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NFL on Netflix 2026: Full Schedule, Matchups, Dates & How to Watch
From international kickoffs to holiday matchups and NFL Honors, here’s what to know before the action starts.
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The NFL is on Netflix from Week 1 in 2026 through Super Bowl weekend in 2027, and this is your place to keep track of it all.
Below, find the complete NFL on Netflix schedule for the 2026–27 season, including every matchup, date, kickoff time, and location, plus details on how to watch each game live.
From the first-ever regular-season NFL game in Australia to Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Day, Week 18, and NFL Honors, check back throughout the season for the latest information and updates.
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San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams — Melbourne
The NFL on Netflix season kicks off with a historic Week 1 international matchup as the San Francisco 49ers face the Los Angeles Rams live from Melbourne, Australia. This is the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Australia. It’s a major global football moment, a heated NFC West rivalry, and the first stop in Netflix’s expanded NFL slate.
- Matchup: San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 10
- Time: 8:35 p.m. ET / 5:35 p.m. PT
- Location: Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia
- Watch: Live on Netflix
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Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Rams — Thanksgiving Eve
Thanksgiving football starts a day early when the Green Bay Packers head to Los Angeles to face the Rams in the NFL’s first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game. The holiday matchup brings together two NFC teams under the lights at SoFi Stadium as Netflix’s NFL slate rolls into November.
- Matchup: Green Bay Packers at Los Angeles Rams
- Date: Wednesday, Nov. 25
- Time: TBA
- Location: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California
- Watch: Live on Netflix
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Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears — Christmas Day
One of the NFL’s oldest rivalries gets the Christmas Day treatment when the Green Bay Packers visit the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. The NFC North matchup opens Netflix’s Christmas doubleheader with plenty of history — and potentially plenty at stake late in the regular season.
- Matchup: Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
- Date: Friday, Dec. 25
- Time: 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
- Location: Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois
- Watch: Live on Netflix
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Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos — Christmas Day
Christmas football continues in Denver as the Buffalo Bills take on the Denver Broncos in the second game of Netflix’s holiday doubleheader. The late-afternoon showdown is a rematch of a dramatic AFC playoff game from a season ago and closes out a full day of NFL action on Netflix.
- Matchup: Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos
- Date: Friday, Dec. 25
- Time: 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT
- Location: Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado
- Watch: Live on Netflix
NFL Week 18
The regular season comes down to the wire with a Week 18 game streaming live on Netflix. The matchup will be determined later in the season, allowing Netflix’s final game of the 2026–27 regular-season slate to spotlight teams with postseason prospects at stake.
- Matchup: TBA
- Date: Saturday, Jan. 9, 2027
- Time: 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
- Watch: Live on Netflix
NFL Honors
After the regular season and playoffs, Netflix heads to Super Bowl week for NFL Honors, the league’s annual celebration of the season’s top players, performances, and achievements. The awards show caps off the NFL on Netflix slate, which runs from Week 1 through the biggest week on the football calendar.
- Event: NFL Honors
- Date: February 2027
- Time: TBA
- Location: TBA
- Watch: Live on Netflix
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Who is calling NFL on Netflix games this season?
Kicking off in Melbourne and continuing throughout the entire season, Netflix sports host Elle Duncan leads the pregame, halftime, and postgame studio coverage that includes a trio of Super Bowl winners: Hall of Fame wide receiver and host of The White House Michael Irvin, former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Nick Foles, and six-time Pro Bowl linebacker Clay Matthews III.
In-game coverage of the NFL on Netflix games this season features Sports Emmy winner Noah Eagle on play-by-play and 2026 Hall of Fame inductee and former Carolina Panthers All-Pro linebacker Luke Kuechly making his debut as booth analyst.
The award-winning duo Tom Pelissero and MJ Acosta-Ruiz will handle sideline reporting duties, with former NFL official Terry McAulay as rules analyst.
Netflix's NFL games in 2026 will stream in over 200 countries, and be available globally to Netflix subscribers in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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