Quoted from cbs sportsline press release May 2001.
....Another plus for most of the owners is the new scheduling format, under which every team will meet every other at least once in four years. There will be six home-and-home divisional games; four against teams in another division within a conference; and four more against a division in the other conference on a rotating basis. The final two games will be against conference teams based on the previous year's standings -- first against first, second against second, and so on.
Beginning in 1978, the NFL increased its schedule from 14 to 16 games.
The NFL added bye weeks to the schedule in 1990. Each team plays 16 regular season games and has one weekend off.
After the draft in July or August.
The NBA schedules the games by a computer.
The NFL's regular season in 1987 was 15 games. The season was shortened by a strike.
One can find the schedule for NFL games played on Fox by going to foxsports or to the tvguide website. Each of these sites provide a wealth of information about NFL scheduling.
Beginning in 1978, the NFL increased its schedule from 14 to 16 games.
The 2013/2014 schedule of National Football League (NFL) games was released on the April 18th 2013. The schedule for the Washington Redskins can be found on their official site or at the official site of the NFL.
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Unknown pending the release of the NFL schedule for 2010.
The dates and times of the schedule should come out in a few months, but the home and away games have already been figured out.
"The NFL currently plays sixteen ""real"" games per team. When I say real I mean not pre-season games that don't count for anything. So, there are sixteen games on the Houston Texans schedule."
The NFL schedule for the rest of 2012 is long over. The new schedule will come out for 2013 next month. The schedule will be similar to that of 2012.
The 1992 NFL Regular Season was 17 weeks long (16 games + a bye week). See the link below for a schedule from 1992.
Assuming both heams had home games, the NFL would schedule the championship games on different days, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
The NFL added bye weeks to the schedule in 1990. Each team plays 16 regular season games and has one weekend off.
It is possible to view the NFL playoff schedule on the NFL main website. Besides the schedule, one can see statistics for all the teams, wins, losses, injuries and future playoff schedules.