Assignments
Week 4 referee assignments
Jerome Boger will be the referee this Thursday for the Broncos-Jets game.
Jerome Boger and his Eastern-based crew will be on hand this Thursday as the Broncos meet the Jets at MetLife Stadium. Craig Wrolstad is off this week.
Clete Blakeman’s crew has been taken off the Colts-Bears game following the positive covid-19 tests from the Tennessee Titans; Blakeman’s crew officiated the game between the Titans and Vikings last week.
Additionally, the Titans-Steelers and Patriots-Chiefs games have been postponed due to increasing positive test results from those teams. All other scheduled game assignments are subject to change due to the pandemic.
Thursday, Oct. 1
- Broncos at Jets NFLN — Jerome Boger
Sunday, Oct. 4
- Colts at Bears —
Clete BlakemanCraig Wrolstad - Jaguars at Bengals — Alex Kemp
- Browns at Cowboys — Clay Martin
- Saints at Lions — Shawn Smith
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Steelers at Titans — Shawn HochuliPOSTPONED TO WEEK 7 - Seahawks at Dolphins — Scott Novak
- Chargers at Buccaneers — Brad Allen
- Ravens at WAS Football Team — Adrian Hill
- Cardinals at Panthers — Ron Torbert
- Vikings at Texans — Brad Rogers
- Giants at Rams — John Hussey
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Patriots at Chiefs — Tony CorrentePOSTPONED - Bills at Raiders — Land Clark
- Eagles at 49ers NBC — Bill Vinovich
Monday, Oct. 5
- Falcons at Packers ESPN — Carl Cheffers
NFL rescheduled, relocated, and canceled games, since 1980
Source: So You Think You Know Football?, Football Zebras research. Does not include preseason, games moved within the normal Sunday afternoon slots, or games that were scheduled around conflicts in advance. Shaded rows indicate games that were moved up to an earlier date. *Postseason game.
| Date | Teams | Incident | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/25/2020 | PIT-BAL | Rescheduling accommodation | Postponed to Nov. 1 due to rescheduling of PIT-TEN, and BAL takes originally scheduled PIT bye week |
| 10/4/2020 | NE-KC | Coronavirus | Postponed to Monday night |
| 10/4/2020 | PIT-TEN | Coronavirus | Postponed to Oct. 25 |
| 9/10/2017 | TB-MIA | Incoming hurricane (Irma) | Postponed to Nov. 19 when both teams were scheduled to have a bye week |
| 1/15/2017 | PIT-KC* | Forecasted ice storm | Postponed from 12:05 local time to 7:20 local time (8:20 p.m. Eastern) |
| 11/23/2014 | NYJ-BUF | Snow | Relocated to Ford Field in Detroit on Monday night, state of emergency declared in Buffalo |
| 10/6/2013 | SD-OAK | Conflict with baseball playoffs | Postponed from 4:25 PT to 8:35 PT (11:35 p.m. ET) to allow for stadium reset |
| 12/26/2010 | MIN-PHI | Incoming blizzard | Postponed from Sunday night to Tuesday night. |
| 12/13/2010 | NYG-MIN | Stadium damage (snow collapsed roof) | Relocated to Ford Field in Detroit on Monday night. |
| 12/20/2010 | CHI-MIN | Relocated to TCF Stadium at the Univ. of Minnesota | |
| 11/9/2008 | TEN-CIN | Rescheduling accommodation | Moved up to Oct. 26 due to rescheduling of BAL-HOU, and CIN took originally scheduled HOU bye week |
| 9/14/2008 | BAL-HOU | Stadium damage (Hurricane Ike) | Postponed to Nov. 9 |
| 10/23/2005 | KC-MIA | Incoming hurricane (Wilma) | Moved up to Friday night |
| 9/18/2005 | NYG-NO | Hurricane damage to city (Katrina) | Relocated to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. as acting home team on Monday night |
| 10/2/2005 | BUF-NO | Relocated to Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas | |
| 10/16/2005 | ATL-NO | ||
| 12/24/2005 | DET-NO | ||
| 10/30/2005 | MIA-NO | Relocated to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. | |
| 11/6/2005 | CHI-NO | ||
| 12/4/2005 | TB-NO | ||
| 12/18/2005 | CAR-NO | ||
| 9/26/2004 | PIT-MIA | Incoming hurricane (Jeanne) | Postponed from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Eastern time) |
| 9/12/2004 | TEN-MIA | Incoming hurricane (Ivan) | Moved up to Saturday |
| 10/27/2003 | MIA-SD | Wildfires, evacuation operations | Relocated to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. |
| 10/21/2001 | DAL-OAK | Potential conflict with baseball playoffs | Moved up to Oct. 7, but the Oakland A’s were subsequently eliminated |
| 9/17–18/2001 | 15 games | Terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 | Postponed Week 2 games to the end of the schedule; playoff games and the Super Bowl all pushed back one week (first February Super Bowl) |
| 10/26/1997 | CHI-MIA | Conflict with Game 7 of World Series | Postponed to Monday night |
| 9/6/1992 | NE-MIA | Hurricane recovery (Andrew) | Postponed to Oct. 18 when both teams were scheduled to have a bye week |
| 10/14/1990 | HOUO-CIN | Conflict with baseball playoffs | Teams swapped dates of their home games |
| 10/22/1989 | NE-SF | Stadium damage (Loma Prieta earthquake) | Relocated to Stanford Stadium at Stanford Univ. |
| 10/8/1989 | NO-SF | Conflict with baseball playoffs | Teams swapped dates of their home games |
| 10/25/1987 | DEN-MIN | Conflict with Game 7 of World Series | Postponed to Monday night |
| 10/18/1987 | TB-MIN | Conflict with World Series | Teams swapped dates of their home games. Original MIN home game was a strike game. |
| 10/11/1987 | ATL-SF | Conflict with baseball playoffs | Teams swapped dates of their home games. Original SF home game was a strike game. |
| 9/27–28/1987 | 14 games | NFL players’ strike | Cancelled all Week 3 games |
| 12/29/1985 | NE-NYJ* | Shared stadium | Both wild card games in Giants Stadium, moved up AFC game to Saturday |
| 10/13/1985 | PHI-STLC | Conflict with baseball playoffs | Teams swapped dates of their home games |
| 9/2/1984 | CLE-SEA | Conflict with scheduled baseball game | Postponed to Monday afternoon 1pm PT after trying to force Mariners game to move |
| 10/16/1983 | DAL-PHI | Conflict with World Series | Teams swapped dates of their home games |
| 9/4/1983 | PHI-SF | Conflict with baseball/event | Moved up to Saturday to allow field to rest before Monday’s SF Giants game and postgame Chuck Mangione–Ray Charles concert |
| 11/22/1982 | SD-LARAI | Franchise relocated | Relocated all Oakland games to Los Angeles. After 1982 schedule printed, Raiders franchise won court injunction allowing team to move. Four games canceled by strike. |
| 12/5/1982 | SEA-LARAI | ||
| 12/18/1982 | LAR-LARAI | ||
| 12/26/1982 | DEN-LARAI | ||
| 9/26–11/14/1982 | 112 games | NFL players’ strike | Week 3-10 not played, 98 games cancelled, 14 games rescheduled as Week 17; playoff format modified, postseason games (except Super Bowl) moved out 1 week |
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