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The next NFL game on a Friday is Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers on Black Friday, November 27, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET on Prime Video. The last one was also on Black Friday: the Chicago Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-15 on November 28, 2025.
There are four Friday games on this season’s schedule, and the other three are all on Christmas Day. Denver plays in two of the four.
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NFL Friday games this season
| Date | Game | Kickoff (ET) | Stadium | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 27 | Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers | 3:00 p.m. | Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh | Prime Video |
| Friday, December 25 | Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears | 1:00 p.m. | Soldier Field, Chicago | Netflix |
| Friday, December 25 | Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos | 4:30 p.m. | Empower Field at Mile High, Denver | Netflix |
| Friday, December 25 | Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks | 8:15 p.m. | Lumen Field, Seattle | FOX |
This is every game in ESPN’s 2026 regular-season schedule, Weeks 1 to 18, that kicks off on a Friday in US Eastern time. Black Friday falls in Week 12 and Christmas in Week 16.
No Friday game has been played yet this season. The Week 1 game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne kicked off on Thursday, September 10, at 8:35 p.m. ET, which was already Friday morning in Australia, so by the clock US bettors use it was a Thursday game.
Where the teams stand
| Team | Record after Week 2 |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 1-1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 1-1 |
| Chicago Bears | 1-1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 2-0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 1-1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2-0 |
Records are ESPN’s standings on September 24, 2026, before Week 3. Nine more weeks of games, Weeks 3 to 11, are played before Black Friday, so these records say little about the teams that will take the field on November 27.
Two of the Christmas games are division games. Green Bay at Chicago is an NFC North game, and Los Angeles at Seattle is in the NFC West.
The last Friday games
The 2025 regular season had two Friday games, and the road team won once.
| Date | Game | Final | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 5, 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers | Chargers 27, Chiefs 21 | Corinthians Arena, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Friday, November 28, 2025 | Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles | Bears 24, Eagles 15 | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia |
Chicago led Philadelphia 10-9 after three quarters on Black Friday and scored 14 points in the fourth to pull away, moving to 9-3; the Eagles fell to 8-4. The São Paulo game was a neutral-site game with the Chargers as the designated home team, and it streamed on YouTube.
The Chargers led that one 20-12 after three quarters and held on as Kansas City scored nine in the fourth. That was a Week 1 game; this season has no Friday game in Week 1.
Our predictions for the Friday games
Our NFL predictions are posted in the week of each game on our NFL predictions hub. This page names no bet until that prediction exists, and when it does, the call here is the one on that game’s page.
For now, the holiday slates have their own pages: Black Friday football odds, Christmas football odds and Thanksgiving football odds, the day before Black Friday. The weekly prime-time games are on the Thursday Night Football page.
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This page is updated as each Friday game gets closer: the kickoff times above are ESPN’s as of September 24, 2026, and a flexed or moved game changes this table first.
