Rixster67r wrote:The 2002 through 2011 pre and regular season schedules are the actual schedules........the rest just repeat them selves back to 66 and forward to 2040.......The current NFL schedule format repeats itself every 9th season. I followed this format to create the rest of the schedules
I attached the actual 2012 preseason schedule and will do the regular season as well unless someone has already created it?????
These schedules will be much better moving forward than the game generated schedules......
If anyone has any problems let me know
2 things, 1) for future schedules how'd you determine the 2 conference opponents for each team that are normally determined by division standings? For example, next season (2018) the Vikings are scheduled to play the entire NFC West, but they also play Philadelphia (from the NFC East) and New Orleans (from the NFC South) which are determined by the fact that they all finished 1st in their respective divisions. The Lions would then play Dallas and Carolina because they all finished 2nd. Did you just choose 2 random opponents for each team to fill in those 2 games, which is fine because like you said, anything is better than the Madden generated schedule lol. I was just curious.
And 2) the NFL schedule actually repeats every 25th year, if you include the home/road part of the equation. After every 9th year your non conference opponents repeat, but your conference opponents repeat every 7th year. As a result both conferences only align every 25th year.
I'll use the Vikings as an example, and just the 1st team from each NFC/AFC division that they'd be scheduled to play that year.
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1. 2018 at ARZ at BUF
2. 2019 at DAL DEN
3. 2020 ATL at HOU
4. 2021 ARZ at BAL
5. 2022 DAL BUF
6. 2023 at ATL at DEN
7. 2024 at ARZ HOU
8. 2025 at DAL BAL
9. 2026 ATL at BUF <--- AFC opponents begin to repeat but NFC opponents are different
10. 2027 ARZ DEN
11. 2028 DAL at HOU
12. 2029 at ATL at BAL
13. 2030 at ARZ BUF <--- both repeat but home/away is different
14. 2031 at DAL at DEN
15. 2032 ATL HOU
16. 2033 ARZ BAL
17. 2034 DAL at BUF <--- AFC repeats again, but NFC still different
18. 2035 at ATL DEN
19. 2036 at ARZ at HOU
20. 2037 at DAL at BAL
21. 2038 ATL BUF
22. 2039 ARZ at DEN
23. 2040 DAL HOU
24. 2041 at ATL BAL
25. 2042 at ARZ at BUF <--- both finally repeat at the same time including home/away, matching the 1st year
So 24 years of unique schedules with the current NFL scheduling format.