NFL Schedulegami: Matchups That Have Never Happened in Primetime

Opponents never faced by window, all 32 teams, 1966–2025

How many of a team’s 31 possible opponents it has never met in each window. Across all 32 teams, 727 of 1,488 possible night matchups have never been played. Team names open the team page with every opponent listed.

2026 NFL schedulegamis

Each game where the two teams meet in that window for the first time. Meetings count every regular-season game since 1966. Each game opens the matchup’s Primetime & Holiday History page.

NFL matchups only ever played on Sunday afternoons, 1966–2025

Of the NFL’s 496 matchups, 47 have only ever been played on a Sunday afternoon.

Most-played NFL matchups never in primetime, 1966–2025

The 25 matchups with the most meetings and no Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night game, including the 2026 schedule; 77 of the 496 matchups have never been played on Monday, Sunday, or Thursday night.

NFL venue-first matchups, 1966–2025

Some matchups have appeared in a scheduling window, but always with the same team as the home side. A game with the other team as the home side would be a venue first, not a new schedulegami. These are the ten most-played; each team page lists its complete record.

Schedulegami FAQ

What is a schedulegami?

MockSlate calls it a schedulegami when two teams meet in a scheduling window they have never shared before. The order of the teams does not matter and neither does the venue. Two levels are tracked: the first time two teams meet in one window, such as the first Bills–Vikings Monday night game, and the first time they meet anywhere but a Sunday afternoon. MockSlate coined the term in September 2026.

Does venue matter?

No. Two teams that have met in a window have met in that window, whichever of them hosted. A game hosted by the other team for the first time is a venue first, which the team pages list, not a schedulegami.

Which windows count?

Ten: Monday night, Sunday night, Thursday night, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Saturday, the Kickoff Game, international games, Friday, and Wednesday. Sunday afternoon windows never count. A Sunday international game counts as Sunday night only with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff; two games count, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game, both in Mexico City.

How far back does each window go?

Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. Regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names, the same way Primetime & Holiday History counts them.

How many schedulegamis are on the 2026 schedule?

35 schedulegamis across 31 games, 13 played so far. Four games count twice because they fit two windows: Week 1 Patriots at Seahawks (Kickoff Game and Wednesday), Week 11 Vikings at 49ers (Sunday night and International), Week 16 Bills at Broncos (Christmas and Friday), and Week 16 Rams at Seahawks (Christmas and Friday). No two teams meet outside a Sunday afternoon for the first time this season.

Which two teams have played the most without a primetime game?

The Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans: 35 meetings since 1966 without a Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night game, though they have met in another window (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Saturday, International, Friday). Next are the Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons with 34 meetings.

About the data

MockSlate calls it a schedulegami when two teams meet in a scheduling window they have never shared before. The order of the two teams does not matter, and neither does the venue: two teams that have only ever met on Sunday night in one city have still met on Sunday night, so the same game in the other city is a venue first, not a schedulegami. Sunday afternoon windows never count. A game counts in every window it fits, so a Monday night game in Mexico City is both a Monday night game and an international game. Primetime here means Monday, Sunday, and Thursday night. Two levels are tracked: the first time two teams meet in one window, and the first time they meet anywhere but a Sunday afternoon.

Game history is the same record as Primetime & Holiday History, regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names; Monday night counts every Monday game the way that tool counts it. Coverage by window: Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. A Sunday international game with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff counts as International and Sunday night; two games count, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game in Mexico City and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game in Mexico City. Schedulegami is a MockSlate term, first published September 2026.