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Sunday Night Football: Colts at Chiefs Start Time and Where to Watch

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The official schedule lists Colts at Chiefs for Sunday Night Football. Here is the distinction between pregame coverage, kickoff, time zones, and viewing options.

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The matchup on the official schedule

For the Week 2 listing, the matchup is Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, September 20, 2026. The NFL schedule gives the venue as GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, with kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET. It labels the game as Sunday Night Football on NBC.

7 p.m. coverage is not 8:20 p.m. kickoff

The NBC Sports release lists Football Night in America at 7:00 p.m. ET and the game kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET. Those times answer two different questions:

  • Pregame coverage: 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Football kickoff: 8:20 p.m. ET

Treating both times as competing kickoff listings creates unnecessary confusion. One is the program before the game; the other is when the game is scheduled to begin.

Use one time-zone label

The Chiefs schedule displays the same kickoff as 7:20 p.m. CDT. The NFL and Colts schedule use 8:20 p.m. ET.

These are not two separate start times. They are local labels for the same scheduled game. Use 8:20 p.m. ET for an Eastern Time reference and 7:20 p.m. CDT for the Kansas City listing.

Where the official listing says to watch

The NBC Sports release names NBC, Peacock, and Universo for the event. The NFL schedule identifies NBC, while the team schedules also list NBC and, on the Colts page, Universo.

That gives a more useful answer than simply searching for a generic Chiefs or Colts game: first identify the matchup on the NFL schedule, then use the broadcaster’s event listing for the named outlets.

What this evidence does not establish

These schedule and broadcast pages establish the matchup, date, venue, times, and listed outlets. They do not establish a final score, a player-availability update, or a prediction. A schedule can tell you when the game is scheduled; it cannot by itself turn a Colts–Chiefs matchup into an evidence-based pick.

For this listing, the practical distinction is straightforward: pregame coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. ET, while Sunday Night Football kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET.

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