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How to Get the NFL Sunday Ticket Without DirecTV
The 2019-20 NFL season is finally here and that means millions of fans are looking for the best and easiest way to watch every game. Whether you’re on a smartphone or tablet, or at home, the NFL Sunday Ticket remains one of the best options. And now, you can get the Sunday Ticket even if you cut the cord and canceled cable.
In this guide we’ll show you how to get the NFL Sunday Ticket without DirecTV. While Thursday games will split on Amazon Prime and Fox this year, you can watch everything with the NFL Ticket.
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DirecTV offers standalone packages that are finally affordable, which is your best route. Plus, students can get the Sunday Ticket TV U (University) for under $100. Here’s how to get started.
How to Get the NFL Sunday Ticket Without DirecTV
- Check eligibility for Sunday Ticket TO-GO
- Buy the DirecTV Sunday Ticket TV U ($99 for College students)
- and more
Our first method is something everyone can try to do, so we’ll start with that. And while the season is already over for several teams and QB1’s are injured, there’s still plenty of football to watch. What we’re trying to do here is get the NFL Sunday Ticket without paying for DirecTV. Essentially DirecTV will let users buy the Sunday Ticket without a cable subscription only if they live in an area DirecTV isn’t offered. A great example is a home where installing a Satellite dish isn’t an option or someone on a college campus. That said, even if you can get a dish, this method could still work for you.
To start, simply go to the Directv website.
Let me say that again. If you can’t get DirecTV or don’t have a home that can use a satellite dish, you can still get the Sunday Ticket. You’re also eligible for the service if you live in a multi-unit building like an apartment, condo or dorm room.
I have access to DirecTV at my house, yet this standalone package is still available to me, oddly. One which I immediately took advantage of. They check eligibility with your address. We’ve also heard using a P.O. Box for your address during the online setup will show the location as unavailable, and let users select the stand-alone package. Or at least it did in 2018. Instantly giving you the Sunday ticket. Then sign in on a smartphone, laptop, or streaming device for all the action.
Basically, you sign up for a standalone package and enjoy the Ticket without DirecTV. Here were the options last year, and they’re offering something similar for the 2019-20 season, although the MAX plan is $395, which is pretty damn expensive. DirecTV has more info on the website.
If your address is eligible, you actually have a few different packages you can choose from. Start with NFLST.TV To Go or pay top dollar for NFLST.TV Max.
The Max bundle gives you the NFL Red Zone, that way you can catch every TD and almost all red-zone drives, which is nice. Not to mention Fantasy Zone so you can win your league and helps with stats and information week in and week out. This package costs $395.99 for the season or $99 per month, instead of the $359 we had to pay in previous years. The price goes up every season if feels like, which sucks.
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Keep in mind that you can also upgrade at any moment to one of the more expensive plans. So, if you decide a few weeks in that you want more game action or the full Fantasy stats and analysis, just upgrade to the Max plan.
Bonus Tip: If you renew your subscription in 2017 and again in 2018, you’re locked into the previous year’s lower prices, which is pretty awesome. We recommend signing up again today, as it’ll likely cost even more next year and you’ll want that grandfathered price.
See, if you don’t have DirecTV you can still get the NFL Sunday Ticket starting at under $200.
Sunday Ticket To-Go delivers everything you need for mobile devices only, at $199, or in four payments. This is strictly for mobile devices. It also works with a computer (just use HDMI out and stream it to an HDTV) as well as all smartphones and tablets. Well, with iOS and Android devices.
Get the NFL Sunday Ticket for $99 With TV U (For College Students)
The same Sunday Ticket TO GO pass mentioned above can be had for even less if you’re in college. It’s only $99 for college students. Perfect for those in a dorm room. They call this the Sunday Ticket TV U. Small college doesn’t count though, which is a bummer. If you’re in a 2 or 4-year university, sign up and enjoy all the NFL you can handle for $99. Call and ask about it, or click our link above.
DirecTV also offers a slightly more expensive “Connected Pass” option that allows access to over 200 regular Sunday NFL games on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and even Roku devices. And finally, NFL Sunday Ticket Max. This is the best route, but also costs an arm and a leg. With MAX $395 covers anything and everything, not to mention any and all devices. If you don’t have DirecTV give one of the choices above a try, although personally GO is the best choice overall.
Can I Get the Sunday Ticket With AT&T TV Now?
These days people everywhere are cutting the cord and ditching traditional cable. That’s why Sling TV, YouTube TV, and even AT&T TV Now (Previously DirecTV Now) are so popular. They’re live TV streaming over the internet, no contracts, and you pay by the month.
Unfortunately, NO YOU CANNOT get the NFL Sunday Ticket as an add-on if you use AT&T TV Now in 2019. This seems like a major oversight in my opinion, and it was an option in 2018. For whatever reason AT&T and DirecTV want you to pay for the $99 streaming-only option instead, which we detailed above.
What About the Playoffs, Multi-streaming, and More?
It’s worth noting that these standalone packages do have a few disadvantages. For one, you can’t watch the pre-season, or more importantly, the playoffs, with the Sunday Ticket. It’s only for the regular season. However, the playoffs are usually on bigger network channels, and always aired on TV, so you should be fine with an antenna or something like Sling TV.
Additionally, you can only stream one game at a time, on one device at a time, unless you have the Max plan. This means no sharing the GO plan with friends and using the same login. I tried.
Data charges also apply if users stream from a mobile device, which will eat up a 3GB data plan after one NFL game. Meaning you’ll need a WiFi connection or a truly unlimited data plan.
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All said and done, give the link above a try and see if you’re eligible to get the NFL Sunday Ticket without DirecTV. Most likely your house is able to use a Dish, so this won’t work for everyone. If so, just buy a streaming plan and you’re all set. Otherwise, get Sling TV or YouTube TV, two of our favorite cable TV alternatives. Then, enjoy some hard-hitting football all season long.
Finally, there are a lot of deals and free Sunday Ticket options for new subscribers, and with AT&T being the new owner of DirecTV they have some great wireless and TV bundles. We recommend you call AT&T and combine your bills to save a few dollars, and check on discounts for the Sunday Ticket. So, enjoy the season and Go Packers!
Chris
09/03/2015 at 12:02 pm
worked with a PO Box address
Homer Simpson
09/20/2015 at 10:33 am
what was the specific address you used?
John
05/01/2016 at 9:08 am
Like so many others I can’t access the appropriate page to see whether my address falls in the eligible area.
Since you’ve had success could you supply the exact e-address used. Thanks for your help. John Chase
hatmakerlizzette
12/04/2016 at 8:17 am
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Scott
09/13/2015 at 6:01 am
Thanks for the links, but you never explained how you got to it to give you the packages even though your address made you ineligible. I’m not a student and directv is available at my address (like you), so how do I score this deal?
Thanks,
Scott
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08/03/2017 at 2:19 pm
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kayla
09/13/2015 at 1:03 pm
yes!! I’m with Scott^^^….please explain how you were able to do this
Harry A. Hole
10/12/2015 at 3:12 pm
Cory, you’re an a$$hat.
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10/23/2015 at 10:20 pm
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Laouida
11/07/2015 at 7:18 am
We have the Roku and unable to get the NFL Sunday Ticket, have talked to DirectTV and ATT&T the only way for us to receive/watch the games is the satellite dish. Apparently we live in the wrong location for it to work on Roku by what DirectTV says.
Craig Smith
11/10/2015 at 12:56 pm
Just get NFL GamePass for $99 a year
Josh
11/22/2015 at 11:48 am
Do not purchase this App! The picture quality and overall connection are terrible. All it does it buffer constantly. I spend more time staring at the “loading” screen than actually watching football.
Johnny Joe Blow
05/31/2016 at 5:34 am
Maybe you should move away from dial-up and try broadband.
Ubercrew
07/11/2016 at 1:46 pm
Having a fast connection won’t really help much if Directv continues to use crappy overloaded servers. I have a decent connection (150 Mbps Down/10 Mbps up) with fairly low latency and still had some issues with NFL Sunday Ticket streaming. The occasional buffering problem, 1 to 2 minute delay between Directv’s feed and the actual live action, and for the first 3 weeks I had issues with games being blacked out that should not have been. They were not local games and were not being shown on any local networks yet they were being blacked out by Directv. Directv eventually admitted it was a mistake on their end and gave me credits for the affected weeks.
If Directv wants to charge that much for a streaming service they need to provide a better product.
Steve Vilotti
05/21/2016 at 8:32 am
Don’t waste your time with this. It’s a bunch of bull. The only way to get NFL Sunday Ticket is if you have DirecTV, live in an area where you can’t put up a dish, or if the NFL decides to change their licensing agreement and open it up to every provider or provide the service directly. The days of the big cable/satellite companies are coming to an end soon anyway. With services like SlingTV and Playstation Vue, there won’t be a need to pay these outrageous monthly fees for 120 channels of crap you’ll never watch anyway.Cut the cable people and take back control of your TV.
Nettie
06/18/2016 at 10:25 am
Taking your advice Steve!! Finally cutting the cord, sick of all of these jerks!
Todd Christensen
08/18/2016 at 9:35 pm
How to get NFL Sunday Ticket Without DirecTV even when it says you are ineligible (usually due to the fact that DirecTV is available and they want you to buy the whole thing). You can do what I did. I went to NFLSundayTicket.TV but it said I couldn’t get it without DirecTV. So, I called DirecTV and they said the address says eligible for DirecTV. I explained while the address is eligible, I cannot get DirecTV because my house is part of the National Historical Society and there are federal rules about how I can alter the appearance of the home and a dish on the property or the home itself was not permissible (which is all true, BTW). So they made some kind of note in their system which made the address ineligible for DirecTV, at which point I went back to the standalone NFLSundayTicket.TV and just like that, it let me get it as a standalone app. They never checked to verify if what I told them about my house being on the National Historical Society was true (it is, but they never checked, they just took my work for it). So, there you have it. Good luck.
Jeremy
08/18/2016 at 10:00 pm
If you get the $199 package will you be able to watch the games on demand or just live? Can you pause, rewind etc?? Thx
Patrick N
08/26/2016 at 4:09 pm
199 is with no contract or with a contract?
vandavendel
08/31/2016 at 7:06 am
I think if you want to watch NFL online you should go to ScreenVariety website and enjoy your stream
Alan Florence
09/14/2016 at 11:34 pm
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Jodi
09/25/2016 at 10:50 am
Awesome story man, your links are on point. I tried to find your information on my own and it was impossible. Direct TV may literally have the worst website known to the www.
Paul
11/13/2016 at 10:31 am
Wouldn’t vendor and customer alike benefit by having Sunday Ticket available on it’s own REGARDLESS of satellite or cable vendor? Example: a Dish customer could order Sunday Ticket from it’s owner, receive full service to be added to the customer’s Dish billing without surcharge or curtailment of service.
VeronicaJack
12/04/2016 at 8:26 am
I don’t know how to watch free but for few $ you can watch it on ScreenVariety Tv . There you can watch that game without any blackouts or some other popups
Paul Jose
07/31/2017 at 11:48 am
By the way for the 2017-2018 Season, the NFL To Go is now $70/mo or 280$ for the season, a staggering 40% increase greedy freaking NFL….
NFLHDTV
08/03/2017 at 12:20 pm
Last year I paid a lot of money for NFL network. NEVER AGAIN ! Now I am watching NFL online via >>> N F L H D T V .CO M . Probably you already know but I want to remind you that >>> N F L H D T V .CO M has NFL games in their price. It’s only $29/yearly so I suggest to go to >>> NFLHDTV .CO M and buy subscription there. …..
DSDM
08/10/2017 at 10:03 am
My daughter is going away to college next year and will be in a dorm. She has absolutely zero interest in the NFL. Could I have her sign up and use her login information? She literally will never use the service.
SteveH
08/14/2018 at 9:33 am
Yes, you will put in her school, her name, and date of birth. The information will be checked against a national database that confirms enrollment in higher education. You should be able to then sign up. You can use your home address or her address, it doesn’t really matter, but you will be able to stream the games via just about any device. The limitation is you will only be able to stream one game at a time, but if you only follow one team or just jump around to watch games, it isn’t too much of a problem. I graduated in May and am scrambling to find someone with a college student I can use.
Bdog
08/10/2017 at 11:13 am
The PO Box Address trick does not work here:
https://nflst.directv.com/
Just says invalid address; but no options to sign up.
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