Disruptions of the schedule NFL regular season

1 disruptions of schedule

1.1 conflicts other sports leagues , organizations
1.2 labor disputes
1.3 natural disasters
1.4 other major news events

disruptions of schedule

conflicts other sports leagues , organizations

from beginnings of nfl, teams shared stadiums major league baseball teams, mlb teams holding leases giving them priority. nfl required schedule around september baseball games. in october, resulted in nfl teams having reschedule on short notice if mlb team in city made playoffs. on occasions, nfl game moved saturday or monday. nfl schedule october division games teams able swap home game dates if appeared mlb playoff schedule make stadium unavailable nfl. perhaps extreme case in 1973, when new york jets played @ shea stadium , forced play first 6 games on road due mets playing in world series.

as more mlb teams started move baseball-only stadiums 1990s , 2000s, became less of problem. currently, remaining shared nfl-mlb venue oakland–alameda county coliseum, houses oakland raiders , oakland athletics. additionally, 2 nfl teams share venue major league soccer team — new england patriots share gillette stadium new england revolution, while seattle seahawks share centurylink field seattle sounders fc, although nfl teams have priority on mls tenants. however, there nfl , mlb venues share parking lots — notably, respective teams in philadelphia, baltimore , seattle. in 2013, super bowl xlvii champion baltimore ravens forced open on road due fact, mlb counterparts, baltimore orioles, scheduled @ home on same day week 1 nfl kickoff game , declined either reschedule or relocate game. (mlb typically releases schedule upcoming season during september of previous season, forcing nfl accommodate scheduling needs of teams share parking lots or stadiums mlb teams, while mls typically releases season schedule ahead of nfl s schedule release.) super bowl xlviii champion seattle seahawks averted conflict 2014 season opener, mlb counterparts, seattle mariners, played on road; respective venues share same parking lot. seattle sounders fc played on road during opening week of 2014 nfl season, assuring no scheduling conflicts. buffalo bills hosted 1 game year @ rogers centre, home of toronto blue jays, issue in preseason, since such regular season games scheduled after end of mlb world series.

nfl teams have shared stadiums ncaa college football teams , bowl games, either temporarily or permanently, sports broadcasting act of 1961 prohibits nfl scheduling games on same days college football games.

labor disputes

the 1982 , 1987 seasons both shortened labor disputes. 1982 strike lasted 57 days. weeks 3 through 10 canceled, additional week added make 9-game schedule. 1982 playoff matchups determined conference standings only. 1987 strike , subsequent lockout lasted 24 days 1 week of schedule lost. weeks 4 through 6 played replacement players. rest of season played scheduled, total of 15 games per team.

in event 2011 nfl season had been disrupted because of then-ongoing labor dispute, nfl had arranged schedule facilitate easier cancellations , postponements. in addition emergency scenario of eight-game schedule beginning in late november, nfl arranged full-length schedule such weeks 2 , 4 had no division games, week 17 had division games, , week 3 matchups moved each team s respective bye week. league had contingency plan postpone super bowl xlvi 1 week, (assuming full playoff schedule) allow 13-game schedule 5 division games each team played beginning late october 16.

natural disasters

several games have been postponed or relocated because of natural disasters. few days before start of 2005 nfl season, louisiana superdome severely damaged hurricane katrina, , of city of new orleans destroyed. new orleans saints 8 scheduled home games moved other locations, including giants stadium, alamodome in san antonio, , tiger stadium on campus of louisiana state university. on september 14, 2008, houston texans scheduled host baltimore ravens. game postponed until november 9 because of hurricane ike (which caused damage reliant stadium) , several other changes had made schedule. roof of hubert h. humphrey metrodome collapsed on december 12, 2010 after severe heavy snowstorm, resulting in stadium being unusable remainder of season. last 2 of minnesota vikings home games had moved: 1 ford field in detroit (which led game being postponed following monday night) , tcf bank stadium, university of minnesota s college football stadium.

the miami dolphins have been involved in number of games moved different time , date. few of games include 1992 against new england patriots (hurricane andrew), 2004 against tennessee titans (hurricane ivan) , pittsburgh steelers (hurricane jeanne), 2005 against kansas city chiefs (hurricane wilma), 2017 against tampa bay buccaneers (hurricane irma), , others. in december 2010, minnesota vikings–philadelphia eagles game scheduled afternoon of sunday, december 26, time @ have been completed, had 2 weeks earlier been flexed nbc sunday night , postponed tuesday, december 28, due strong nor easter. in 2014, week 12 visit of jets buffalo moved detroit (and sunday monday) due severe snow in western new york previous week.

other major news events

the american football league, precursor today s american football conference, postponed week 12 of 1963 season because of assassination of president kennedy, on friday, november 22. afl s games made adding 15th week 14-week schedule. older , more established national football league went ahead , played scheduled on sunday, november 24, 1963.

in 2001, week 2 of season postponed because of september 11 attacks. @ end of planned 17-week schedule, week 2 games played on sunday, january 6 , monday, january 7, 2002. post-season schedule moved week, including super bowl xxxvi due lack of bye week before game.