Is there a Thursday Night Football game tonight? NFL Week 18 schedule
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For the first 17 weeks of the 2024 NFL season, there was at least one game each Thursday to kick off the action every week. Is there a “Thursday Night Football” game to start off in Week 18?
Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” slate will not continue in the final week of 2024. After broadcasting one game every week starting in Week 2 – including a Black Friday game in Week 13 because of the three-game Thanksgiving slate – their 2024 run is over.
The Seattle Seahawks‘ 6-3 win over the Chicago Bears in Week 17 was the final “Thursday Night Football” game of the season.
Here’s what to know about “Thursday Night Football” and the Week 18 slate:
Is there a Thursday Night Football game tonight?
There is not a “Thursday Night Football” game in Week 18.
Amazon Prime’s season-long slate of prime-time games ended with the Week 17 matchup between the Seahawks and Bears, which Seattle won, 6-3.
Week 18 action will instead begin with two games on Saturday, Jan. 4 and conclude with 14 more games on Sunday, Jan 5.
Thursday Night Football schedule, recap
Here’s a look back at the full slate of Thursday night games this year. This list includes Week 1’s Thursday night season-opener and Week 13’s Thanksgiving slate that were not part of Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” offerings:
- Week 1: Kansas City Chiefs 27, Baltimore Ravens 20
- Week 2: Buffalo Bills 31, Miami Dolphins 10
- Week 3: New York Jets 24, New England Patriots 3
- Week 4: Dallas Cowboys 20, New York Giants 15
- Week 5: Atlanta Falcons 36, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 (OT)
- Week 6: San Francisco 49ers 36, Seattle Seahawks 24
- Week 7: Denver Broncos 33, New Orleans Saints 10
- Week 8: Los Angeles Rams 30, Minnesota Vikings 20
- Week 9: New York Jets 21, Houston Texans 13
- Week 10: Baltimore Ravens 35, Cincinnati Bengals 34
- Week 11: Philadelphia Eagles 26, Washington Commanders 18
- Week 12: Cleveland Browns 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 19
- Week 13 (Thanksgiving): Detroit Lions 23, Chicago Bears 20; Dallas Cowboys 27, New York Giants 20; Green Bay Packers 30, Miami Dolphins 17
- Week 14: Detroit Lions 34, Green Bay Packers 31
- Week 15: Los Angeles Rams 12, San Francisco 49ers 6
- Week 16: Los Angeles Chargers 34, Denver Broncos 27
- Week 17: Seattle Seahawks 6, Chicago Bears 3
- Week 18: No Thursday game
NFL Week 18 schedule
All times Eastern.
Saturday, Jan. 4
Sunday, Jan. 5
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