Super Bowl holders the Philadelphia Eagles will launch the 2025 NFL season against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field on September 4 at 20:20 ET.
The Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans on February 10 to win Super Bowl 59 and are favourites to triumph again next season.
“What’s better than an NFC East showdown to kick off the 2025 NFL season?” the Eagles responded after the game was announced on NBC on Monday morning.
🚨 EAGLES VS. COWBOYS TO KICK OFF THE 2025 SEASON 🚨#Kickoff2025 pic.twitter.com/PEHaVYvlxB
— NFL (@NFL) May 12, 2025
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NFL Week 1: Eagles vs Cowboys
The teams last met in Week 1 in 2000, when Philadelphia won 41-14 at Texas Stadium, where Dallas played between 1971 and 2008.
The Eagles enjoyed victories in both editions of the game last season, starting with a 34-6 win at AT&T Stadium on November 10.
After an even first quarter in the return game, Philadelphia scored 34 points without reply to complete a 41-7 thrashing on December 29.
Head coach Mike McCarthy has since left the Cowboys and been replaced by offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.
What’s better than an NFC East showdown to kick off the 2025 NFL season?@Ticketmaster | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/QzsBiY6nCn
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) May 12, 2025
When is the NFL schedule release 2025?
The NFL will release the entire 2025 schedule at 20:00 ET on Wednesday via the NFL Network, NFL.com, the NFL app and NFL+.
The defending Super Bowl champions have won in Week 1 in 20 of the last 25 seasons, including an 18-12 Eagles home win over the Atlanta Falcons in 2018.
How to watch the NFL 2025: TV channels
An 11-year television contract between CBS, Fox, ESPN and ABC and NBC enters its third year in 2025, with CBS and Fox sharing Sunday afternoon games.
Both networks will show double-headers in Week 1 and Week 18, and CBS will have the rights to one alternate broadcast on Nickelodeon.
NBC will broadcast the Sunday Night Football show and ESPN and ABC the Monday Night Football broadcast, with NBC showing the NFL Kickoff Game.
ESPN and ABC will show three Monday Night Football double-headers, with one on ABC and one on ESPN. They will also have a Week 18 double-header on the last Saturday of the season in Week 18
The NFL Network will show select International Series games and Saturday afternoon games in December.
How to watch the NFL 2025: Live online stream
Amazon Prime Video will show Thursday Night Football from Week 2 and the Black Friday game after Thanksgiving.
Peacock will stream all of the games shown on NBC and show one regular-season game in 2025, as will ESPN+. Paramount+ will show in-market and national CBS games.