NFL London Games

What is the NFL London Games?

Since 2007, the NFL has had an NFL International Series where a selection of NFL teams travel over to the UK to play regular season games giving NFL fans on this side of the pond a chance to see a game live in London. The first-ever NFL London Games (known then as the NFL London Series) matchup took place in October of 2007 when the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins travelled over to play in front of 81,176 fans with a pre-game show from The Feeling. The NFL London Games are very popular in the UK, tickets have been reported as selling out nine months in advance just two days after going on sale in the past!

What NFL Teams are playing in London in 2024?

The 2024 NFL London Games kick off on Sunday 6th October when the New York Jets take on the Minnesota Vikings at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (14:30 KO). The following weekend sees the Jacksonville Jaguars clash with the Chicago Bears again at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 13th October (14:30). The Jacksonville Jaguars stay in London when they meet the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 20th October (14:30).

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Which Franchise has the best NFL London Games record?

There are a number of teams who are unbeaten in the London Series, the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants have the best 100% record having won on all three appearances, whilst the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers have visited twice and won on both occasions. The franchise with the most wins is the Jacksonville Jaguars who have been over the most, they have played nine games and have a 4-5 win/loss record.

Which Franchise has the worst NFL London Games record?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the worst record, they have been over three times and have been defeated in all three games. The Miami Dolphins have lost four times but they have been over five times and did pick up a win in 2014.

NFL London Games 2007-12 - Wembley Stadium

The NFL London Games started in 2007 with that already mentioned game between the Giants and Dolphins which finished in a 13-10 win for the Giants. The series was set up with a 'Super bowl' feel to it by getting in a music act to perform before the game although in more recent years this has become less so due to there being multiple matches.

• 2007 - The Feeling
• 2008 - Stereophonics
• 2009 - Calvin Harris
• 2010 - My Chemical Romance
• 2011 - Goo Goo Dolls
• 2012 - Train

For the first six years of the London Games, it was a single game series, each game with the exception of 2011 was watched by an attendance of 81,000+ fans live at Wembley, the 2011 game between the Bears and Bucs had 76,941 fans in the stadium.

There is always a designated home team and visiting team and the teams designated at home did not have a great record, they went 2-4 over the six years with the 'Home' team averaging just 17.1 points compared to the 27.5 points averaged by the 'Visiting' team.

NFL London Games 2013-15 - Multi-Games at Wembley Stadium

The London Games up until 2012 remained a one-match series, however, in 2013 a second match was added and in 2014 it was expanded even further with a third match added which was also the case in 2015. These additional matches in 2013-15 were also played at Wembley Stadium, it was to allow even more fans to witness the NFL live in person!

In 2014 a total of 250,571 fans attended the games and in 2016 a total of 251,631 which meant in the two years, there were over half a million NFL fans attending the NFL London Games! The pre-game entertainment continued, on the whole, the exception was for the Jets/Dolphins game in 2015 which did not have any and the Ohio State University Marching Band came over in 2015 for the Bills/Jags game.

• 2013 - Tinie Tempah / Ne-Yo
• 2014 - Def Leppard / Little Mix / Joss Stone
• 2015 - Ohio State Marching Band / Madness

The theme of those designated as the 'Home' team struggling continued with a 3-5 record during this period, in 2014, all three designated home teams failed to win. The visitors average 28.5 points per game whilst the home team averages 23.6 points which were both up on the previous group of games, the home team scoring much more.

NFL London Games 2016-Present - New Stadiums

For 2016, it was announced that there would be an additional stadium added to the London Games, as well as Wembley, England's home of rugby, Twickenham would also host a game that would have a 75,000 capacity for the NFL.

The first NFL game to be played at Twickenham was the Giants & Rams matchup, a game which had an attendance of 74,121, 98.8% of the capacity who witnessed the Giants run over 17-10 winners, the other two matches were played at Wembley that year.

2017 saw a further expansion, for the first time we had four games live in the UK, two at Wembley and two at Twickenham and again the four games were sell-outs with 316,988 fans attending the games!

Twickenham was then dropped from the lineup in 2018 and the London Games were reduced back to three games, all of which were played at Wembley and all of which attracted crowds of 84k+ fans! In 2019, the new Tottenham stadium was added to the London Games roster which was expanded back to four games, two at the new stadium and two at Wembley.

The Wembley contract was up in 2020, the NFL International Series was looking to expand even further and unfortunately, no new agreement was reached with Wembley, meaning for 2021 we were reduced to two games in the UK, both of which were played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with no Wembley games for the first time since the series was created in 2007.

The 2022 NFL London Games saw Wembley return to the Stadium roster, the original London venue used to host the inaugural NFL London game in 2007 welcomed the Jacksonville Jaguars who played the Denver Broncos. The Jaguars made their ninth London appearance and eighth at Wembley. The first two games of the 2022 NFL London Series took place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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