2012 NFL Schedule Released: Week By Week Schedule of Regular Season Games

As previously known since last month, the season opener will be Sept. 5 at MetLife Stadium between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday.

The kickoff weekend has 13 games scheduled, most notably the AFC champs the New England Patriots against the Tennessee Titans and Peyton Manning's debut with the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 9.

The first Monday Night Football will be Cincinatti versus Baltimore and Oakland versus San Diego.

There will be 14 Thursday night games in 2012 beginning in Week 2 with the Bears and the Packers. Two games will be played overseas: The St. Louis Rams as the home team against the Patriots in London on Oct. 28 and the Seahawks versus the Bills in Toronto on Dec. 16.

Bye weeks begin in Week 4 and extend until Week 11.

Super Bowl XLVII will be held at the Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3.

View the full week by week regular season schedule below, courtesy of the National Football League.

2012 NFL Week By Week Schedule

Week 1

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

9/5/12 (Wednesday)
Dallas at New York Giants
8:30PM (NBC)

9/9/12
Indianapolis at Chicago
1PM

9/9/12
Jacksonville at Minnesota
1PM

9/9/12
Buffalo at NY Jets
1PM

9/9/12
Miami at Houston
1PM

9/9/12
New England at Tennessee
1PM

9/9/12
St. Louis at Detroit
1PM

9/9/12
Washington at New Orleans
1PM

9/9/12
Philadelphia at Cleveland
1PM

9/9/12
Atlanta at Kansas City
1PM

9/9/12
San Francisco at Green Bay
4:15PM

9/9/12
Seattle at Arizona
4:15PM

9/9/12
Carolina at Tampa Bay
4:15PM

9/9/12 (Sunday Night)
Pittsburgh at Denver
8:20PM (NBC)

9/10/12 (Monday Night)
Cincinnati at Baltimore
7PM (ESPN)

9/10/12 (Monday Night)
San Diego at Oakland
10:15PM (ESPN)

Week 2

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

9/13/12 (Thursday)
Chicago at Green Bay
8:20PM (NFL Network)

9/16/12
Tampa Bay at NY Giants
1PM

9/16/12
New Orleans at Carolina
1PM

9/16/12
Arizona at New England
1PM

9/16/12
Minnesota at Indianapolis
1PM

9/16/12
Baltimore at Philadelphia
1PM

9/16/12
Kansas City at Buffalo
1PM

9/16/12
Cleveland at Cincinnati
1PM

9/16/12
Houston at Jacksonville
1PM

9/16/12
Dallas at Seattle
4:05PM

9/16/12
Washington at St. Louis
4:05PM

9/16/12
NY Jets at Pittsburgh
4:15PM

9/16/12
Tennessee at San Diego
4:15PM

9/16/12
Oakland at Miami
4:15PM

9/16/12 (Sunday Night)
Detroit at San Francisco
8:20PM (NBC)

9/17/12 (Monday Night)
Denver at Atlanta
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 3

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

9/20/12 (Thursday)
NY Giants at Carolina
8:20PM (NFL Network)

9/23/12
Tampa Bay at Dallas
1PM

9/23/12
St. Louis at Chicago
1PM

9/23/12
San Francisco at Minnesota
1PM

9/23/12
Detroit at Tennessee
1PM

9/23/12
Cincinnati at Washington
1PM

9/23/12
Kansas City at New Orleans
1PM

9/23/12
NY Jets at Miami
1PM

9/23/12
Buffalo at Cleveland
1PM

9/23/12
Jacksonville at Indianapolis
1PM

9/23/12
Philadelphia at Arizona
4:05PM

9/23/12
Atlanta at San Diego
4:05PM

9/23/12
Houston at Denver
4:15PM

9/23/12
Pittsburgh at Oakland
4:15PM

9/23/12 (Sunday Night)
New England at Baltimore
8:20PM (NBC)

9/24/12 (Monday Night)
Green Bay at Seattle
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 4

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

9/27/12 (Thursday)
Cleveland at Baltimore
8:20PM (NFL Network)

9/30/12
New England at Buffalo
1PM

9/30/12
Tennessee at Houston
1PM

9/30/12
San Diego at Kansas City
1PM

9/30/12
Minnesota at Detroit
1PM

9/30/12
Carolina at Atlanta
1PM

9/30/12
Seattle at St. Louis
1PM

9/30/12
San Francisco at NY Jets
1PM

9/30/12
Miami at Arizona
4:05PM

9/30/12
Oakland at Denver
4:05PM

9/30/12
Cincinnati at Jacksonville
4:05PM

9/30/12
New Orleans at Green Bay
4:15PM

9/30/12
Washington at Tampa Bay
4:15PM

9/30/12 (Sunday Night)
NY Giants at Philadelphia
8:20PM (NBC)

10/1/12 (Monday Night)
Chicago at Dallas
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 5

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

10/4/12 (Thursday)
Arizona at St. Louis
8:20PM (NFL Network)

10/7/12
Atlanta at Washington
1PM

10/7/12
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
1PM

10/7/12
Green Bay at Indianapolis
1PM

10/7/12
Cleveland at NY Giants
1PM

10/7/12
Tennessee at Minnesota
1PM

10/7/12
Miami at Cincinnati
1PM

10/7/12
Baltimore at Kansas City
1PM

10/7/12
Seattle at Carolina
4:05PM

10/7/12
Chicago at Jacksonville
4:05PM

10/7/12
Denver at New England
4:15PM

10/7/12
Buffalo at San Francisco
4:15PM

10/7/12 (Sunday Night)
San Diego at New Orleans
8:20PM (NBC)

10/8/12 (Monday Night)
Houston at NY Jets
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 6

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

10/11/12 (Thursday)
Pittsburgh at Tennessee
8:20PM (NFL Network)

10/14/12
Oakland at Atlanta
1PM

10/14/12
Kansas City at Tampa Bay
1PM

10/14/12
Indianapolis at NY Jets
1PM

10/14/12
Cincinnati at Cleveland
1PM

10/14/12
Detroit at Philadelphia
1PM

10/14/12
St. Louis at Miami
1PM

10/14/12
Dallas at Baltimore
1PM

10/14/12
Buffalo at Arizona
4:05PM

10/14/12
New England at Seattle
4:05PM

10/14/12
NY Giants at San Francisco
4:15PM

10/14/12
Minnesota at Washington
4:15PM

10/14/12 (Sunday Night)
Green Bay at Houston
8:20PM (NBC)

10/15/12 (Monday Night)
Denver at San Diego
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 7

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

10/18/12 (Thursday)
Seattle at San Francisco
8:20PM (NFL Network)

10/21/12
Washington at NY Giants
1PM

10/21/12
Arizona at Minnesota
1PM

10/21/12
Dallas at Carolina
1PM

10/21/12
New Orleans at Tampa Bay
1PM

10/21/12
Green Bay at St. Louis
1PM

10/21/12
Baltimore at Houston
1PM

10/21/12
Cleveland at Indianapolis
1PM

10/21/12
Tennessee at Buffalo
1PM

10/21/12
NY Jets at New England
4:15PM

10/21/12
Jacksonville at Oakland
4:15PM

10/21/12 (Sunday Night)
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
8:20PM (NBC)

10/22/12 (Monday Night)
Detroit at Chicago
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 8

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

10/25/12 (Thursday)
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
8:20PM (NFL Network)

10/28/12
Jacksonville at Green Bay
1PM

10/28/12
Miami at NY Jets
1PM

10/28/12
San Diego at Cleveland
1PM

10/28/12
Indianapolis at Tennessee
1PM

10/28/12
New England at St. Louis
1PM

10/28/12
Atlanta at Philadelphia
1PM

10/28/12
Carolina at Chicago
1PM

10/28/12
Seattle at Detroit
1PM

10/28/12
Washington at Pittsburgh
1PM

10/28/12
Oakland at Kansas City
4:05PM

10/28/12
NY Giants at Dallas
4:15PM

10/28/12 (Sunday Night)
New Orleans at Denver
8:20PM (NBC)

10/29/12 (Monday Night)
San Francisco at Arizona
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 9

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

11/1/12 (Thursday)
Kansas City at San Diego
8:20PM (NFL Network)

11/4/12
Carolina at Washington
1PM

11/4/12
Arizona at Green Bay
1PM

11/4/12
Detroit at Jacksonville
1PM

11/4/12
Chicago at Tennessee
1PM

11/4/12
Denver at Cincinnati
1PM

11/4/12
Baltimore at Cleveland
1PM

11/4/12
Buffalo at Houston
1PM

11/4/12
Miami at Indianapolis
1PM

11/4/12
Minnesota at Seattle
4:05PM

11/4/12
Tampa Bay at Oakland
4:05PM

11/4/12
Pittsburgh at NY Giants
4:15PM

11/4/12 (Sunday Night)
Dallas at Atlanta
8:20PM (NBC)

11/5/12 (Monday Night)
Philadelphia at New Orleans
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 10

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

11/8/12 (Thursday)
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
8:20PM (NFL Network)

11/11/12
Denver at Carolina
1PM

11/11/12
San Diego at Tampa Bay
1PM

11/11/12
Tennessee at Miami
1PM

11/11/12
Buffalo at New England
1PM

11/11/12
Oakland at Baltimore
1PM

11/11/12
NY Giants at Cincinnati
1PM

11/11/12
Atlanta at New Orleans
1PM

11/11/12
Detroit at Minnesota
1PM

11/11/12
NY Jets at Seattle
4:05PM

11/11/12
Dallas at Philadelphia
4:15PM

11/11/12
St. Louis at San Francisco
4:15PM

11/11/12 (Sunday Night)
Houston at Chicago
8:20PM (NBC)

11/12/12 (Monday Night)
Kansas City at Pittsburgh
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 11

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

11/15/12 (Thursday)
Miami at Buffalo
8:20PM (NFL Network)

11/18/12
Philadelphia at Washington
1PM

11/18/12
Green Bay at Detroit
1PM

11/18/12
Arizona at Atlanta
1PM

11/18/12
Tampa Bay at Carolina
1PM

11/18/12
Cleveland at Dallas
1PM

11/18/12
NY Jets at St. Louis
1PM

11/18/12
Indianapolis at New England
1PM

11/18/12
Jacksonville at Houston
1PM

11/18/12
Cincinnati at Kansas City
1PM

11/18/12
New Orleans at Oakland
4:05PM

11/18/12
San Diego at Denver
4:15PM

11/18/12 (Sunday Night)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh
8:20PM (NBC)

11/19/12 (Monday Night)
Chicago at San Francisco
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 12

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

11/22/12 (Thanksgiving)
Houston at Detroit
12:30PM (CBS)

11/22/12 (Thanksgiving)
Washington at Dallas
4:15PM (FOX)

11/22/12 (Thanksgiving)
New England at NY Jets
8:20PM (NBC)

11/25/12
Oakland at Cincinnati
1PM

11/25/12
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
1PM

11/25/12
Buffalo at Indianapolis
1PM

11/25/12
Tennessee at Jacksonville
1PM

11/25/12
Denver at Kansas City
1PM

11/25/12
Minnesota at Chicago
1PM

11/25/12
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
1PM

11/25/12
Seattle at Miami
1PM

11/25/12
Baltimore at San Diego
4:05PM

11/25/12
San Francisco at New Orleans
4:15PM

11/25/12
St. Louis at Arizona
4:15PM

11/25/12 (Sunday Night)
Green Bay at NY Giants
8:20PM (NBC)

11/26/12 (Monday Night)
Carolina at Philadelphia
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 13

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

11/29/12 (Thursday)
New Orleans at Atlanta
8:20PM (NFL Network)

12/2/12
Seattle at Chicago
1PM

12/2/12
Minnesota at Green Bay
1PM

12/2/12
San Francisco at St. Louis
1PM

12/2/12
Arizona at NY Jets
1PM

12/2/12
Carolina at Kansas City
1PM

12/2/12
Indianapolis at Detroit
1PM

12/2/12
Jacksonville at Buffalo
1PM

12/2/12
New England at Miami
1PM

12/2/12
Houston at Tennessee
1PM

12/2/12
Tampa Bay at Denver
4:05PM

12/2/12
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
4:15PM

12/2/12
Cleveland at Oakland
4:15PM

12/2/12
Cincinnati at San Diego
4:15PM

12/2/12 (Sunday Night)
Philadelphia at Dallas
8:20PM (NBC)

12/3/12 (Monday Night)
NY Giants at Washington
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 14

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

12/6/12 (Thursday)
Denver at Oakland
8:20PM (NFL Network)

12/9/12
Baltimore at Washington
1PM

12/9/12
Kansas City at Cleveland
1PM

12/9/12
San Diego at Pittsburgh
1PM

12/9/12
Tennessee at Indianapolis
1PM

12/9/12
NY Jets at Jacksonville
1PM

12/9/12
Chicago at Minnesota
1PM

12/9/12
Atlanta at Carolina
1PM

12/9/12
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
1PM

12/9/12
St. Louis at Buffalo
1PM

12/9/12
Dallas at Cincinnati
1PM

12/9/12
Miami at San Francisco
4:05PM

12/9/12
New Orleans at NY Giants
4:15PM

12/9/12
Arizona at Seattle
4:15PM

12/9/12 (Sunday Night)
Detroit at Green Bay
8:20PM (NBC)

12/10/12 (Monday Night)
Houston at New England
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 15

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

12/13/12 (Thursday)
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
8:20PM (NFL Network)

12/16/12
Green Bay at Chicago
1PM

12/16/12
NY Giants at Atlanta
1PM

12/16/12
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
1PM

12/16/12
Minnesota at St. Louis
1PM

12/16/12
Washington at Cleveland
1PM

12/16/12
Jacksonville at Miami
1PM

12/16/12
Denver at Baltimore
1PM

12/16/12
Indianapolis at Houston
1PM

12/16/12
Detroit at Arizona
4:05PM

12/16/12
Carolina at San Diego
4:05PM

12/16/12
Seattle at Buffalo
4:05PM

12/16/12
Pittsburgh at Dallas
4:15PM

12/16/12
Kansas City at Oakland
4:15PM

12/16/12 (Sunday Night)
San Francisco at New England
8:20PM (NBC)

12/17/12 (Monday Night)
NY Jets at Tennessee
8:30PM (ESPN)

Week 16

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

12/22/12 (Saturday)
Atlanta at Detroit
8:30PM (ESPN)

12/23/12
Tennessee at Green Bay
1PM

12/23/12
Oakland at Carolina
1PM

12/23/12
Buffalo at Miami
1PM

12/23/12
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
1PM

12/23/12
New England at Jacksonville
1PM

12/23/12
Indianapolis at Kansas City
1PM

12/23/12
New Orleans at Dallas
1PM

12/23/12
Washington at Philadelphia
1PM

12/23/12
St. Louis at Tampa Bay
1PM

12/23/12
NY Giants at Baltimore
1PM

12/23/12
Minnesota at Houston
1PM

12/23/12
Cleveland at Denver
4:05PM

12/23/12
Chicago at Arizona
4:15PM

12/23/12
San Francisco at Seattle
4:15PM

12/23/12 (Sunday Night)
San Diego at NY Jets
8:20PM (NBC)

Week 17

DateMatchupTime (Eastern Time)

12/30/12
NY Jets at Buffalo
1PM

12/30/12
Miami at New England
1PM

12/30/12
Baltimore at Cincinnati
1PM

12/30/12
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
1PM

12/30/12
Houston at Indianapolis
1PM

12/30/12
Jacksonville at Tennessee
1PM

12/30/12
Philadelphia at NY Giants
1PM

12/30/12
Dallas at Washington
1PM

12/30/12
Chicago at Detroit
1PM

12/30/12
Green Bay at Minnesota
1PM

12/30/12
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
1PM

12/30/12
Carolina at New Orleans
1PM

12/30/12
Kansas City at Denver
4:15PM

12/30/12
Oakland at San Diego
4:15PM

12/30/12
Arizona at San Francisco
4:15PM

12/30/12
St. Louis at Seattle
4:15PM