When Is the 2025 Puppy Bowl? How to Watch the Event Without Missing a Second of the Super Bowl

Mar. 15, 2025

Puppies playing in the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.Photo:Animal Planet/WBD

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Animal-loving football fans can have the best of both worlds onSuper Bowl Sunday.

Thanks to how the2025 Super BowlandPuppy Bowlare scheduled, everyone can watch both big games without missing a moment from one.

The adoptable dogs of Team Ruff and Team Fluff will face off in Puppy Bowl XXI on the same day, Feb. 9, that thePhiladelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs for Super Bowl LIX. Thankfully, the events air at different times.

Read on to find out how to tune into Sunday’s football games — canine and human — on Feb. 9.

When is the 2025 Puppy Bowl?

Puppy Bowl 2025, the 21st installment of the beloved rescue animal event, will air on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST.

The 2025 Super Bowl kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EST on FOX, meaning Puppy Bowl fans can watch the entire three-hour special and still have plenty of time to switch to the human football game before the national anthem starts.

Rescue puppies compete in the Puppy Bowl.Animal Planet/WBD

Where can I watch the 2025 Puppy Bowl?

Who is playing in the 2025 Puppy Bowl?

This year’s event will bethe biggest Puppy Bowl yet, with 142 rescue dogs from 80 shelters in 40 states and two countries competing on Team Ruff and Team Fluff.

Rescue dogs playing during the Puppy Bowl.Animal Planet/WBD

Can I watch the Puppy Bowl after the Super Bowl?

After its first airing at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST on Feb. 9, the 2025 Puppy Bowl will be available to stream anytime on Max and discovery+, allowing animal lovers a chance to watch all the adorable action after the 2025 Super Bowl if they prefer.

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Rescue puppies during the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.Animal Planet/WBD

What’s new about Puppy Bowl this year?

Puppy Bowl 2025 will include the first Puppy Bowl Kickoff special. The pre-game show will air before the canine game on Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST on Animal Planet. The kickoff will include the Puppy Combine, where viewers will get a chance to watch 10 precious pups show off their skills in a series of cute challenges.

source: people.com