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Associated Press
16-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Facts and figures about the NFL's international games and growth
LONDON (AP) — The NFL's international road trip will add Berlin, Dublin and Madrid as new destinations in the 2025 season, in which a record-high seven games will be staged outside the United States. It's a far cry from when league officials had to persuade teams to play abroad when it was just one international game per year a couple of decades ago. The Minnesota Vikings this season will play back-to-back games abroad in different cities — first in Dublin and the next week in London. Sao Paulo, Brazil, is hosting for a second straight season. The league's appetite for international expansion is only growing, with Melbourne, Australia already locked in for next year. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, could be a future host at some point, too. There have been 55 regular-season games played abroad so far. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has even floated the idea of some day staging an international Super Bowl. Here are a few facts and figures to help put it into context: 1 Number of times the Dallas Cowboys have played internationally. 'America's team' seems to take its nickname literally. Tony Romo led Dallas to a 31-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 9, 2014 at Wembley Stadium. Two other teams — the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns — have also played just once abroad, but both are on the international schedule this season. The Steelers play the Vikings on Sept. 28 in Dublin; the Browns face the Vikings on Oct. 5 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Jacksonville Jaguars have played the most international games — 13, all in London. 3 All but three teams participate in the NFL's ' global markets program " with rights in designated countries to sign commercial deals and grow their fan bases — in the same way they do in their home markets. The only teams that don't participate are the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans. 4 Number of times a team won a Super Bowl in the same season they played an international game. It's happened the past two seasons: the Philadelphia Eagles won their Week 1 game in Sao Paulo, Brazil last season; and the Kansas City Chiefs were victorious in Frankfurt, Germany in Week 9 of 2023. The Chiefs also also won in Mexico City (Week 11) in 2019 before winning the Super Bowl. The 2007 New York Giants is the other team, after playing in the first regular-season game in London. 17 Number of hours of time difference between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. The Rams have been announced as one of the teams that will play a regular-season game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2026. It's likely to be a Week 1 game that kicks off before noon in Melbourne. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks opened the 2014 MLB season in Sydney a week ahead of the rest of the league. 26 Number of regular-season games that have been played at Wembley Stadium. The next highest is Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (10). The Rogers Centre in Toronto is next with six games. Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, currently under renovations, has staged five games. The rest: London's Twickenham Stadium (3); Munich's Allianz Arena (2); Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park (2); and Corinthians Arena (1) in Sao Paulo. 59 Yards thrown by Giants quarterback Eli Manning in a 13-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins in the first regular-season game in London, played Oct. 28, 2007 at Wembley Stadium. The highlight of the mudfest was Manning scrambling for a 10-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. .125 Buffalo's winning percentage in international games. The Bills are 1-7 outside US. They played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto for six straight years (2008-13), winning just once. They pulled the plug on the experiment in December 2014 by terminating the four remaining years of the contract to play an annual game there. The 2013 game had an announced crowd of just 38,969. The Bills are 0-2 in London after losing both times (2015, 2023) to the Jaguars. 103,467 Highest attendance for a regular-season international game — the very first one played outside the U.S. It was at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 2005. The Arizona Cardinals beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14. It might one day be eclipsed by Barcelona's Camp Nou, which is expected to have a capacity just over 104,000 after renovations are completed. The NFL has already expressed interest in playing a game there. ___ AP NFL:
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
NFL 2025 key dates & fixtures - Christmas Day, play-offs & Super Bowl 60
The NFL's global reach will continue to grow in 2025 as the league ventures into more territories than ever before.A record seven international games will be played during the regular season, with Dublin's Croke Park one of this year's new schedule for the NFL's 2025 season was released this week and the road to Super Bowl 60 starts on Thursday, 4 September, with defending champions the Philadelphia Eagles kicking off the new season begins with a bang as the Kansas City Chiefs visit Brazil the following day, then host the Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch in week winning three of the past six Super Bowls, Kansas City remain one of the league's main attractions and they have the most prime-time games (seven). Five of them come in the first eight weeks and the Chiefs even have to play on Christmas Day too. When does the NFL season start? Since 2004, the opening game of the NFL season has featured the defending Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans in February so will host this season's kick-off will welcome their divisional rivals the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, 4 September (01:20 BST, 5 September).The season's first international game will take place the following day in Sao Paulo (01:00 BST, 6 September), where the Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers last season in the first NFL game to be held in time round the Los Angeles Chargers will be the designated 'home' team against the Chiefs, who were denied a record third straight Super Bowl win by the Eagles in will be the first NFL game to be streamed live and for free to a worldwide audience on YouTube. What are the NFL's Thanksgiving and Christmas Day games? Football is a big part of the holidays in the US. The Detroit Lions have hosted a Thanksgiving game every year since 1934 and this season they welcome the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, 27 November (18:00 GMT).After hosting their first Thanksgiving game in 1966, only twice have the Dallas Cowboys not played on the holiday, and this year 'America's Team' face the Chiefs (21:30 GMT).The Baltimore Ravens then complete the Thanksgiving triple-header at home to the Cincinnati Bengals (01:20 GMT, 28 November).In 2023, the NFL played its first game on Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving - and this year the Eagles host the Chicago Bears in a game which will be broadcast on Amazon Prime (20:00 GMT).After streaming two games on Christmas Day last season, Netflix will again feature two festive fixtures, with the Washington Commanders hosting the Cowboys (18:00 GMT) before the Minnesota Vikings welcome the Lions (21:30 GMT).There is even a third Christmas game this year as Amazon Prime will show Kansas City's home match with the Denver Broncos (01:15 GMT, 26 December). When are the NFL London games? As well as returning to Sao Paulo for the opening international game of 2025, the NFL will stage regular-season games in Ireland and Spain for the first will have its fifth regular-season game, with Berlin playing host for the first time, and there will again be three games in London - between 5 and 19 year the Minnesota Vikings will make history by becoming the first NFL team to play in three countries in one season, as they will visit Dublin and London in back-to-back 5 September - Kansas City Chiefs v Los Angeles Chargers (Sao Paulo)Sunday, 28 September - Minnesota Vikings v Pittsburgh Steelers (Dublin)Sunday, 5 October - Minnesota Vikings v Cleveland Browns (Tottenham, London)Sunday, 12 October - Denver Broncos v New York Jets (Tottenham, London)Sunday, 19 October - Los Angeles Rams v Jacksonville Jaguars (Wembley, London)Sunday, 9 November - Atlanta Falcons v Indianapolis Colts (Berlin)Sunday, 16 November - Washington Commanders v Miami Dolphins (Madrid) How many games are there in the NFL season? The NFL season is spread over 18 weeks, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye regular season will end on Sunday, 4 January 2026, with the play-offs scheduled to begin on 10 are a total of 272 games across the regular season, followed by 13 in the post-season, culminating with the NFL's championship game - the Super Bowl. When is the Super Bowl? Super Bowl 60 will be played on 8 February 2026 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco will be the second time the 68,500-capacity stadium has hosted the big game, after the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl will be the third time the NFL's championship game has been held in the San Francisco Bay Area, with Stanford Stadium having hosted the 49ers' win over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl 19.
Fox News
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
NFL will play international games in 2 new countries as 2025 schedule comes into view
The NFL is playing seven international games during the 2025 season, and there is some history involved on multiple levels. Almost all the games and teams involved were announced on Tuesday, and each destination has been set. London, which has been the sight of NFL regular-season games since 2007, will have three contests. The NFL is also heading back to Brazil and Germany, while two countries will have its first taste of regular season football this year. Dublin, Ireland and Madrid, Spain will also host teams vying for the Vince Lombardi Trophy next season. Here's the full rundown of who will be playing in each game: It was reported the Kansas City Chiefs were going to travel to Brazil to face their AFC West-rival Chargers, though the announcement with exact opponents should come Wednesday. Also, it's worth noting that the Vikings will become the first team in NFL history to play in two separate countries on back-to-back weeks. Their dynamic offense, which is expected to be led by J.J. McCarthy next season, will be on full display in Ireland and the United Kingdom early in the schedule. Continuing the global initiative is what the NFL has made a point in doing, and that includes increasing the number of international games on the regular season schedule. London was the main hub for building NFL fandom, but in 2022, the league also started to make its presence known in Germany. The Falcons-Colts matchup will be the fifth game played in the country since that year. The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers made history this past season with a game in São Paulo, which was the start of Saquon Barkley's Offensive Player of the Year season with his new squad. And while the league is excited to see games in two different countries this season, there is already a plan in place to get one down under in Melbourne, Australia in 2026. The season schedule for every team in the league will drop on Wednesday. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Forbes
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
The NFL Expands Its International Presence With 7 Games Overseas
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Dublin lord mayor Emma Blain prepare for the first NFL game in ... More the Republic of Ireland. (Adam Hunger/AP Content Services for the NFL) The National Football League continues its move toward a greater global presence with an expanded international schedule that features a league-high seven regular-season games in 2025. Berlin, Madrid and Dublin will be first-time hosts, and the league will play three games in London — two at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and one at long-time venue Wembley Stadium — and one in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a site first-visited in 2024. The NFL plans more. "We're going to have eight games a year, minimum,' NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Good Morning Football on the NFL Network. Goodell added that if/when the league moves to 18 regular season games and two exhibition games, 'we likely will see even more international games. I hope someday we'll be playing 16. "We feel like this game is destined to be global.' The NFL already has announced that the Los Angeles Rams will play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026. The Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in Week 1 in Sao Paulo last season, the first NFL game held in Brazil. The game drew 47,236 at Arena Corinthians. Eagles running back Saquon Barkley provided a glimpse of things to come by scoring three touchdowns. 'Man, did Brazil get a great game tonight or what?' Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni said. 'I know we converted some people to be big-time football fans tonight.' In addition to the increased international flavor, the schedule includes another quirk. The Minnesota Vikings are to play consecutive games in the British Isles when they meet the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland on Sept. 28 and the Cleveland Browns in Tottenham on Oct. 5. The Vikings have said they will remain overseas to practice between games. As one of the perks of the long trip, the Vikings will be the designated 'visiting' team in both games on the continent so as not to lose more than one home game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The full NFL schedule is to be released Wednesday. The Los Angeles Chargers will open their season in Brazil against an opponent yet to be revealed on Sept. 5, a day after the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles meet the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 regular-season opener in Philly. Tottenham will host a second game Oct. 12, when the Denver Broncos play the New York Jets. The Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars will meet in Wembley Stadium on Oct. 19. After a two-week break, new venues in Berlin and Madrid will take center stage. The Atlanta Falcons will play the Indianapolis Colts at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Nov. 9. The Washington Commanders will meet the Miami Dolphins no Nov. 16 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, the home of Real Madrid. The Jets, Jaguars, Colts and Dolphins are the designated 'home' games when they play overseas. London's Wembley Stadium was the site of the first 14 NFL games played overseas, and London has held an NFL game every year since 2017 except for the Covid-19 pandemic season of 2020. Crowds typically are in the 86,000 range when the NFL plays in Wembley. The NFL already has announced that the Rams will play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026. Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, which has a capacity of 78,297, has a retractable roof to guard against weather conditions. It has been the home of top international side Real Madrid since its construction in 1947. Bernabeu has hosted the UEFA Champions League final four times, most recently in 2010. It is the second largest stadium in Spain to Barcelona's Camp Nou, which is the home of FC Barcelona and can seat 99,354. Dublin's Croke Park is a sports/entertainment facility that holds 82,300 for soccer after a series of expansion projects that ended in 2005. It is the fourth-largest stadium in Europe. Notre Dame-Navy played the first college football game there in 1996, and Penn State met Central Florida in in 2014. U2 has played 10 concerts there, and Muhammad Ali fought Al Lewis there in 1972. The Olympic Stadium in Berlin was built for the 1936 Olympic Games, where U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens won gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100-meter relay team. The stadium was expanded in 2004 and has a capacity of 74,475. It is the largest stadium in Germany.
Fox News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Vikings have history on their 2025 schedule
History on the schedule for the Minnesota Vikings this season. The NFL announced its international schedule on Tuesday, showing that games will take place in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland and Spain this season. The Vikings will be the first NFL team to compete overseas in back-to-back weeks. Minnesota will faceoff against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Croke Park in Dublin on Sept. 28. The game will be seen on 9:30 a.m. ET and broadcast on NFL Network. "Playing in Ireland's first-ever NFL game is an opportunity to introduce new fans to the Minnesota Vikings and help the league continue to make the game of football more accessible globally," Vikings team owner Mark Wilf said in a news release. "To do so against a storied franchise like the Pittsburgh Steelers adds a unique challenge that makes this even more special. "We are honored to be selected for this historic game and will be anxious to see what promises to be an electric game day environment in Croke Park." The following week, the Vikings will go up against the Cleveland Browns. The game will start at 9:30 a.m. ET as well and take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. "Our experiences in London have always been memorable, so to return in 2025 as the first team to play in back-to-back international games in different countries was something we could not pass up," Wilf added. "UK fans have a history of showing up and embracing the Minnesota Vikings, creating what often feels like a homefield environment, and we are hopeful that is what we see again in 2025." Minnesota first played Pittsburgh overseas in 2012. It was the first season the NFL had multiple games in London. The team played the Browns in London in 2017 and returned to play the New Orleans Saints in 2022. Last season, the Vikings defeated the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
