New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins on Black Friday: How many Friday NFL games have there been?

This year the NFL will have its first ever Black Friday game as the New York Jets host the Miami Dolphins in an AFC East divisional match-up.

While this game will be an NFL first on Black Friday, a few games since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 have cropped up on a Friday.

The vast majority of NFL Friday games have fallen in the week around Christmas, with the two most recent examples happening on Christmas Day.

The last non-festive NFL game to take place on a Friday was the Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs in 2005 which was rescheduled due to Hurricane Wilma.

In total, there have been just 11 NFL games to take place on a Friday since 1970 - with this season's Black Friday game becoming the 12th.

The first of which was back in 1970 as the Rams beat the Cardinals 34-13 before a 13-year wait for the next Friday game.

Each season between 1983 and 1986 contained one Friday game - two of which saw the San Francisco 49ers beat the Rams.

Since the rescheduled Dolphins vs. Chiefs game in 2005 there have been just two Friday games.

The Chargers had a blow-out 42-17 win over the Titans on Christmas Day in 2009 before a memorable Saints-Vikings game on Christmas Day three years ago.

On that day, Saints running back Alvin Kamara broke the NFL record for the most rushing touchdowns in a single game with six.

Kamara also tied the NFL record for the most touchdowns scored of any type in a game by a single player - joining Gale Sayers (1965) and Dub Jones (1951) with six.