Dean Michaels

The NFL announced its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2013, which kicks off on Thursday night, September 5 and concludes on Sunday, December 29 with 16 division games.

The season begins with the NFL's annual primetime kickoff game. The opener on September 5 on NBC (8:30 PM ET) will feature the defending-champion Baltimore Ravens visiting the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in a rematch of last year's double-overtime AFC Divisional Playoff Game.

NBC's Sunday Night Football will get underway on September 8 when the Dallas Cowboys host the division-rival New York Giants (8:30 PM ET).

Kickoff Weekend concludes on Monday, September 9 with a doubleheader on ESPN's Monday Night Football.

The Washington Redskins will host the Philadelphia Eagles (7:10 PM ET) in the first game followed by the Houston Texans visiting the San Diego Chargers (10:20 PM ET).

ESPN will televise one game each Monday night in Weeks 2-16. There will be no Monday night game on the final regular-season weekend (Week 17) to provide more flexibility for the scheduling of the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs.

The regular season will conclude with Week 17 on Sunday, December 29. For the fourth consecutive year, all 16 games scheduled for Week 17 are division contests, enhancing the potential for more games at the end of the season with playoff ramifications.

The season concludes on Sunday, February 2 with Super Bowl XLVIII, the historic New York/New Jersey Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (FOX).

Thanksgiving will feature an NFL tripleheader on Thursday, November 28. The first game will send the Green Bay Packers to Detroit to face the Lions (12:30 PM ET, FOX) in an NFC North showdown. The late afternoon game will feature the Oakland Raiders visiting Dallas (4:30 PM ET, CBS). The holiday concludes with an AFC North matchup as the Pittsburgh Steelers visit Baltimore on NBC (8:30 PM ET).

The NFL will again play beyond the borders of the United States in 2013. This season, the league will take an historic step in its international development with two regular-season games being played in the United Kingdom at London's Wembley Stadium. On September 29, the Minnesota Vikings will host Pittsburgh (1:00 PM ET, CBS). One month later, on October 27, the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the San Francisco 49ers (1:00 PM ET, FOX). Then on December 1, the Buffalo Bills will venture north to Canada for the sixth consecutive season when they host the Atlanta Falcons in Toronto at the Rogers Centre (4:05 PM ET, FOX).

NFL Network will feature 13 games -- all on Thursday nights -- from Weeks 2-15 (excluding Week 13 on Thanksgiving night). The NFL Network slate will start on Thursday, September 12 (8:25 PM ET) with an AFC East contest featuring the New England Patriots hosting the New York Jets.

"Flexible scheduling" will be used in Weeks 11-17. In Weeks 11-16, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday or Monday nights. A flexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game. For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to December 29. The schedule does not list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be moved to that time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives "surprise" teams a chance to play their way into primetime.

The NFL's 32 teams will each play 16 games over 17 weeks. Byes will begin in Week 4 and end in Week 12.

The playoffs will include four division winners and two wild cards from each conference. The playoffs begin with Wild Card Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, January 4-5. The two division winners with the best records in each conference will earn first-round byes.

Wild Card Weekend winners join the top two division champions in each conference in the Divisional Playoffs on Saturday and Sunday, January 11-12. The AFC and NFC Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 19. The winners meet two weeks later on Sunday, February 2 in Super Bowl XLVIII.

FOX will present the NFC, the NFC playoffs, the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl XLVIII. CBS will carry AFC games, the AFC playoffs and the AFC Championship Game. The 64 AFC-NFC interconference games (excluding primetime) are carried by CBS when the AFC team is the visitor and by FOX when the NFC team is on the road. All postseason games are televised nationally. In addition to its regular-season package, NBC will televise a Wild Card playoff doubleheader on Saturday, January 4, and the Pro Bowl on Sunday, January 26.

2013 National Football League Schedule

Thursday, September 5 (First Weekend)

1. Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos

Sunday, September 8

2. New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

3. Seattle Seahawks at Carolina Panthers

4. Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears

5. Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns

6. Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions

7. Oakland Raiders at Indianapolis Colts

8. Kansas City Chiefs at Jacksonville Jaguars

9. Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at N.Y. Jets

11. Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers

12. Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams

13. Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers

14. N.Y. Giants at Dallas Cowboys

Monday, September 9

15. Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins

16. Houston Texans at San Diego Chargers

 

Thursday, September 12 (Second Weekend)

17. N.Y. Jets at New England Patriots

Sunday, September 15

18. St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons

19. Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens

20. Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Bills

21. Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

22. Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers

23. Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans

24. Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts

25. Dallas Cowboys at Kansas City Chiefs

26. San Diego Chargers at Philadelphia Eagles

27. Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals

28. New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

29. Denver Broncos at N.Y. Giants

30. Jacksonville Jaguars at Oakland Raiders

31. San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks

Monday, September 16

32. Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

 

Thursday, September 19 (Third Weekend)

33. Kansas City Chiefs at Philadelphia Eagles

 

Sunday, September 22

34. Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens

35. Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati Bengals

36. N.Y. Giants at Carolina Panthers

37. St. Louis Rams at Dallas Cowboys

38. Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings

39. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots

40. Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints

41. San Diego Chargers at Tennessee Titans

42. Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins

43. Atlanta Falcons at Miami Dolphins

44. Buffalo Bills at N.Y. Jets

45. Indianapolis Colts at San Francisco 49ers

46. Jacksonville Jaguars at Seattle Seahawks

47. Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers

 

Monday, September 23

48. Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos

 

Thursday, September 26 (Fourth Weekend)

(Byes: Carolina, Green Bay)

49. San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams

 

Sunday, September 29

50. Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills

51. Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns

52. Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions

53. Seattle Seahawks at Houston Texans

54. Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars

55. N.Y. Giants at Kansas City Chiefs

56. Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings (London)

57. Arizona Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

58. N.Y. Jets at Tennessee Titans

59. Philadelphia Eagles at Denver Broncos

60. Washington Redskins at Oakland Raiders

61. Dallas Cowboys at San Diego Chargers

62. New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons

 

Monday, September 30

63. Miami Dolphins at New Orleans Saints

 

Thursday, October 3 (Fifth Weekend)

(Byes: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington)

64. Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns

 

Sunday, October 6

65. New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears

66. New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals

67. Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

68. Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts

69. Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins

70. Philadelphia Eagles at N.Y. Giants

71. Jacksonville Jaguars at St. Louis Rams

72. Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee Titans

73. Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals

74. Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys

75. San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders

76. Houston Texans at San Francisco 49ers

 

Monday, October 7

77. N.Y. Jets at Atlanta Falcons

 

Thursday, October 10 (Sixth Weekend)

(Byes: Atlanta, Miami)

78. N.Y. Giants at Chicago Bears

 

Sunday, October 13

79. Green Bay Packers at Baltimore Ravens

80. Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills

81. Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns

82. St. Louis Rams at Houston Texans

83. Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs

84. Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings

85. Pittsburgh Steelers at N.Y. Jets

86. Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

87. Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos

88. Tennessee Titans at Seattle Seahawks

89. New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots

90. Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

91. Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

 

Monday, October 14

92. Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers

 

Thursday, October 17 (Seventh Weekend)

(Byes: New Orleans, Oakland)

93. Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

 

Sunday, October 20

94. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons

95. St. Louis Rams at Carolina Panthers

96. Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions

97. San Diego Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars

98. Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs

99. Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

100. New England Patriots at N.Y. Jets

101. Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

102. Chicago Bears at Washington Redskins

103. San Francisco 49ers at Tennessee Titans

104. Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers

105. Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

106. Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts

 

Monday, October 21

107. Minnesota Vikings at N.Y. Giants

 

Thursday, October 24 (Eighth Weekend)

(Byes: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee)

108. Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

Sunday, October 27

109. Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions

110. San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars (London)

111. Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs

112. Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

113. Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints

114. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

115. Pittsburgh Steelers at Oakland Raiders

116. N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati Bengals

117. Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals

118. Washington Redskins at Denver Broncos

119. Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

 

Monday, October 28

120. Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams

 

Thursday, October 31 (Ninth Weekend)

(Byes: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco)

121. Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins

 

Sunday, November 3

122. Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills

123. Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

124. Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys

125. New Orleans Saints at N.Y. Jets

126. Tennessee Titans at St. Louis Rams

127. San Diego Chargers at Washington Redskins

128. Philadelphia Eagles at Oakland Raiders

129. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Seattle Seahawks

130. Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns

131. Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots

132. Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

 

Monday, November 4

133. Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

 

Thursday, November 7 (Tenth Weekend)

(Byes: Cleveland, Kansas City, New England, N.Y. Jets)

134. Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings

 

Sunday, November 10

135. Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons

136. Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

137. Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

138. Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers

139. St. Louis Rams at Indianapolis Colts

140. Oakland Raiders at N.Y. Giants

141. Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers

142. Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans

143. Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers

144. Houston Texans at Arizona Cardinals

145. Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers

146. Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints

 

Monday, November 11

147. Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

Thursday, November 14 (Eleventh Weekend)

(Byes: Dallas, St. Louis)

148. Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans

 

Sunday, November 17

149. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo Bills

150. Baltimore Ravens at Chicago Bears

151. Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals

152. Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans

153. Arizona Cardinals at Jacksonville Jaguars

154. San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins

155. Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles

156. Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers

157. Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

158. Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

159. San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints

160. Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks

161. Green Bay Packers at N.Y. Giants *

 

Monday, November 18

162. New England Patriots at Carolina Panthers

 

Thursday, November 21 (Twelfth Weekend)

(Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle)

163. New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

 

Sunday, November 24

164. N.Y. Jets at Baltimore Ravens

165. Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns

166. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions

167. Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers

168. Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans

169. San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs

170. Carolina Panthers at Miami Dolphins

171. Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams

172. Indianapolis Colts at Arizona Cardinals

173. Tennessee Titans at Oakland Raiders

174. Dallas Cowboys at N.Y. Giants

175. Denver Broncos at New England Patriots *

 

Monday, November 25

176. San Francisco 49ers at Washington Redskins

* - Sunday Night Games In Weeks 11-16 Subject To Change

 

Thursday, November 28 (Thirteenth Weekend)

177. Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

178. Oakland Raiders at Dallas Cowboys

179. Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens

 

Sunday, December 1

180. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers

181. Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns

182. Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts

183. Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

184. Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

185. Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

186. Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles

187. Atlanta Falcons at Buffalo Bills (Toronto)

188. St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers

189. New England Patriots at Houston Texans

190. Cincinnati Bengals at San Diego Chargers

191. N.Y. Giants at Washington Redskins *

 

Monday, December 2

192. New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks

 

Thursday, December 5 (Fourteenth Weekend)

193. Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars

 

Sunday, December 8

194. Minnesota Vikings at Baltimore Ravens

195. Indianapolis Colts at Cincinnati Bengals

196. Cleveland Browns at New England Patriots

197. Oakland Raiders at N.Y. Jets

198. Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

199. Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles

200. Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers

201. Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

202. Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Redskins

203. Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos

204. St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals

205. N.Y. Giants at San Diego Chargers

206. Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers

207. Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers *

 

Monday, December 9

208. Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears

* - Sunday Night Games In Weeks 11-16 Subject To Change

 

Thursday, December 12 (Fifteenth Weekend)

209. San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos

 

Sunday, December 15

210. Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons

211. Chicago Bears at Cleveland Browns

212. Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts

213. Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars

214. New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins

215. Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings

216. Seattle Seahawks at N.Y. Giants

217. New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Rams

218. San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

219. Arizona Cardinals at Tennessee Titans

220. N.Y. Jets at Carolina Panthers

221. Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders

222. Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys

223. Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers *

 

Monday, December 16

224. Baltimore Ravens at Detroit Lions

 

Sunday, December 22 (Sixteenth Weekend)

225. Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills

226. New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

227. Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals

228. Denver Broncos at Houston Texans

229. Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars

230. Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs

231. Cleveland Browns at N.Y. Jets

232. Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles

233. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at St. Louis Rams

234. Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins

235. N.Y. Giants at Detroit Lions

236. Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks

237. Pittsburgh Steelers at Green Bay Packers

238. Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers

239. New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens *

 

Monday, December 23

240. Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers

* - Sunday Night Games In Weeks 11-16 Subject To Change

 

Sunday, December 29 (Seventeenth Weekend)

241. Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

242. Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

243. Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals

244. Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

245. Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts

246. N.Y. Jets at Miami Dolphins

247. Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings

248. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

249. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

250. Washington Redskins at N.Y. Giants

251. Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers

252. Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans

253. San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals

254. Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders

255. Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers

256. St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks

* - Sunday Night Game In Week 17 TBD

Postseason

Saturday, January 4 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs (NBC)

Sunday, January 5 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs (CBS And Fox)

Saturday, January 11 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs (CBS And Fox)

Sunday, January 12 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs (CBS And Fox)

Sunday, January 19 AFC and NFC Championship Games (CBS And Fox)

Sunday, January 26 Afc-NFC Pro Bowl (NBC)

Sunday, February 2 Super Bowl XLVIII, New York/New Jersey (Fox)

 

2013 NFL Schedule Week-by-Week - NFL 2013