Season Description
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League (NFL), themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."
Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Conversely, the Detroit Lions became the first NFL team with a winless season since the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season, finishing their season 0–16. Their 0-16 record would eventually be matched by the 2017 Cleveland Browns. For the first time since the NFL expanded to the sixteen-game season in 1978, three teams won two or fewer games: the Lions, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the St. Louis Rams. Previously two teams won two or fewer games in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, and 2001. Also, for the first time since the 1985 Denver Broncos, a team finishing with an 11–5 record missed the playoffs — the defending AFC champion New England Patriots.
The regular season began on September 4 with the defending Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants defeating the Washington Redskins.
This was the last NFL season to air on analog television, as the Digital television transition in the United States, which required all full-power stations to covert to digital, began on June 12, 2009.
Event List
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r04   | Carolina PanthersCarolina Pant | 24 - 9 | Atlanta FalconsAtlanta Falco |
| 28 Sep |
r04   | Chicago BearsChicago Bears | 24 - 20 | Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia |
| 28 Sep |
r04   | Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati Be | 12 - 20 | Cleveland BrownsCleveland Bro |
| 28 Sep |
r04   | Dallas CowboysDallas Cowboy | 24 - 26 | Washington RedskinsWashington Re |
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r04   | Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville | 30 - 27 | Houston TexansHouston Texan |
| 28 Sep |
r04   | Kansas City ChiefsKansas City C | 33 - 19 | Denver BroncosDenver Bronco |
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r04   | New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans S | 31 - 17 | San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco |
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r04   | New York JetsNew York Jets | 56 - 35 | Arizona CardinalsArizona Cardi |
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r04   | Oakland RaidersOakland Raide | 18 - 28 | San Diego ChargersSan Diego Cha |
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r04   | St. Louis RamsSt. Louis Ram | 14 - 31 | Buffalo BillsBuffalo Bills |
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r04   | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay Buc | 30 - 21 | Green Bay PackersGreen Bay Pac |
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r04   | Tennessee TitansTennessee Tit | 30 - 17 | Minnesota VikingsMinnesota Vik |
| 29 Sep |
r04   | Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh St | 23 - 20 | Baltimore RavensBaltimore Rav |
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