NFL Kickoff Game

The National Football League Kickoff game is the first game of the National Football League (NFL) regular season.

List of games

Season	Date	Away team	Score	Home team	Location
2002*	September 5	San Francisco 49ers	16–13	New York Giants	Giants Stadium[1]
2003*	September 4	New York Jets	13–16	Washington Redskins	FedExField[2]
2004	September 9	Indianapolis Colts	24–27	New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium[3]
2005	September 8	Oakland Raiders	20–30	New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium[4]
2006	September 7	Miami Dolphins	17–28	Pittsburgh Steelers	Heinz Field[5]
2007	September 6	New Orleans Saints	10–41	Indianapolis Colts	RCA Dome[6]
2008	September 4	Washington Redskins	7–16	New York Giants	Giants Stadium[7]
2009	September 10	Tennessee Titans	10–13 (OT)	Pittsburgh Steelers	Heinz Field[8]
2010	September 9	Minnesota Vikings	9–14	New Orleans Saints	Louisiana Superdome[9]
2011	September 8	New Orleans Saints	34–42	Green Bay Packers	Lambeau Field[10]
2012**	September 5	Dallas Cowboys	24–17	New York Giants	MetLife Stadium[11]
2013***	September 5	Baltimore Ravens	27–49	Denver Broncos	Sports Authority Field at Mile High[12]
2014	September 4	Green Bay Packers	16–36	Seattle Seahawks	CenturyLink Field[13]
2015	September 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	21–28	New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium[14]
2016****	September 8	Carolina Panthers	20–21	Denver Broncos	Sports Authority Field at Mile High[15]
2017	September 7	Kansas City Chiefs	42–27	New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium[16]
2018	September 6	Atlanta Falcons	12–18	Philadelphia Eagles	Lincoln Financial Field[17]
2019*	September 5	Green Bay Packers	10–3	Chicago Bears	Soldier Field[18]
2020	September 10	Houston Texans	20–34	Kansas City Chiefs	Arrowhead Stadium[19]
2021	September 9	Dallas Cowboys	29–31	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Raymond James Stadium[20]
2022	September 8	Buffalo Bills	31–10	Los Angeles Rams	SoFi Stadium[21]
2023	September 7	TBD	0–0	TBD

Winning team appears in bold.

* – Game did not feature the defending Super Bowl champions.
** – Game played on a Wednesday instead of the usual Thursday.
*** – Defending Super Bowl champions played away because of a scheduling conflict.
**** – Game was a rematch of the previous Super Bowl.