NFL Schedule 2023: Primetime Games, Thanksgiving & Christmas Tripleheaders, Prime Video Black Friday Freebie & More
With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, the NFL is grabbing some headlines today as the league reveals its 2023 schedule. It teased a few games ahead earlier in the day, and now we have the full roster of games. Have a look at the primetime games and the Thanksgiving and Christmas Day tripleheaders below — with all times Pacific for brevity.
The annual Kickoff Game features the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the rising Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, September 7, on NBC. The season’s first Monday Night Football matchup on ESPN will be an AFC East tilt with the Buffalo Bills visiting the New York Jets at 5:15 p.m. September 11 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. It will mark future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ first game with the Gotham club after 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers.
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This year’s Thanksgiving Day menu begins with the Packers at the Lions at 9:30 a.m. on Fox, followed by the Washington Commanders at the Dallas Cowboys at 1:30 p.m. on CBS and the Seattle Seahawks hosting the San Francisco 49ers in the NBC nightcap at 5:20 p.m.
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There’s also a Christmas Day tripleheader, kicking off with the Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders from Arrowhead Stadium at 10 a.m. on CBS and Nickelodeon. Next up is the New York Giants at the Philadelphia Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Fox, followed by Baltimore Ravens and 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
There will be five international NFL games this season. Three are set for London: Atlanta-Jacksonville on October 1 (Wembley Stadium, ESPN+), Jacksonville-Buffalo on October 8 (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, NFL Network) and Baltimore-Tennessee on October 15 (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, NFL Network). The other two are in Frankfurt, Germany: Miami-Kansas City on November 5 and Indianapolis-New England on November 12. Both will be played at Frankfurt Stadium, and all five Euro matches start at 6: 30 a.m.
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Also revealed earlier today was a Week 5 Sunday Night Football game on NBC with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Cowboys at 5:20 p.m. October 8.
The league said Wednesday that its first Black Friday game will feature the Miami Dolphins against their archrival New York Jets at noon on November 24. Prime Video will stream it for free, even to non-subscribers — a first for a U.S.-based NFL game.
Here are the matchups for the primetime Thursday, Sunday and Monday games:
Thursday Night Football(All games at 5:15 p.m. PT on Prime Video except where noted)
Week 2, Sept. 14Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 3, Sept. 21New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
Week 4, Sept. 28Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
Week 5, Oct. 5Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders
Week 6, Oct. 12Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 7, Oct. 19Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints
Week 8, Oct. 26Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Buffalo Bills
Week 9, Nov. 2Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 10, Nov. 9Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears
Week 11, Nov. 16Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
Week 12, Nov. 24 (Black Friday game)Miami Dolphins at New York Jets
Week 13, Nov. 30Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys
Week 14, Dec. 7New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 15, Dec. 14Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 16, Dec. 21New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams
Week 17, Dec. 22New York Jets at Cleveland Browns
Sunday Night Football(All games at 5:20 p.m. PT on NBC except where noted; flex weeks marked by *)
Week 1, Sept. 10Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Week 2, Sept. 17Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
Week 3, Sept. 24Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 4, Oct. 1Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets
Week 5, Oct. 8Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers*
Week 6, Oct. 15New York Giants at Buffalo Bills*
Week 7, Oct. 22Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles*
Week 8, Oct. 29Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Chargers*
Week 9, Nov. 5Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals*
Week 10, Nov. 12New York Jets at Las Vegas Raiders*
Week 11, Nov. 19Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos*
Week 12, Nov. 26Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers*
Week 13, Dec. 3Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers*
Week 14, Dec. 10Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys*
Week 15, Dec. 17Baltimore Ravens at Jacksonville Jaguars*
Week 16, Dec. 23 (Saturday)Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers (1:30 p.m.)*Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Chargers (5 p.m., Peacock)*
Week 17, Dec. 31Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings*
Week 18, Jan. 7TBA*
Monday Night Football(All games at 5:15 p.m. PT on ESPN except where noted)
Week 1, Sept. 11Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
Week 2, Sept. 18New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers (4:15 p.m.)Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers (5:15 p.m., ABC/ESPN+)
Week 3, Sept. 25Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4:15 p.m., ABC)Los Angeles Rams at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 4, Oct. 2Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants
Week 5, Oct. 9Green Bay Packers at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 6, Oct. 16Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Chargers
Week 7, Oct. 23San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings
Week 8, Oct. 30Las Vegas Raiders at Detroit Lions
Week 9, Nov. 6Los Angeles Chargers at New York Jets
Week 10, Nov. 13Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills
Week 11, Nov. 20Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 12, Nov. 27Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Week 13, Dec. 4Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 14, Dec. 11Tennessee Titans at Miami DolphinsGreen Bay Packers at New York Giants (5:15 p.m. ABC)
Week 15, Dec. 18Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots
Week 16, Dec. 25Baltimore Ravens at San Francisco 49ers
Week 17, Dec. 30 (Saturday)Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Week 18, Jan. 7TBA (1:30 p.m., ESPN/ABC)TBA (ESPN/ABC)
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