2025 NFL Sunday Night Football – Season Recap
Originally implemented to showcase the best game of the betting week, Sunday Night Football has been around on NBC since 2006 bringing an end to a usually busy day of NFL football. In order to guarantee the popularity and success of SNF, flex-scheduling was introduced by the NFL giving the league the option to switch games for a more compelling matchup. The league took advantage of its authority over the schedule to flex the Week 16 matchup between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens into primetime.
In recent years the NFL has elected not to schedule a game on the final weekend of the regular season leaving the time slot open for a matchup that has the most at stake. In Week 18 of the 2025 season, the NFC North winner-take-all tilt between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens was handed the slot. The game didn’t disappoint with the Steelers emerging as division champs and claiming the final playoff spot with a 26-24 win.
All but two of 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs appeared on Sunday Night Football with the top seeds from each conference making a single appearance and beating the same opponent. The NFC’s Seattle Seahawks beat Washington in Week 9 and the Denver Broncos beat them in Week 13.
A team many expected to be in the postseason didn’t make it partly due to their record on SNF. The Baltimore Ravens finished 2 games behind Pittsburgh in the AFC North losing to the Steelers in Week 18. That was one of four losses suffered by the Ravens on SNF this season. Pittsburgh and Kansas City made three appearances on Sunday night.
There was a rarity on SNF with the Week 4 matchup between the Packers and Cowboys ending in a 40-40 tie thanks to the new overtime rules. Both teams kicked a field goal in OT with Green Bay leveling the score with no time remaining on the clock. It was first game in NFL history to end with that score. It was also one of nine games to end with a margin of eight points or less.
The end of the season proved to be the most dramatic on SNF. The last four games were all one-score contests with Pittsburgh’s Week 18 win over Baltimore one of five games decided by a field goal or less. The SNF slate started off with MVP Josh Allen leading Buffalo to a 41-40 win by scoring 16 points in the final four minutes.
The Rams were the highest scoring team in 2025 and they showed off in their only SNF appearance. Matthew Stafford threw three of his NFL high 46 touchdown passes in a 34-7 win over Tampa Bay in Week 12. The 27-point margin was the largest of the SNF season.
Visiting teams had the edge winning 10 of 18 games, including a 5-game winning streak from Week 13 to Week 16. Two games fell under the SNF umbrella in Week 13 with Cincinnati beating Baltimore on Thanksgiving night. In Week 8 Pittsburgh’s Aaron Rodgers faced his old Green Bay Packers team for the first time since leaving the organization. Rodgers’ replacement Jordan Love threw for 360 yards in Green Bay’s 35-25 win. In two SNF games Love totaled 697 passing yards with three TD passes in each game.
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2025 Sunday Night Football Betting Schedule
| WEEK |
VISITING TEAM |
HOST TEAM |
SCORE |
| Week 1 |
Baltimore Ravens |
Buffalo Bills |
40-41 |
| Week 2 |
Atlanta Falcons |
Minnesota Vikings |
22-6 |
| Week 3 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
New York Giants |
22-9 |
| Week 4 |
Green Bay Packers |
Dallas Cowboys |
40-40 |
| Week 5 |
New England Patriots |
Buffalo Bills |
23-20 |
| Week 6 |
Detroit Lions |
Kansas City Chiefs |
17-30 |
| Week 7 |
Atlanta Falcons |
San Francisco 49ers |
10-20 |
| Week 8 |
Green Bay Packers |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
35-25 |
| Week 9 |
Seattle Seahawks |
Washington Commanders |
38-14 |
| Week 10 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Los Angeles Chargers |
10-25 |
| Week 11 |
Detroit Lions |
Philadelphia Eagles |
9-16 |
| Week 12 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Los Angeles Rams |
7-34 |
| Week 13 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
Baltimore Ravens |
32-14 |
| Week 13 |
Denver Broncos |
Washington Commanders |
27-26 |
| Week 14 |
Houston Texans |
Kansas City Chiefs |
20-10 |
| Week 15 |
Minnesota Vikings |
Dallas Cowboys |
34-26 |
| Week 16 |
New England Patriots |
Baltimore Ravens |
28-24 |
| Week 17 |
Chicago Bears |
San Francisco 49ers |
38-42 |
| Week 18 |
Baltimore Ravens |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
24-26 |
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