Field
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2008 AFC Divisional playoff rematch 2008 Week 11 Rematch |
5 | Sunday | October 11 | Indianapolis Colts | 31–9 | Tennessee Titans | LP Field
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Colts–Titans rivalry |
6 | Sunday | October 18 | Chicago Bears | 14–21 | Atlanta Falcons | Georgia Dome | 2008 Week 6 Rematch Falcons regular-season SNF debut |
7 | Sunday | October 25 | Arizona Cardinals | 24–17 | New York Giants | Giants Stadium | Battle of the last two NFC Champions |
8 | Sunday | November 1 | No game was scheduled against the 2009 World Series | ||||
9 | Sunday | November 8 | Dallas Cowboys | 20–16 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | Cowboys–Eagles rivalry |
10 | Sunday | November 15 | New England Patriots | 34–35 | Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | Colts–Patriots rivalry Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry 2008 Week 9 Rematch |
11 | Sunday | November 22 | Philadelphia Eagles | 24–20 | Chicago Bears | Soldier Field | 2008 Week 4 Rematch |
12 | Sunday | November 29 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17–20 (OT) | Baltimore Ravens | M&T Bank Stadium | Ravens–Steelers rivalry 2008 AFC Championship Game rematch |
13 | Sunday | December 6* | Minnesota Vikings | 17–30 | Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium
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2008 Week 15 Rematch |
14 | Sunday | December 13 | Philadelphia Eagles | 45–38 | New York Giants | Giants Stadium | Eagles–Giants rivalry 2008 NFC Divisional playoff rematch Final SNF game at Giants Stadium |
15 | Sunday | December 20 | Minnesota Vikings | 7–26 | Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | 2008 Week 3 Rematch |
16 | Sunday | December 27 | Dallas Cowboys | 17–0 | Washington Redskins | FedExField
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Cowboys–Redskins rivalry DAL win: Clinches playoff berth |
17 | Sunday | January 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 0–37 | New York Jets | Giants Stadium | NYJ win: CIN AFC No. 4 seed, NYJ AFC No. 5 seed CIN win: CIN AFC No. 3 seed NYJ eliminated |
Wild Card | Saturday | January 9 | New York Jets | 24–14 | Cincinnati Bengals | Paul Brown Stadium
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AFC No. 5 vs. AFC No. 4 matchup Week 17 Rematch |
Philadelphia Eagles | 14–34 | Dallas Cowboys | Cowboys Stadium
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Cowboys–Eagles rivalry NFC No. 6 vs. NFC No. 3 Donovan McNabb's last game as an Eagle |
*Patriots-Dolphins game was flexed out for the Vikings-Cardinals game.
2010s
2010
*Chargers-Bengals game was flexed out for the Vikings-Eagles game. The game was then postponed to Tuesday night due to the December 2010 North American blizzard.
2011
*Colts–Patriots game was flexed out for the Lions-Saints game.
2012
The December 16 game between the
This marks the first time that did not feature a Indianapolis Colts on SNF in which after 5 years because of Peyton Manning who signed of the Broncos. Those Colts games are SNF appearances (except in 2020 and 2023). It also marked the first time the primetime Thanksgiving game would air on NBC.
*Chargers-Jets game was flexed out for the 49ers-Seahawks game.
2013
*Packers-Giants game was flexed out for the Chiefs-Broncos game.
**Falcons-Packers game was flexed out for the Panthers-Saints game.
***Patriots-Ravens game was flexed out for the Bears-Eagles game.
2014
Starting in the 2014 season, NBC was allowed to flex games beginning in week 5. All the previous flexible scheduling rules apply but on a limited basis. Only two games between weeks 5–10 could be flexed per season; weeks 11–17 (excluding Thanksgiving Night) flex rules were still the same as in previous years. However, despite these changes, NBC did not flex a single one of their originally scheduled games, which marked the first season since 2005 that none of the originally scheduled Sunday night games for the entire season (other than week 17) were flexed out. NBC held the rights to broadcast one Wild Card game and one Divisional game in the playoffs as opposed to two Wild Card games, lasted through 2019 in which the playoffs were contested amongst 12 teams.
2015
2015 marked the 10th season of SNF on NBC.
Week | Day | Date | Visiting team | Final score | Host team | Stadium | Significance |
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HOF Weekend | Sunday | August 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3–14 | Minnesota Vikings | Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium | |
Pre 3 | Sunday | August 30 | Arizona Cardinals | 30–23 | Oakland Raiders | Oakland Coliseum | |
1 | Thursday | September 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21–28 | New England Patriots | Gillette Stadium | Patriots–Steelers rivalry |
Sunday | September 13 | New York Giants | 26–27 | Dallas Cowboys | AT&T Stadium | Cowboys–Giants rivalry | |
2 | Sunday | September 20 | Seattle Seahawks | 17–27 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Packers–Seahawks rivalry 2014 Week 1 rematch 2014 NFC Championship Game rematch |
3 | Sunday | September 27 | Denver Broncos | 24–12 | Detroit Lions | Ford Field | |
4 | Sunday | October 4 | Dallas Cowboys | 20–26 (OT) | New Orleans Saints | Mercedes-Benz Superdome
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2014 Week 4 Rematch Sean Payton against his former team |
5 | Sunday | October 11 | San Francisco 49ers | 27–30 | New York Giants | MetLife Stadium | 49ers–Giants rivalry 2014 Week 11 rematch |
6 | Sunday | October 18 | New England Patriots | 34–27 | Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | Colts–Patriots rivalry 2014 AFC Championship Game rematch 2014 Week 11 Rematch |
7 | Sunday | October 25 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16–27 | Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | 2014 Week 10 Rematch |
8 | Sunday | November 1 | Green Bay Packers | 10–29 | Denver Broncos | Sports Authority Field at Mile High
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Super Bowl XXXII rematch |
9 | Sunday | November 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | 33–27 (OT) | Dallas Cowboys | AT&T Stadium | Cowboys–Eagles rivalry |
10 | Sunday | November 15 | Arizona Cardinals | 39–32 | Seattle Seahawks | CenturyLink Field
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Cardinals–Seahawks rivalry |
11 | Sunday | November 22* | Cincinnati Bengals | 31–34 | Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium
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12 | Thursday | November 26 | Chicago Bears | 17–13 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Bears–Packers rivalry |
Sunday | November 29 | New England Patriots | 24–30 (OT) | Denver Broncos | Sports Authority Field at Mile High
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Broncos–Patriots rivalry | |
13 | Sunday | December 6 | Indianapolis Colts | 10–45 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Heinz Field
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2014 Week 8 Rematch |
14 | Sunday | December 13** | New England Patriots | 27–6 | Houston Texans | NRG Stadium | |
15 | Sunday | December 20*** | Arizona Cardinals | 40–17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | Cardinals clinch NFC West 2014 Week 8 Rematch |
16 | Sunday | December 27**** | New York Giants | 17–49 | Minnesota Vikings | TCF Bank Stadium
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Vikings clinch playoff berth |
17 | Sunday | January 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 20–13 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | Packers–Vikings rivalry Winner: NFC North champion Loser: Wild Card |
Wild Card | Sunday | January 10 | Seattle Seahawks | 10–9 | Minnesota Vikings | TCF Bank Stadium
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NFC No. 6 vs. NFC No. 3 Week 13 rematch |
Divisional Round | Saturday | January 16 | Green Bay Packers | 20–26 (OT) | Arizona Cardinals | University of Phoenix Stadium
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NFC No. 5 vs. NFC No. 2 Week 16 rematch |
*Chiefs–Chargers game was flexed out for the Bengals–Cardinals game.
**Seahawks–Ravens game was flexed out for the Patriots–Texans game.
***Bengals–49ers game was flexed out for the Cardinals–Eagles game.
****Steelers–Ravens game was flexed out for the Giants–Vikings game.