The following is a list of games that have been canceled and rescheduled by theNational Football League (NFL) since 1933. While canceling games was extremely common prior to this date, since that year, the NFL has only canceled regular season games four times, two of them for labor disputes between the league and theNational Football League Players Association (NFLPA). Seven weeks of regular season games were canceled in1982 and one week of regular season games was canceled in1987. A contest between the Boston Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles on November 17, 1935, was canceled due to weather, and a 2022–23 Week 17 contest between theBuffalo Bills andCincinnati Bengals was suspended and eventually canceled outright following a critical in-game medical emergency to defensive backDamar Hamlin.

Preseason contests have seen comparatively more cancellations, since the games do not count in the standings. Two of these games, the1974Chicago College All-Star Game and the2011Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, were canceled because of off-season labor stoppages that were resolved prior to the start of the rest of the preseason. Three games were canceled as the result of unsafe playing fields: a1995 NFL preseason game betweenthe San Diego Chargers andthe Houston Oilers,^[1][2] a2001 preseason game between theBaltimore Ravens and thePhiladelphia Eagles,^[3] and the2016Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.^[4] Two preseason games in2017 and2021 were canceled for weather. At least one other announced game was discarded before it was officially placed on the schedule. The proposedChina Bowl exhibition was to have been played in August 2007 but was postponed indefinitely before the 2007 schedule was released, with all plans for the game formally canceled before December 2008.

The league has run into other instances in which a game cannot realistically be played on its scheduled date, including weather-relatedrainouts and conflicts withcollege football orMajor League Baseball over the use of shared stadiums. Unlike baseball, the NFL generally plays through even the coldest and most precipitous of weather unless such weather makes the stadium unusable or it becomes unsafe for spectators to attend the match. In such cases where a game cannot be played on its scheduled date, especially in the regular season, the league has the options of rescheduling the contest to any available day and, if the stadium cannot be used, relocating the contest to the opponent's stadium or a neutral site (usually another nearby NFL stadium or a suitably sized modern college football venue). Until the January 14, 2024,Steelers–Bills wild card playoff game, such measures have not been necessary for any individual game in theplayoffs.

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Canceling games was far more common in the 1920s and early 1930s, in the founding years of the league. When a team did not want to play a game, they could cancel without any punishment or penalty.

After league schedules were standardized in1933, cancellations were effectively banned; thus, teams would have toforfeit the game or postpone if a cancellation was due to issues outside the team's control. The last unpunished cancellation of a regular season NFL game was a November 17, 1935, contest between theBoston Redskins andPhiladelphia Eagles at Philadelphia, which was canceled due to driving rain and snow that left the field unplayable.

There have been no forfeits in the league's history; a 1921 game between theRochester Jeffersons and theWashington Senators is occasionally listed as a forfeit, but because of the lax cancellation rules of the time and uncertainty over which team (if either) was at fault for the game not being played, the game is listed in modern records as a cancellation.

While several games were removed from the schedules of the NFL teams of the early 1940s, the issues (namely,World War II, the exodus of marquee talent to the war effort, and restrictions on usage of resources) were already foreseen by the start of the1942 season, meaning the league was able to issue shortened schedules without having to cancel any scheduled contests.

The 1974College All-Star Game, an exhibition game that pitted the most recent Super Bowl champion (Miami Dolphins) against a team composed entirely of rookies, was canceled as a result of a players’ strike. The strike was resolved before any further games were canceled; thePro Football Hall of Fame Game, along with the rest of the1974 NFL season, went on as scheduled, although at least one game was held with theDenver Broncos using a squad of rookiereplacement players.^[5]

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In 1982, players began a 57-day strike following the completion of Week 2 of the regular season. As a result of the impasse, games were simply canceled until a settlement was reached (ultimately, Weeks 3 to 10). Upon reaching that settlement, the NFL announced that Weeks 11 to 16 would be played as scheduled, and the games originally scheduled for Week 3 of the season would be played following the completion of the resumed regular season as a new Week 17, with the playoffs pushed back one week. Later, the NFL decided to use the final week 17 to hold various intra-division games from canceled Weeks 3 to 10 instead of merely playing the Week 3 games. This was done to increase attendance and to allow some teams to balance out home and away games, to the extent possible (either five home and four away, or four home and five away). Because the 1982 shortened season would include only nine regular season contests for each team, the NFL announced that the three divisions in each of the two conferences would be eliminated for the purpose of determining playoff qualifications, and the regular season would be followed by an expansion of the playoffs from 10 to 16 teams. With this, each conference had 14 teams competing for 8 playoff spots, with division standings being disregarded in favor of overall conference standings. Each of the first three rounds of the playoffs was pushed back one week in order to make room for the new week 17, which was originally scheduled as the Wild Card weekend. This was possible because there was an idle week between the Conference Championship games and the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl andPro Bowl were held as originally scheduled.

Note: Some of the games originally scheduled for Weeks 3 to 10, listed below, were rescheduled to a new, final Week 17.

In order to ensure maximal attendance, and to balance out home and away games for each team, to the extent possible (either five home and four away, or four home and five away), the NFL made 12 of the 14 games in the final week of the rescheduled season (Week 17) select intra-division games that were picked from canceled Weeks 3 to 10, instead of merely playing out Week 3 games, as had originally been planned. This was the maximum number mathematically possible, since four of the six divisions at that time had an odd number of teams (the two games that were not intra-division wereNew York Jets atKansas City Chiefs andDallas Cowboys atMinnesota Vikings). TheNew York Giants atPhiladelphia Eagles game originally scheduled for Week 7 on Monday was moved to Sunday, while the Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings game originally scheduled for Week 3 on Sunday was moved to Monday.

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In 1987, the players went on strike for a second time in-season, again following the second week of the campaign. However, unlike 1982, the owners took the bold step of using replacement players. After missing just one week of action, the NFL resumed withreplacement players for Week 4. By the time Week 6 had rolled around, enough^[vague] players had crossed the picket lines and^[who?] forced an agreement^[who?] to let the regular players play again. The canceled games of Week 3 were not made up, and the league counted the three weeks of game results featuring the replacement players as regular season games toward each team's final standings. By Week 7, the teams had all players back in action, with all teams completing a 15-game schedule. Also unlike 1982, there was no change to the playoff format that season.

An August 19, 1995, preseason game betweenthe San Diego Chargers andthe Houston Oilers was the first game in NFL history to be canceled before kickoff. A 10-yard long piece of artificial turf at midfield recently installed at midfield failed to mesh with the rest of the surface. The new piece ran between the 45-yard lines, and an NFL official determined that the piece endangered the players.^[1][2]

An August 13,2001, preseason game betweenthe Baltimore Ravens andthe Philadelphia Eagles was canceled because of an unplayable playing surface atVeterans Stadium.^[8]

Because themulti-purpose stadium was shared by both the Eagles and thePhiladelphia Phillies baseball team, the new artificial surface, NexTurf, and previous artificial turf installations before it included cutouts that covered up the dirt infield around the bases. After examining the turf, Ravens head coachBrian Billick discovered a trench around the area where third base was covered up by one of the cutouts, and refused to let the Ravens take the field for warm-ups. Later, players from both teams reported that they sank into the turf in locations near the infield cutouts.

City crews unsuccessfully tried to fix the problem, forcing the game to be canceled. Team presidentJoe Banner was irate after the game, calling the stadium's conditions "absolutely unacceptable" and "an embarrassment to the city of Philadelphia."^[9]

City officials, however, promised that the stadium would be suitable for play when the regular season started. The Eagles would move intoLincoln Financial Field in 2003, and the Phillies would move into their own separate ballpark,Citizens Bank Park, in 2004.

In the wake of theSeptember 11 attacks, the NFL postponed its Week 2 games of the 2001 season, originally scheduled for September 16 and 17, until the end of the regular season. All playoff games following the 2001 regular season, includingSuper Bowl XXXVI and the2002 Pro Bowl, were similarly rescheduled one week later.

This was in contrast to the wake of theJohn F. Kennedy assassination in 1963 when the NFL went ahead and played its full slate of games that week, a decision that then-NFL commissionerPete Rozelle later regretted,^[10] though he also stated thatPierre Salinger, Kennedy's press secretary, had urged him to allow the games to be played.^[11] Meanwhile, theAmerican Football League canceled week 12 of its1963 season and later rescheduled those games.

On July 22, 2011, the NFL announced that thePro Football Hall of Fame Game originally set for August 7 of that year between theChicago Bears and theSt. Louis Rams had been canceled due to an ongoinglockout that had been in place since March of that year.^[12] The league approved a new collective bargaining agreement on July 21, but at the same time announced the cancellation of the game, citing the fact that the players would not have enough time in training camp to prepare before the game.^[13][14]

The NFL also had contingency plans to cancel and/or postpone regular season games (up to eight) if a labor agreement could not be reached by the start of the regular season.^[15][16] The league did not have to implement the plans, since the players association agreed to terms with the NFL shortly before the start of the season proper on July 25, ending the lockout.

The 2016Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between theGreen Bay Packers and theIndianapolis Colts was canceled at the last minute due to poor playing conditions atTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Mike Silver ofNFL.com reported that on the morning of game day, officials discovered the logos at midfield and in the end zones had been painted using paint which was not intended for use on the newly installedFieldTurf. Subsequently, the paint had not fully dried, and officials heated the field to speed up the drying process, causing the turf's rubber to melt; the affected areas were described as being slick and "like cement," making it impossible to get decent footing. Stadium officials attempted to address this by applyingpaint thinner to the turf, but a Packers employee noticed a label warning that the paint thinner could result in severe burns when exposed to skin, and alerted them to the discovery. When officially canceling the game, both the league and the Players Association cited safety concerns.^[17][18][19]

Both teams were told at 6:40 p.m., an hour and 20 minutes before kickoff, that the game was going to be canceled. However, fans in the stadium only learned of the pending cancellation via social media, and no official announcement was made until just before the scheduled 8 p.m. kickoff, which was greeted by boos and jeering.^[20]

All2020 preseason games and the2021 Pro Bowl were canceled as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic. No regular season or playoff games were canceled, but several were rescheduled due to positive COVID-19 tests among teams.^[21]

Restrictions on team sports implemented bySanta Clara County, California, forced theSan Francisco 49ers to relocate two of their home games during the regular season: the December 7 game against theBuffalo Bills and the December 13 game against theWashington Football Team. Both games were moved toState Farm Stadium inGlendale, Arizona.^[22] The 49ers would also play their January 3 game against theSeattle Seahawks in Arizona after Santa Clara County extended their restrictions to January 8, 2021.^[23]

In Week 15 of the2021 season, three games were postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests. TheLas Vegas Raiders–Cleveland Browns game was rescheduled from Saturday, December 18, to Monday, December 20, while both theSeattle Seahawks–Los Angeles Rams andWashington Football Team–Philadelphia Eagles games were rescheduled from Sunday, December 19, to Tuesday, December 21.^[24]

On January 2, 2023, during the2022 season Week 17Monday Night Football game between theBuffalo Bills andCincinnati Bengals, Bills safetyDamar Hamlin tackled Bengals wide receiverTee Higgins during the first quarter. Hamlin briefly stood up before collapsing to the ground. Hamlin was placed on a stretcher and an ambulance came onto the field as most players from both teams came to kneel or stand around Hamlin. First responders initiatedCPR and administereddefibrillation to Hamlin on the field before taking him to the nearby University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where it was discovered that he sufferedcardiac arrest. The game was suspended with 5:58 left in the first quarter with the Bengals leading 7–3. Referees on the field apparently had initially planned to resume the game after a short 5-minute warmup period, which was reported separately by game television and radio broadcastersESPN andWestwood One;^[25] after discussions between Bengals head coachZac Taylor and Bills head coachSean McDermott, both teams left the field. The game was postponed indefinitely shortly thereafter, just over one hour after Hamlin collapsed.^[26][27][28] The NFL later denied the reports that players would resume after a warmup period.^[29]

On January 5, 2023, the NFL announced that the game was canceled and would not be continued. There was only one week remaining in the regular season, which led to the official abandonment of the game.^[30] One day later, the NFL announced temporary changes to the playoff format to accommodate the missing postseason implications of the canceled game. The changes included a potentialneutral siteAFC Championship Game if theKansas City Chiefs were to obtain the top seed and played the Bills or Bengals in the game with an identical number of losses, a potentialneutral site AFC Divisional Round if the Chiefs were to obtain the number 2 seed and play the Bengals in that game with an identical number of losses, and a potentialcoin flip to decide seedings between the Bengals and the Ravens if the Bengals were to lose to the Ravens and the Chargers beat the Broncos.^[31][32][33] In Week 18, Cincinnati, Buffalo, and Kansas City all won, setting up a potential Bills–Chiefs AFC Championship Game at a neutral site, but not needing a coin flip to decide home field for a Ravens–Bengals wild card game.^[34][35][36] The league then announced on January 12 thatMercedes-Benz Stadium inAtlanta would host the Buffalo–Kansas City AFC Championship Game if both teams advanced that far; however, the Chiefs ultimately hosted the game atArrowhead Stadium following the Bengals' victory over the Bills in the divisional round.^{[37][38][39][40]}

Two2023 preseason games were suspended during play due to injury, one atLambeau Field during the preseason Week 2 matchup between theNew England Patriots andGreen Bay Packers in which Patriots' rookie cornerbackIsaiah Bolden collided with teammateCalvin Munson which left Bolden unable to get up. Bolden was taken to a local hospital and "had feeling in all his extremities, but has been taken to a local hospital for further tests and observation." This was similar to the prior mentioned Bills–Bengals regular season game which ended during play due to injury on the field. The game would not be finished with 10:27 left in the 4th quarter and the Patriots were awarded the "win" 21–17. Bolden was released from the hospital the following day as reported by the Patriots.^{[41][42][43][44]}

During Week 3 of the preseason, theMiami Dolphins played theJacksonville Jaguars when rookie wide receiverDaewood Davis would exit the game in a stretcher following a hit by Jacksonville linebacker Dequan Jackson on a pass play with 8:32 left in the 4th quarter.^[45] He would be carted off the field and be conscious with movement in all extremities.^[46] Davis would be taken to Baptist Medical Center inJacksonville, Florida following the suspension of the game.^[47] Both instances were the second and third time in modern NFL history a game was suspended due to injury afterDamar Hamlin's collapse in Week 17 in the prior season.^[48] Davis would be released from the hospital the following day.

In both situations, the games had reached the fourth quarter, and anygames called by inclement weather rule would have been irrelevant. Declaring the games terminated legally meant the games counted and neither game was canceled, but simply terminated, similar to terminating a game early because of lightning.

A2025 preseason game was suspended due to injury. At the start of the fourth quarter of the Week 1 matchup between theDetroit Lions andAtlanta Falcons, Lions cornerbackMorice Norris assisted with tackling Falcons running backNathan Carter when Norris' head snapped backwards due to contact with Carter's body. Norris was unable to get up and the game was stopped with 14:50 left in the quarter. Norris was removed from the field by ambulance and taken to a local hospital where he would remain over the weekend.^[49] The game resumed afterwards, but with both teams proceeding to stand on the field without attempting to score when the ball was snapped. The game clock continued to run until 6:31 left in the game, when refereeShawn Hochuli announced that the game was suspended by the league. The Lions were leading 17–10 prior to the game being suspended.^[50][51][52]

In the modern era, severe weather or natural disasters have affected some games, but only in the cases ofHurricane Harvey andHurricane Ida has a game been canceled outright. Others were either switched to a different location, or to a different date in the schedule.

The1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damagedCandlestick Park, forcing theSan Francisco 49ers to play their next home game on October 22 against theNew England Patriots atStanford University'sStanford Stadium.^[53]

In 1992,Hurricane Andrew forced the September 6 opening-day game between theNew England Patriots and theMiami Dolphins atJoe Robbie Stadium to be rescheduled to October 18, when both teams originally had a bye week.^[54]

In the wake of the October 25, 2003Cedar Fire, California GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to assist in the disaster relief process. Because of the soot and particulate matter in the air from the fire two days earlier, the NFL was forced to move theMonday Night Football game on October 27 between theSan Diego Chargers and theMiami Dolphins toSun Devil Stadium inTempe, Arizona.^[55]

In 2004, theCincinnati Bengals atTampa Bay Buccaneers preseason game, scheduled for August 14, was rescheduled to August 16, because ofHurricane Charley.^[56]

During the 2004 regular season, theTennessee Titans atMiami Dolphins opening-day game, scheduled for September 12 at 1 p.m. ET, was rescheduled to Saturday, September 11 at 1 p.m. ET because ofHurricane Ivan,^[57] and thePittsburgh Steelers atMiami Dolphins game scheduled for September 26, at 1 p.m. ET was moved to 8:30 p.m. ET because ofHurricane Jeanne. The latter game became notable as the first NFL start of Steelers quarterbackBen Roethlisberger.^[57]

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 damaged theLouisiana Superdome. The NFL decided that theNew Orleans Saints' first regularly scheduled home game against theNew York Giants be played inGiants Stadium in New Jersey, with the Saints remaining the "home" team for administrative purposes only.^[58] For the rest of the season, the Saints home games were split between theAlamodome inSan Antonio andLouisiana State University'sTiger Stadium.

In 2005, the NFL moved up theKansas City Chiefs atMiami Dolphins game from October 23 at 1:00 p.m. ET to Friday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET because ofHurricane Wilma.^[59] Respecting a longstanding policy not to schedule games in conflict with Friday nighthigh school football games that dates back to a1960s federal antitrust law, the NFL televised the game onCBS affiliates only within 75 miles of Kansas City and Miami.^[60][61] It also forced the Chiefs to travel to Miami on the day of the game, which, if not for an "act of God", would have been a violation of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement with theNational Football League Players Association which requires a visiting team to arrive in the host city no later than 24 hours prior to kickoff.

Hurricane Ike forced several changes to the 2008 schedule. TheHouston Texans' Week 2 home game against theBaltimore Ravens was first postponed to Monday, September 15, before Ike made landfall; damage toReliant Stadium forced a further postponement, to Week 10, on November 9, giving the Texans and the Ravens their bye weeks in Week 2. Furthermore, to accommodate this move, Houston's home game against theCincinnati Bengals was moved forward from November 9 to October 26, pushing the Bengals’ bye week from Week 8 to Week 10.^[62]

In 2010, a severe storm in Minnesota deposited over 17 inches or 0.43 metres of snow on theHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which caused the venue's inflatable roof (a form ofdome now mostly obsolete for major sports) to collapse about 24 hours later, early in the morning of December 12. TheMinnesota Vikings had been scheduled to host theNew York Giants that afternoon. Prior to the collapse, the game had already been postponed to Monday night, December 13, over concerns of stadium officials. The game was relocated toFord Field in Detroit, still played Monday night.^[63] The game would be notable as the ending ofBrett Favre's NFL-record 297 consecutive starts streak. The Vikings’ December 20 game against theChicago Bears was moved toTCF Bank Stadium on theUniversity of Minnesota campus.^[64] The collapse affected no further NFL games, as the rest of the Vikings’ 2010 season consisted of road games, and the team had already been eliminated from playoff contention. The roof collapse was a factor in the Metrodome being demolished and replaced with hard-roofedU.S. Bank Stadium a few years later.

On December 26, 2010, aSunday Night Football game between theMinnesota Vikings and thePhiladelphia Eagles was postponed to Tuesday, December 28, because of a severe snowstorm in Philadelphia. It was the first Tuesday NFL game in 64 years.^[65] In 2014, asevere snowstorm that hit theBuffalo area forced aNew York Jets–Buffalo Bills game, originally scheduled for November 23, to be moved to Detroit's indoorFord Field on November 24.^[66] In both cases, concerns about fan safety prompted the postponements.

The 2017Governor's Cup, an annualpreseason matchup between theDallas Cowboys and theHouston Texans was canceled by the effects ofHurricane Harvey. The game, originally scheduled for August 31 in Houston, was moved to Dallas, as Houston was severely flooded as the result of the rains from Harvey and the team had temporarily relocated to Dallas until the storm passed. The Texans opted instead to cancel the game to allow the team more time to relocate back to Houston.^[67]

Hurricane Irma prompted the postponement of a game between theMiami Dolphins and theTampa Bay Buccaneers, originally scheduled for September 10, 2017, to November 19; both teams coincidentally were scheduled for the samebye week, leaving the latter date available for the game to be made up.

Hurricane Ida caused the cancellation of theArizona Cardinals–New Orleans Saintspreseason match-up on August 28, 2021.^[68][69] The aftermath of the hurricane forced the Saints' regular-season opener against theGreen Bay Packers on September 12, 2021, to be moved toTIAA Bank Field inJacksonville, Florida.^[70]

Due to asevere winter storm in Buffalo, theCleveland Browns–Buffalo Bills game on November 20, 2022, was moved to Ford Field. As a result, the Bills played in Detroit in back-to-back weeks as they visited theDetroit Lions onThanksgiving, November 24.^[71]

In 2024, theBuffalo Bills' wild card playoff game against thePittsburgh Steelers atHighmark Stadium was originally scheduled for Sunday, January 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET but was moved to 4:30 p.m. on Monday due to awinter storm expected for the Buffalo region. This was a decision made by the NFL andNew York state governorKathy Hochul.^[72]

In 2025, theLos Angeles Rams' wild card playoff game against theMinnesota Vikings on Monday, January 13 was relocated toState Farm Stadium inGlendale, Arizona due toan ongoing series of wildfires in the Los Angeles area.^[73]

There have also been rare occasions in which games had to be pushed back one night because of a last-minute scheduling conflict in the facility of those games, most notably when an NFL team has shared a home stadium with a team fromMajor League Baseball (MLB) and the baseball team has needed the building for a post-season game. This was a frequent occurrence when there were several shared stadiums across the country, but after 2012 only one such venue remained:Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, home of the NFL'sRaiders and MLB'sAthletics; this arrangement ended in 2020 when the Raiders moved toLas Vegas. Most of the stadiums listed required day-long conversions from a football gridiron to a baseball diamond and outfield, or vice versa, including the maneuvering of stadium seating designed to be angled for each sport, the building of temporary stands, and the marking of the field for either sport, along with removal of the pitcher's mound and bases. Additionally until theFieldTurf era, an additional step taken was the filling or covering of the base sliding pits onartificial turf fields.

Although no NFL/MLB-shared stadiums remain, there are eight teams whose current NFL stadiums share the same parking lots and other ancillary facilities with an adjacent MLB ballpark (Baltimore Ravens,Cincinnati Bengals,Dallas Cowboys,Detroit Lions,Kansas City Chiefs,Philadelphia Eagles,Pittsburgh Steelers, andSeattle Seahawks), thus also preventing both teams from playing simultaneously.

Since the NFL knows the MLB schedule well in advance of its own schedule being released, it is able to schedule its September games in particular in order to avoid facility conflicts, and even simply to avoid unnecessary competition with local MLB teams for an audience in markets where the venues are not in close proximity to one another. Scheduling conflicts with MLB are more likely to occur in October, i.e. during the MLB postseason since the venues for these games are not known in advance.

Some tactics used to prevent conflicts include scheduling a team that shares a stadium with an MLB team to a schedule of road games, home division games that could be swapped for a road game in the event of a conflict caused by an MLB team making the postseason, or home games with a team that has a mutual bye week that the game could be moved to said bye week if an MLB team makes the postseason through the end of October.

On October 12, 1964, theSt. Louis Cardinals were forced to move their scheduled home game against theBaltimore Colts toMemorial Stadium, since St. Louis'Busch Stadium I was being used for the1964 World Series by theSt. Louis Cardinals baseball team. Even though Game 5 of the World Series was played that day atYankee Stadium, the football Cardinals could not use the stadium until the baseball team, the stadium's owner, had completed its season.

The Minnesota Twins' 1965 World Series appearance led to the Sunday afternoon October 10,New York Giants atMinnesota Vikings game to be moved forward to Saturday night, October 9.

TheAtlanta Falcons were forced to move their October 5, 1969, home game against theBaltimore Colts fromAtlanta Stadium toGrant Field atGeorgia Tech because theAtlanta Braves hosted Game 2 of the1969 National League Championship Series. The same day, theMinnesota Vikings moved their home game against theGreen Bay Packers fromMetropolitan Stadium toMemorial Stadium at theUniversity of Minnesota because of anAmerican League Championship Series game hosted by theMinnesota Twins. One week later, thePhiladelphia Eagles’ game in Baltimore against theBaltimore Colts was pushed from Sunday, October 12, to Monday night, October 13, to accommodate Game 2 of the1969 World Series hosted by theBaltimore Orioles. The following week, the World Series prompted theAmerican Football League to move the game atShea Stadium between theHouston Oilers and theNew York Jets from Sunday, October 19, to Monday night, October 20 due to theNew York Mets hosting a game.

In 1973, theNew York Jets faced the same situation as the 1964 Cardinals. TheNew York Mets unexpectedly reached the1973 World Series, and under the terms of the Jets’ lease atShea Stadium in place at the time, there could be no football games at the stadium in Queens until the Mets’ season was complete. Thus, the Jets were forced to move their October 21 game against thePittsburgh Steelers from Shea Stadium toThree Rivers Stadium, even though the final game of the Series at Shea Stadium was played October 18 (Games 6 and 7 were scheduled away games for the Mets).

In 1979, thePhiladelphia Eagles and theWashington Redskins switched the dates of their two games with the Eagles hosting on October 7 (instead of October 21) and the Redskins hosting on October 21 (instead of October 7). This was due to the visit ofPope John Paul II toWashington on October 7. A similar situation happened to the Eagles in 1983 where they were forced to switch the dates of their games with theDallas Cowboys because thePhiladelphia Phillies were playing in the1983 World Series. The Eagles were originally scheduled to play the Cowboys atVeterans Stadium on October 16, 1983; however this game conflicted with Game 5 of the World Series. The game was moved toTexas Stadium and the November 6 game was moved toVeterans Stadium.

In 1987, Game 5 of the1987 National League Championship Series was hosted bySan Francisco Giants atCandlestick Park, prompting theSan Francisco 49ers and theAtlanta Falcons to switch home dates for their two games that season; the 49ers visited Atlanta on October 11, and the Falcons went to San Francisco on December 20.^[74]

In 1987, Game 2 of the1987 World Series hosted by theMinnesota Twins led to theMinnesota Vikings and theTampa Bay Buccaneers to switch home dates for their two games that season. The following week, Game 7 of that Series led NFL to reschedule theDenver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings game to the following Monday night, October 26.

In 1989, the October 8,New Orleans Saints andSan Francisco 49ers switched home dates (October 8 originally in San Francisco and November 6 originally in New Orleans) as a result of theSan Francisco Giants hosting National League Championship Series games on October 7, 8 and 9.

In 1997, Game 7 of the1997 World Series hosted by theFlorida Marlins on October 26 caused the NFL to reschedule theChicago Bears atMiami Dolphins game for the following Monday night, October 27.^[57]

In 2001, a potentialOakland Athletics baseball playoff game forced theOakland Raiders to play their contest against theDallas Cowboys two weeks in advance to avoid a possible conflict, when both clubs originally had theirbye week (as it turned out, the Athletics ended up getting eliminated a few days before the originally scheduled date of the Cowboys–Raiders game).^[75]

In 2009, theNew York Giants–Philadelphia Eagles game atLincoln Financial Field was moved from 4:15 p.m. ET to 1:00 p.m. to accommodate thePhiladelphia Phillies hosting Game 4 of the2009 World Series at adjacentCitizens Bank Park.^[76]

In 2013, theOakland Athletics playing in the2013 American League Division Series forced theOakland Raiders to postpone their originally scheduled Sunday afternoon game against theSan Diego Chargers from a 1:25 p.m.PT kickoff to 8:35 p.m. (11:35 p.m. ET).^[77]

The opening game of the2013 season on September 5, which would traditionally have been hosted by theBaltimore Ravens as the defendingSuper Bowl XLVII champions, was instead a road contest at theDenver Broncos. ABaltimore Orioles home game against theChicago White Sox was scheduled forOriole Park at Camden Yards that night. The Ravens'M&T Bank Stadium is next door to Camden Yards, and the Ravens and Orioles were unable to resolve issues which centered on parking and traffic.^[78]

In2020, theKansas City Chiefs, the defendingSuper Bowl champions, and theKansas City Royals, Kansas City’s MLB team, both playing games on the same day, September 10. The Royals play atKauffman Stadium, which is next door to the Chiefs’ home stadiumArrowhead Stadium, with both teams sharing the same parking lots. The Royals, Chiefs, NFL, and MLB had agreed to have the Royals move their game to September 8, as part of a doubleheader against theOakland Athletics. TheCOVID-19 pandemic beginning a month later made the coordination moot, as the Royals didn't host fans through their delayed season (and were away that day in their revised schedule), and the Chiefs opened the season with 20% capacity.

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, the Seattle Seahawks were scheduled to play theArizona Cardinals at 1:05 pm PT. The preceding night, theSeattle Mariners played Game 3 of theAmerican League Division Series (ALDS) against theHouston Astros. Had the Mariners won that game, making Game 4 necessary, the Mariners would have played Game 4 on Sunday at 12:07 pm, and the Seahawks would have delayed their kickoff time to 2:30 pm PT.^[79][80] Because the Mariners lost Game 3, and lost the ALDS 3–0, the Seahawks game was not rescheduled.^[81]

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