2017 NFL season
The 2017 NFL season was the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 52nd of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 7, 2017, with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots in the NFL Kickoff Game. The season concluded with Super Bowl LII, in which the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to win their first Super Bowl title, and fourth NFL championship, in franchise history, and making the NFC East the first and currently only division where every team has won a Super Bowl.
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 7, 2017 – December 31, 2017 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 6, 2018 |
| AFC Champions | New England Patriots |
| NFC Champions | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Super Bowl LII | |
| Date | February 4, 2018 |
| Site | U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | January 28, 2018 |
| Site | Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida |
This would be the last season until 2023 that no regular season games ended in a tie.
For the second time since the league expanded to a 16-game season, a team finished winless in a full season, as Cleveland lost all 16 of their games this season.
For the second consecutive year, a team relocated to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as the former San Diego Chargers announced their intent to do so in January 2017. This was the first time that the Los Angeles metropolitan area had two teams since 1994.