2020 NFL on CBS Schedule (2024)

Current NFL on CBS logo (2016-present).

Schedule to feature AFC's bright, young star quarterbacks including Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore's Lamar Jackson

Marquee NFC Matchups to be Featured on the CBS Slate

Defending Super Bowl LIV Champions Kansas City Chiefs to Featured 9 Times

As NFL Playoffs Expand, CBS Adds Second Wild Card Game with a special telecast produced to air on Nickelodeon for younger audiences

CBS Sports begins their 61st season televising games of the National Football League (NFL) during the 2020 NFL season. CBS' coverage for this year is of course highlighted by their exclusive presentation of Super Bowl LV from Tampa, Fla. on February 7, 2021, marking the 21st time that CBS has broadcasted the Super Bowl - the most of any network.

The NFL on CBS 2020 lineup has plenty of star power from the American Football Conference (AFC). Obviously, Patrick Mahomesand Baltimore's Lamar Jackson (last year's NFL MVP) lead the pack. Also, Houston's Deshaun Watson, Cleveland's Baker Mayfield, Buffalo's Josh Allen and Jets quarterback Sam Darnold will also be factored into the schedule as well. Rookies Tua Tagovailoain Miami, Joe Burrowin Cincinnati and Justin Herbert with the Chargers will be showcased on CBS this season. Tagovailoa, Burrow & Herbert were top 6 picks in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Highlighting the upcoming year's broadcast schedule will be games played in the NFL's highest-rated and most-watched window every single week, 4:25 PM ET, is a matchup of Mahomes' Super Bowl ChampionChiefs against Tom Brady and the Buccaneersin Week 12, in addition to,Ravens vs. Texans in Week 2, Chiefs vs. Chargers in Week 2 (the first game at SoFi Stadium for the Chargers), Patriots vs. Chiefs in Week 4,Steelers vs. Cowboys in Week 9 & Chiefs vs. Saints in Week 15.

Marquee NFC cross-flex matchups in the 4:25 PM ET window include: Giants vs. Cowboys (Week 5), 49ers vs. Patriots (Week 7) and Eagles vs. Packers (Week 13). Other CBS NFC cross-flex highlight is the Rams vs. Seahawks game in Week 16.

CBS' annual Thanksgiving day contest will pit the Houston Texans against the Detroit Lions on Thursday, November 26th at12:30 PM ET.

In addition, CBS has some compelling and riveting early afternoon, 1:00 PM, ET games too: Giants vs. Bears in Week 2 (9/20), Ravens vs. Eagles in Week 6 (10/18) & Steelers vs. Ravens in Week 7 (10/25).

Plus, CBS will have the Chiefs and Steelers appear 9 times each. The Patriots will have 10 games on CBS this season. The Texans will have 11 games on CBS this season. CBS will get three appearances from the Giants, Bears,Eagles & Vikings. CBS will get two appearances from the Cowboys& Buccaneers.

NFL on CBS National Games:

Kansas City vs. L.A. Chargers; Baltimore vs. Houston- Sunday, September 20 (4:25 PM ET)

New England vs. Kansas City - Sunday, October 4 (4:25 PM ET)

N.Y. Giants vs. Dallas - Sunday, October 11 (4:25 PM ET)

San Francisco vs. New England; Kansas City vs. Denver- Sunday, October 25 (4:25 PM ET)

Pittsburgh vs. Dallas - Sunday, November 8 (4:25 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay - Sunday, November 29 (4:25 PM ET)

Philadelphia vs. Green Bay; New England vs. L.A. Chargers- Sunday, December 6 (4:25 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. New Orleans - Sunday, December 20 (4:25 PM ET)

NFL on CBS Schedule Highlights:

N.Y. Giants vs. Chicago - Sunday, September 20th (1:00 PM ET)

Baltimore vs. Philadelphia -Sunday, October 18th (1:00 PM ET)

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore - Sunday, October 25th (1:00 PM ET)

N.Y. Jets vs. Kansas City - Sunday, November 1st (1:00 PM ET)

Detroit vs. Minnesota - Sunday, November 8th (1:00 PM ET)

New England vs. Houston; Tennessee vs. Baltimore- Sunday, November 22nd (1:00 PM ET)

Cincinnati vs. Miami - Sunday, December 6th (1:00 PM ET)

Kansas City vs. Miami - Sunday, December 13th (1:00 PM ET)

Cleveland vs. N.Y. Giants - Sunday, December 20th (1:00 PM ET)

L.A. Rams vs. Seattle - Sunday, December 27th (4:05 PM ET)

This regular-season schedule is followed by a full postseason slate of games.

Two wild card games will air on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10th. With the NFL's expansion of the playoffs to 14 games, the January 10 Wild Card game on CBS will be produced separately to air on children's cable channel, Nickelodeon.

An AFC Divisional Playoff game will air on Saturday, January 16thorSunday, January 17th. This is followed by the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 24th at 6:30 PM ETand Super Bowl LV on Sunday, February 7th.

CBS' lead NFL broadcast team of Jim Nantz (play-by-play),Tony Romo (analyst) & Tracy Wolfson (reporter) will lead CBS' 61st year of NFL coverage. CBS is scheduled to air at least 98 games during the 17 week regular season plus the AFC playoffs and Super Bowl LV.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this schedule is slated to change.

Texans vs. Steelers (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Titans vs. Vikings (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Bengals vs. Eagles (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

4:05 PM, ET

Jets vs. Colts (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Ravens vs. Washington (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Jaguars vs. Bengals (Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely)

See below for Note 1, regarding Pittsburgh/Tennessee.

Colts vs. Bears (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Amanda Balionis)

See below for Note 2, regarding New England/Kansas City.

NOTE 1:Steelers vs. Titans, originally scheduled for 1:00 PM ET on October 4th, is postponed to Sunday, October 25th due to COVID-19 outbreak affecting the Titans. Kevin Harlan, Trent Green &Melanie Collinswere the scheduled announcers.

NOTE 2: Patriots vs. Chiefs, originally scheduled for 4:25 PM ET on October 4th, is postponed to Monday, October 5th due to COVID-19 outbreak affecting the Patriots & Chiefs. Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson were the scheduled announcers and will still call the game.

* Week 4 -Monday, October 5th - CBS National Broadcast

Bengals vs. Ravens (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon,Amanda Balionis)

Jaguars vs. Texans (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

See below for Note 1, regarding Buffalo/Tennessee.

Colts vs. Browns (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

See below for Note 2, regarding Denver/New England.

NOTE 1:Bills vs. Titans, originally scheduled for 1:00 PM ET on October 11th, is postponed to Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 PM ET, due to COVID-19 outbreak with Titans. Tom McCarthy & Jay Feely were scheduled to call the game and is expected to remain on the call.

NOTE 2: Broncos vs. Patriots, scheduled for 1:00 PM ET and later moved to 4:25 PM ET on October 11th, is postponed to Monday, October 12th at 5:00 PM ET on ESPN, due to COVID-19 outbreak with Patriots. Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins were scheduled for the call. However, ESPN assigned Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit &Laura Rutledge to the game instead due to the time/network change. Later on, the Broncos-Patriots was postponed for the week. Denver-New England will now be played in Week 6.

* Week 5 - Tuesday, October 13th - CBS National Broadcast

Ravens vs. Eagles (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Broncos vs. Patriots (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Texans vs. Titans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon,Jay Feely)

Patriots vs. Bills (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

Jets vs. Chiefs (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Colts vs. Lions (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Michael Grady)

Titans vs. Bengals (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Lions vs. Vikings (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Broncos vs. Falcons (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Broncos vs. Raiders (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Jets vs. Chargers (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Raiders vs. Falcons (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Amanda Balionis)

Chargers vs. Bills (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Dolphins vs. Jets (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Colts vs. Texans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Sherree Burruss)

Bengals vs. Dolphins (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, A.J. Ross)

Raiders vs. Jets (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Texans vs. Bears (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Broncos vs. Panthers (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

Patriots vs. Dolphins (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn)

49ers vs. Cowboys (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins)

Texans vs. Colts (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

Jaguars vs. Ravens (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)

Lions vs. Titans (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Browns vs. Jets (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, A.J. Ross)

Bears vs. Jaguars (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Jay Feely)

4:05 PM, ET

Dolphins vs. Bills (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, A.J. Ross)

Ravens vs. Bengals (Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta)

Jets vs. Patriots (Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely)

Titans vs. Texans (Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon, Amanda Balionis)

Jaguars vs. Colts (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton, Sherree Burruss)