There are 17 weeks, in which each team plays 16 games and is off for a bye week.
There are about 26 weeks in the entire season.
- 4 weeks of preseason games.
- 17 weeks of regular season games (each team has 1 bye week)
- 5 weeks of playoffs : wild card, divisional, conference, pro bowl, and Super Bowl.
The 1982 season was shortened by a strike and lasted for nine weeks.
The 1992 NFL Regular Season was 17 weeks long (16 games + a bye week). See the link below for a schedule from 1992.
A season in the NFL comprises a five-week period of preseason games, a regular season encompassing 17 weeks (16 games plus one bye week per team), and four weeks of playoffs. An NFL regular season of four months is shorter than Major League Baseball (six months) and the National Hockey League (22 weeks).
An NFL season in 1972 consisted of 14 regular season games.
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There are 17 weeks, in which each team plays 16 games and is off for a bye week. There are about 26 weeks in the entire season. - 4 weeks of preseason games. - 17 weeks of regular season games (each team has 1 bye week) - 5 weeks of playoffs : wild card, divisional, conference, pro bowl, and Super Bowl.
16 regular season games.
The NFL season had two bye weeks in the 1993 season.
The NFL added bye weeks to the schedule in 1990. Each team plays 16 regular season games and has one weekend off.
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The NFL's regular season in 1987 was 15 games. The season was shortened by a strike.
16 games in the regular season