Puppy Bowl XIX: Meet the paw-sitively adorable, adoptable contestants | USA TODAY

The Puppy Bowl will air on February 12 at 2ET/11PT. The furry fun can be watched on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, discovery+ and HBO Max.

The teams are set for the ruff-est game to take place on Super Bowl Sunday – the 19th annual Puppy Bowl. The pooch lovers' pre-show to the Feb. 12 Super Bowl, airing before the big game (2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST), returns.

Puppy Bowl XIX features perennial pooch powerhouses Team Ruff and Team Fluff competing for the Lombarky Trophy. Each team is stacked with adorable (and adoptable) puppies who romp on a model stadium's turf for the three-hour show.

This year's lovefest showcases 122 puppies from 67 shelters and rescues across 34 states. The teams include 11 special-needs puppy players looking for forever homes, including Julius, a hearing-impaired Dalmatian and Mykonos, an American Staffordshire terrier/bulldog with a cleft palate.

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[robertdevito]

“Who do you have on your fantasy team?”
“Uhm, Tom Barkey?”

[danielkemp]

Hope there no calls for un-neccesary "ruff"-ness!!!! Lol!!!

[edyann]

But I don't understand American football! 🤗❤🐶