Most NFL games are played on Sundays , with a Monday night game typically held at least once a week and Thursday night games occurring on most weeks as well . NFL games are not normally played on Fridays or Saturdays until late in the regular season , as federal law prohibits professional football leagues from competing with college or high school football . Because high school and college teams typically play games on Friday and Saturday , respectively , the NFL can not hold games on those days until the third Friday in December . While Saturday games late in the season are common , the league rarely holds Friday games , the most recent one being on Christmas Day in 2009 . NFL games are rarely scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday , and those days have only been used twice since 1948 : in 2010 , when a Sunday game was rescheduled to Tuesday due to a blizzard , and in 2012 , when the Kickoff game was moved from Thursday to Wednesday to avoid conflict with the Democratic National Convention
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