The 2023 NFL schedule won’t be released until May 11, but we already know all 14 opponents each team will play this fall on the road to Super Bowl 58.
The league’s scheduling mechanism runs on a predictable system. Every franchise gets six games against its division rivals, three against every other conference team that finished in the same spot in the division standings as they did (i.e. second place in the east faces second place in the north, south and west), three games against another in-conference division (not counting the aforementioned showdown with the similarly ranked team), four games against a cross-conference division and, with the advent of the 17-game schedule, one game against a previously unscheduled non-conference opponent decided by division ranking.
Simple, right?
Well, the important thing is we know exactly who is playing who in 2023 and where. We also know the five games that will make up this season’s International Games:
- Week 4: Atlanta Falcons vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom)
- Week 5: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills (at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom)
- Week 6: Baltimore Ravens vs. Tennessee Titans (at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom)
- Week 9: Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Frankfurt Stadium, Frankfurt, Germany)
- Week 10: Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots (Frankfurt Stadium, Frankfurt, Germany)
We also know we’ll watch the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs on New Year’s Eve:
Ending the year with a bang.
Chiefs vs. Bengals. New Year's Eve. ⏰ pic.twitter.com/GeIV1fFFXY
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) May 10, 2023
There’s an NFC East showdown between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles on Christmas.
Merry Christmas from the NFL: pic.twitter.com/npfV45AwF9
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 10, 2023
And we can skip whatever shopping nonsense is happening on Black Friday and watch Aaron Rodgers against the Miami Dolphins.
Divisional game on Black Friday? YES.
We’re taking on the NY Jets in the Big 🍎. Catch us on @PrimeVideo. pic.twitter.com/3gaiGnhvnN
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) May 10, 2023
But we don’t know when the other 264 games will take place. Those drop Thursday night, but if you can’t wait you can still track down every team’s 2023 dateless schedule below. Teams are listed in alphabetical order. Data comes from Pro Football Reference and FBS Schedules.
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