NFL Schedule 2023: Primetime Games, Thanksgiving & Christmas Tripleheaders, Prime Video Black Friday Freebie & More

Erik Pedersen

11 May 2023 at 8:45 pm·6-min read

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.

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.

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. 14
Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 3, Sept. 21
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers

Week 4, Sept. 28
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

Week 5, Oct. 5
Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders

Week 6, Oct. 12
Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 7, Oct. 19
Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints

Week 8, Oct. 26
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Buffalo Bills

Week 9, Nov. 2
Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 10, Nov. 9
Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears

Week 11, Nov. 16
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

Week 12, Nov. 24 (Black Friday game)
Miami Dolphins at New York Jets

Week 13, Nov. 30
Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys

Week 14, Dec. 7
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 15, Dec. 14
Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders

Week 16, Dec. 21
New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams

Week 17, Dec. 22
New 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. 10
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants

Week 2, Sept. 17
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

Week 3, Sept. 24
Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders

Week 4, Oct. 1
Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets

Week 5, Oct. 8
Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers*

Week 6, Oct. 15
New York Giants at Buffalo Bills*

Week 7, Oct. 22
Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles*

Week 8, Oct. 29
Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Chargers*

Week 9, Nov. 5
Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals*

Week 10, Nov. 12
New York Jets at Las Vegas Raiders*

Week 11, Nov. 19
Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos*

Week 12, Nov. 26
Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers*

Week 13, Dec. 3
Kansas City Chiefs at Green Bay Packers*

Week 14, Dec. 10
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys*

Week 15, Dec. 17
Baltimore 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. 31
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings*

Week 18, Jan. 7
TBA*

Monday Night Football
(All games at 5:15 p.m. PT on ESPN except where noted)

Week 1, Sept. 11
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Week 2, Sept. 18
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers (4:15 p.m.)
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers (5:15 p.m., ABC/ESPN+)

Week 3, Sept. 25
Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4:15 p.m., ABC)
Los Angeles Rams at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 4, Oct. 2
Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants

Week 5, Oct. 9
Green Bay Packers at Las Vegas Raiders

Week 6, Oct. 16
Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Chargers

Week 7, Oct. 23
San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings

Week 8, Oct. 30
Las Vegas Raiders at Detroit Lions

Week 9, Nov. 6
Los Angeles Chargers at New York Jets

Week 10, Nov. 13
Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills

Week 11, Nov. 20
Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 12, Nov. 27
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Week 13, Dec. 4
Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 14, Dec. 11
Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins
Green Bay Packers at New York Giants (5:15 p.m. ABC)

Week 15, Dec. 18
Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots

Week 16, Dec. 25
Baltimore Ravens at San Francisco 49ers

Week 17, Dec. 30 (Saturday)
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys

Week 18, Jan. 7
TBA (1:30 p.m., ESPN/ABC)
TBA (ESPN/ABC)

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