Seahawks scheduled to play five prime time games, open against Dolphins

The Seahawks, apparently, are still prime-time when it comes to getting games in the league’s premier time slots.

The NFL released the 2016 schedule Thursday with the Seahawks getting five night games.

Seattle plays Sunday night three times – Oct. 23 at the Arizona Cardinals, Nov. 13 at the New England Patriots and a home game vs. the Carolina Panthers on Dec. 4.

The Seahawks also have home games on a Monday night – against the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 7 – and Thursday night versus the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 15.

Other facts about the schedule:

• The Seahawks begin the season at home Sept. 11 vs. the Miami Dolphins.
• The team’s bye is in the fifth week of the season.
• The season finale is scheduled for Jan. 1 at the San Francisco 49ers. Don’t worry about a potential Rose Bowl conflict, Huskies fans; the Rose Bowl is scheduled for Jan. 2, 2017.
• The Seahawks have five games against playoff teams from 2015: twice against the Cardinals, Patriots, Panthers and Green Bay Packers.
• Seattle has eight games against sub. 500 teams from 2016 and two games against teams that finished .500.
• The Seahawks make three trips to the East Coast (at New England, the New York Jets and Tampa Bay).
• The team has back-to-back road games in October: at Arizona on Oct. 23 and then the next week at New Orleans.

The schedule, week-by-week (all games Sunday unless otherwise noted):

Sept. 11: Miami Dolphins, 1:05 p.m., CBS

Sept. 18: at Los Angeles Rams, 1:05 p.m., FOX

Sept. 25: San Francisco 49ers, 1:05 p.m., FOX

Oct. 2: at New York Jets, 10:05 a.m. FOX

BYE WEEK

Oct. 16: Atlanta Falcons, 1:25 p.m., FOX

Oct. 23: at Arizona Cardinals, 5:30 p.m., NBC

Oct. 30: at New Orleans Saints, 10 a.m., FOX

Nov. 7 (Monday): Buffalo Bills, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

Nov. 13: at New England Patriots, 5:30 p.m., NBC

Nov. 20: Philadelphia Eagles, 1:25 p.m., CBS

Nov. 27: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:05 p.m., FOX

Dec. 4: Carolina Panthers, 5:30 p.m., NBC

Dec. 11: at Green Bay Packers, 1:25 p.m., FOX

Dec. 15 (Thursday): Los Angeles Rams, 5:25 p.m., NBC / NFL / Twitter

Dec. 24 (Saturday): Arizona Cardinals, 1:25 p.m., FOX

Jan. 1: at San Francisco 49ers, 1:25 p.m., FOX

This story was originally published April 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM with the headline "Seahawks scheduled to play five prime time games, open against Dolphins."