2007 OPPONENTS DETERMINED

 

The opponents for all 2007 regular-season games have been determined and a complete list of each team's home and away matchups was issued today by the NFL.

 

The scheduling formula implemented in 2002 with realignment guarantees that all teams play each other on a regular, rotating basis. 

 

Under the formula, every team within a division plays 16 games as follows:

 

·        Home and away against its three division opponents (6 games).

 

·        The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (4 games).

 

·        The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (4 games).

 

·        Two intraconference games based on the prior year's standings (2 games).  These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season.  The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year. 

 

The official 2007 schedule, with playing dates and times, will be announced in the spring.

 

NFL Kickoff 2007 Weekend will begin on Thursday night, September 6, and the regular season will conclude on December 30. 

 

Wild Card Weekend will be Saturday and Sunday, January 5-6; Divisional Playoff games on the weekend of January 12-13; and the AFC and NFC Championship Games on Sunday, January 20.

 

Super Bowl XLII at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona will be played on Sunday, February 3.

 

 

2007 SCHEDULING ROTATION BY DIVISION

 

 

 2007 OPPONENTS

AFC NORTH

 

1.  Baltimore Ravens                   Home:     Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams

 

                                                        Away:       Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

 

2.  Cincinnati Bengals                 Home:     Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams

 

                                                        Away:       Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

 

3.  Pittsburgh Steelers                Home:     Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

 

                                                        Away:       Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams

 

4.  Cleveland Browns                  Home:     Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

 

                                                        Away:       Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams

 

2007 OPPONENTS

 

AFC EAST

 

1.  New England Patriots             Home:     Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins

 

          &nbs