The Colts have known for months that they will be the designated home team for the first NFL game ever played in Berlin, Germany.
The rest of the details are available now.
Indianapolis will take on the Atlanta Falcons at 9:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 9 at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, the stadium that was initially built for the 1936 Olympics, an Olympis forever etched into history by legendary American sprinter Jesse Owens winning four gold medals.
The Falcons are a team in transition. Atlanta finished 8-9 in 2024, a season that opened with Kirk Cousins at starting quarterback but ended with former Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. in the starter’s role. Penix is the starter this offseason, and Cousins remains on the roster.
Indianapolis is likely going to play a lot of games in Germany as the NFL continues to expand its international slate to eight games per year, the number that commissioner Roger Goodell has targeted for the future. Indianapolis holds marketing rights in the country, along with a handful of other NFL teams, and the Colts have a number of connections to the country, most notably Bjorn Werner, the former Indianapolis first-round pick who has become the face of American football in Germany.
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Bill Speros calculated the number of miles traveled for each NFL team with the Colts coming in seventh at 25,089. The Chargers, Rams, Seahawks, Jaguars, 49ers and Falcons have to travel more, topped by the Chargers’ 37,086.
NFL 2025-26 MILES TRAVELED
The 32 NFL teams will cover a total of 625,947 miles this season, averaging 19,561 per team, and 2,301 per trip. 6 NFL teams will travel more miles than it takes to go around the world.
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Indianapolis Colts 2025 schedule: The opponents
The Colts will play AFC South foes Houston, Jacksonville and Tennessee at home and on the road. In the 2024 season, Indianapolis lost twice to Houston, by a total of 5 points; split 3-point decisions with Jacksonville, and swept Tennessee.
As part of the NFL’s rotating schedule formula, the Colts will play AFC West and NFC West opponents, as well as second-place finishers from the AFC East (Miami), AFC North (Pittsburgh) and NFC South (Atlanta).
AFC teams have nine home games in 2025, though the Colts will play one of those in Berlin, Germany.
Home games:  Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons.
Road games: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers.
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