--- title: NFL Releases 2015-16 Season Schedule description: The NFL stole headlines on Tuesday by releasing the schedule for the 2015-16 season—including three games to be played in London, England. canonical: https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/ author: Kevin McSpadden article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-22T07:40:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:34:29.940Z article:section: Sports og:title: The NFL Has Released Its 2015-16 Season Schedule og:description: Are you ready for some football? og:url: https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686bbd6afd921651/6987ec44524fc034eadf0591/nfl-schedule-release-patriots.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) yells before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The NFL Has Released Its 2015-16 Season Schedule twitter:description: Are you ready for some football? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686bbd6afd921651/6987ec44524fc034eadf0591/nfl-schedule-release-patriots.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stop Everything: The NFL Has Released Its 2015-16 Season Schedule by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 22, 2015 7:40 AM CUT  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) yells before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) yells before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, ArizMatt Rourke—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 22, 2015 7:40 AM CUT The NFL stole headlines on Tuesday by [releasing](http://nflcommunications.com/2015/04/21/2015-nfl-schedule-announced/ "undefined") the schedule for the upcoming 2015-16 regular season—including three games to be played in London. Meaningful games kick off on Sept. 10 (a Thursday) when the New England Patriots begin their Super Bowl defense against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium. The first Sunday features an intriguing match-up between the Indianapolis Colts and the new-look Buffalo Bills while “Sunday Night Football” will see the New York Giants travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys. Monday Night Football will be the usual opening weekend double-header; starting with the Philadelphia Eagles v Atlanta Falcons before a Minnesota Vikings v San Francisco 49ers nightcap. Three games will be played at Wembley Stadium in London this year; in Week 4 the Miami Dolphins play the New York Jets, Week 7 the Jacksonville Jaguars face Buffalo and in Week 8 the Kansas City Chiefs clash with the Detroit Lions. The annual Thanksgiving Day football match-ups also draw a lot of interest. This year’s turkey games have Philadelphia v Detroit, Carolina Panthers v Dallas and a prime-time game of the Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers. Of note, NFL legend Brett Favre is expected to have his [jersey retired](http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/300820581.html "undefined") by Green Bay during the Thanksgiving game, according to the _Milwaukee-Wisconsin_ _Journal Sentinel_ _._ To find out who your favorite team is playing, click [here](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-nfl-schedule.pdf "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/"},"headline":"Stop Everything: The NFL Has Released Its 2015-16 Season Schedule","datePublished":"2015-04-22T07:40:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:34:29.940Z","description":"Are you ready for some football?","url":"https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/","keywords":["Football","NFL","National Football League","San Francisco 49ers","New England Patriots","philadelphia eagles"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686bbd6afd921651/6987ec44524fc034eadf0591/nfl-schedule-release-patriots.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686bbd6afd921651/6987ec44524fc034eadf0591/nfl-schedule-release-patriots.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) yells before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz","caption":"New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) yells before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz","creditText":"Matt Rourke—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3830956/nfl-season-schedule-2015-national-football-league/","name":"Stop Everything: The NFL Has Released Its 2015-16 Season Schedule"}}]}] ```