NFL on CBS 2012 schedule

The NFL on CBS returns Sunday, Sept. 9, with regional AFC games on Sunday afternoons throughout the regular season. CBS also airs the early Thanksgiving Day game between the Houston Texans and the Detroit Lions, an AFC Wild Card game, two AFC divisional playoff games and the AFC Championship Game in January and Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, 2013. The NFL Today studio show returns with host James Brown, along with analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher.

RELATED: 2012 NFL TV Schedule

NFL on CBS 2012 SCHEDULE

All Times Eastern. Not All Games Are Televised In All Areas. Check Local Listings For Games Available In Your Area. Local Blackout Restrictions Apply. Schedule Subject To Change.

Note: Weeks 11-17 are flexible schedule weeks. Sunday afternoon games are subject to change.

*Indicates CBS NFL Sunday Doubleheader

WEEK 1

Sunday, Sept. 9

Indianapolis at Chicago, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Minnesota, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1pm (CBS)
New England at Tennessee, 1pm (CBS)

WEEK 2

Sunday, Sept. 16
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Kansas City at Buffalo, 1pm (CBS)
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1pm (CBS)
Houston at Jacksonville, 1pm (CBS)
Oakland at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Philadelphia, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 4:25pm (CBS)
Tennessee at San Diego, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 3

Sunday, Sept. 23
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Buffalo at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Kansas City at New Orleans, 1pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at Washington, 1pm (CBS)
Houston at Denver, 4:25pm (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 4

Sunday, Sept. 30

New England at Buffalo, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
San Diego at Kansas City, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at Arizona, 4:05pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 4:05pm (CBS)
Oakland at Denver, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 5
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Sunday, Oct. 7

Miami at Cincinnati, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Kansas City, 1pm (CBS)
Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Minnesota, 4:25pm (CBS)
Denver at New England, 4:25pm (CBS)
Buffalo at San Francisco, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 6

Sunday, Oct. 14

Oakland at Atlanta, 1pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 1pm (CBS)
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at Arizona, 4:05pm (CBS)
New England at Seattle, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 7
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Sunday, Oct. 21

Tennessee at Buffalo, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Cleveland at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:25pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Oakland, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 8

Sunday, Oct. 28

San Diego at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Green Bay, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1pm (CBS)
New England at St. Louis (at London), 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1pm (CBS)
Oakland at Kansas City, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 9
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Sunday, Nov. 4

Denver at Cincinnati, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 10

Sunday, Nov. 11

Oakland at Baltimore, 1pm (CBS)
Denver at Carolina, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at New England, 1pm (CBS)
San Diego at Tampa Bay, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at Seattle, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 11
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Sunday, Nov. 18

Cleveland at Dallas, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at Kansas City, 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at New England, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at St. Louis, 1pm (CBS)
San Diego at Denver, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 22

Houston at Detroit, 12:30pm (CBS)
Sunday, Nov. 25

Oakland at Cincinnati, 1pm (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1pm (CBS)
Denver at Kansas City, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at San Diego, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 13
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Sunday, Dec. 2

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at Detroit, 1pm (CBS)
New England at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Houston at Tennessee, 1pm (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25pm (CBS)
Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 14

Sunday, Dec. 9

Kansas City at Cleveland, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 1pm (CBS)
San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Washington, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at San Francisco, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 15
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Sunday, Dec. 16

Denver at Baltimore, 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 4:25pm (CBS)
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:25pm (CBS)

WEEK 16

Sunday, Dec. 23

Oakland at Carolina, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Green Bay, 1pm (CBS)
New England at Jacksonville, 1pm (CBS)
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1pm (CBS)
Buffalo at Miami, 1pm (CBS)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1pm (CBS)
Cleveland at Denver, 4:05pm (CBS)

WEEK 17
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Sunday, Dec. 30

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1pm (CBS)
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1pm (CBS)
Houston at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
Miami at New England, 1pm (CBS)
Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1pm (CBS)
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1pm (CBS)
Kansas City at Denver, 4:25pm (CBS)
Oakland at San Diego, 4:25pm (CBS)

PLAYOFFS

Sunday, Jan. 6

AFC Wild Card Playoffs (CBS)
Saturday, Jan. 12

AFC Divisional Playoffs (CBS)
Sunday, Jan. 13

AFC Divisional Playoffs (CBS)
Sunday, Jan. 20

AFC Championship Game (CBS)
Sunday, Feb. 3

Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans (CBS)

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