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Revision as of 14:05, 7 January 2014
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 4 – December 28, 2014 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 3, 2015 |
| Super Bowl XLIX | |
| Date | February 1, 2015 |
| Site | University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | 2015 |
| Site | Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii |
The 2014 NFL season will be the 95th regular season of the National Football League. It is expected to begin on Thursday, September 4, 2014, with the defending Super Bowl champions hosting in the annual kickoff game. The season will end with Super Bowl XLIX, the league's championship game, on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Schedule
The 2014 NFL Draft will be held from May 8–10, 2014 in New York City. The draft's traditional timeframe in late April will not be available in 2014 due to a scheduling conflict at Radio City Music Hall,[1] the site of which the draft has been held since 2006. The NFL plans to continue holding the draft in May in future years as part of a permanent offseason calendar change.
Under the NFL's scheduling formula, the intraconference and interconference matchups will be:
Intraconference
Interconference
Highlights of the 2014 schedule include:
- NFL Kickoff Game: The entire 2014 season tentatively will begin on Thursday, September 4, 2014, starting at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC, at the home of the defending Super Bowl XLVIII champion.
- International Series: Three games will be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England in 2014. The Oakland Raiders will play host to the Miami Dolphins on September 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. local time), the Atlanta Falcons will host the Detroit Lions on October 26 at 9:30 a.m. ET (1:30 p.m. local time),[2] and the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Dallas Cowboys on November 9 at 1:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. local time), in the second of four consecutive appearances for the Jaguars in the International Series.[3][4] CBS will televise the Dolphins–Raiders game, while Fox will televise the Cowboys–Jaguars and Lions–Falcons contests.[5]
- Thanksgiving Day games: These games will occur on Thursday, November 27, 2014. The Detroit Lions will host an AFC team — either the Buffalo Bills or the Miami Dolphins — at 12:30 p.m. ET, and will air on CBS, while the Dallas Cowboys will host an NFC team (the possibilities are the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers or the New Orleans Saints) at 4:30 p.m. ET, and will air on Fox. The prime-time NBC game, featuring opponents yet to be announced, will be featured at 8:30 p.m. ET. However, under the new 2014 rules, the Lions or Cowboys could have their game moved to NBC if needed, and if that is a Detroit game, CBS could hold an AFC vs AFC game in the Eastern time zone or AFC at NFC game in said time zone.
- Bills Toronto Series: In 2012, the Buffalo Bills received a five-year extension to play one game per season at the Rogers Centre in Toronto through 2017.[6] The Bills' opponent will be announced later in the spring.
- Christmas: Christmas lands on the Thursday of Week 17 during the 2014 season. As the NFL generally schedules all of its Week 17 contests on Sunday (December 28), a Christmas game is not expected to be part of the 2014 schedule. During the 2008 season in which Christmas also fell on a Thursday, no Christmas games were played.
- Playoffs: The last regular season games will be held on Sunday, December 28. The playoffs are then scheduled to start on Saturday, January 3, 2015. Conference championship games will be held on Sunday, January 18; the NFC Championship will be played at 3:00 p.m. ET on Fox, and the AFC Championship will follow at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS. Super Bowl XLIX, the league's championship game will occur on February 1 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and will be televised by NBC with kickoff around 6:30 p.m. ET.[7][8]
The opponents for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game will be announced sometime in the spring, while the entire 2014 regular season schedule will be announced in April.
Media
This will be the first season under a nine-year television contract with CBS (all AFC afternoon away games), Fox (all NFC afternoon away games), NBC (Sunday Night Football games, Thanksgiving night game, and the Kickoff game); and an eight-year contract with ESPN (Monday Night Football games).[9][10] Among the changes from the previous TV contracts, NBC will televise a Divisional playoff game. The contract also allows ESPN to land a Wild Card playoff game in the future (which, like other NFL games broadcast on cable, will be simulcast on an over-the-air station in each of the team's primary market). Based on current rules, the network that loses a Divisional Playoff game to NBC would air both wild card games from their conference.[9] In addition, ESPN will broadcast all Pro Bowls for the next eight seasons. Furthermore, the league will be able to move games between CBS and FOX by way of flexible scheduling, enabling CBS to televise NFC vs. NFC games, and Fox to broadcast AFC vs. AFC games, in the late Sunday afternoon doubleheader slot.[11]
Stadiums
- Levi's Stadium, the new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers, is scheduled to open prior to the 2014 season.[12] The stadium will be located in Santa Clara, California, and will be the host of Super Bowl L.[13] Stadium and team officials have asked the league to not schedule any Monday or Thursday night 49er home games this season because of current parking issues in the area.[14]
- The Minnesota Vikings will play their first of two consecutive seasons at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium, as they await the construction of a new stadium at the site of Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.[15]
Coaching changes
Preseason
| Team: | 2013 head coach: at start of season |
2013 interim head coach: | 2014 replacement: | Reason for leaving: | Story/Accomplishments: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | Gary Kubiak | Wade Phillips | Bill O'Brien[16] | Fired | Kubiak was fired on December 6, 2013, after accumulating a 61–63 record in just under eight seasons as the Texans' head coach. Wade Phillips was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2013 season.[17] O'Brien spent the past two seasons as the Penn State head coach and also served as a New England Patriots assistant. |
| Cleveland Browns | Rob Chudzinski | N/A | Bobby Stoops | Chudzinski was fired on December 29, 2013, after going 4–12 in his only season as Browns head coach.[18] | |
| Detroit Lions | Jim Schwartz | N/A | TBD | Schwartz was fired on December 30, 2013 after a 1–7 stumble to end the 2013 season despite having led the NFC North earlier in the season. He finished with a 29–51 record over five seasons.[19] | |
| Minnesota Vikings | Leslie Frazier | N/A | TBD | Frazier was fired on December 30, 2013 after more than three seasons as Vikings head coach, ending 2013 with a 5–10–1 record, and his tenure with Minnesota at 21–32–1.[20] | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Greg Schiano | N/A | Lovie Smith[21] | Schiano and GM Mark Dominik were fired on December 30, 2013. Schiano was 11–21 as head coach over two seasons.[22]Smith, a former Buccaneers assistant, served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004–2012. | |
| Tennessee Titans | Mike Munchak | N/A | TBD | Munchak was fired on January 4, 2014 after three seasons as Titans head coach. He was 22–26 as head coach.[23] | |
| Washington Redskins | Mike Shanahan | N/A | TBD | Shanahan and his staff were fired on December 30, 2013 after a 3–13 record in 2013, and a 24–40 career regular season record with the Redskins.[24] |
References
- ^ "2014 draft set for May 8–10". ESPN. May 29, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ Zinski, Dan (December 4, 2013). "NFL 2014 Schedule Will Include Lions-Falcons Game With 9:30 AM ET Kickoff". Fansided. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Burke, Chris (October 24, 2013). "NFL announces three London games for 2014 season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ "NFL announces 2014 London dates". Associated Press. ESPN. November 28, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
- ^ "2014 International Series Schedule Finalized". NFL Communications. December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Breer, Albert (May 22, 2012). "Five-year extension of Buffalo Bills' Toronto series approved". NFL.com. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ Robert Klemko (October 11, 2011). "Arizona, not Tampa, will host Super Bowl XLIX in 2015". The Huddle. USA Today. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ David Barron (December 14, 2011). "NFL extends broadcast agreements through 2022, generating billions". Ultimate Texans. Chron.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Updated: ESPN Kicks Off New Eight-Year, $14 Billion NFL Deal Multichannel News September 8, 2011
- ^ The Tradition Continues: NFL to Remain on Network TV, NFL Press Release, Dec. 14, 2011
- ^ Best, Neil (December 14, 2011). "NFL renews lucrative TV deals". Newsday. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ Juan Rodriguez (January 27, 2013). "49ers Stadium Will be Ready for 2014 NFL Season". About. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (May 21, 2013). "San Francisco awarded Super Bowl L; Houston lands LI". NFL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ Matier, Phil (December 9, 2013). "Lack Of Parking Means No Monday Night Football At Levi's Stadium". CBS San Francisco. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ Christopher Gates (August 17, 2012). "Vikings Might Have Two Seasons At TCF Bank Stadium Instead Of One". Daily Norseman. SB Nation. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Bill O'Brien named Texans coach". ESPN.com. January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Sessler, Marc (December 6, 2013). "Gary Kubiak out as Houston Texans head coach". NFL.com. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ Sessler, Marc (December 29, 2013). "Rob Chudzinski fired by Cleveland Browns". National Football League. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ Patra, Kevin (December 30, 2013). "Jim Schwartz fired by Detroit Lions after five seasons". National Football League. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Vikings fire Leslie Frazier". Fox News Channel. December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Lovie Smith Returns to Coach Buccaneers". January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ Brinson, Will (December 30, 2013). "Greg Schiano and GM Mark Dominik fired by Buccaneers". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Titans fire coach Mike Munchak". ESPN.com. January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ^ "Mike Shanahan fired by Washington Redskins after four seasons". Sports Illustrated. December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.