NBC Sunday Night Football - Season 16 / Year 2023

The season begins with NFL Kickoff 2023 on Thursday, Sept. 7 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., as NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, winners of two of the last four Super Bowls, host Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions, who won 8 of their final 10 games last season.

In the season opener of Sunday Night Football on Sunday, Sept. 10, a pair of NFC East playoff teams meet as Daniel Jones and the New York Giants host Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. The matchup marks the series-high fifth time that the Cowboys and Giants have met in the opening NBC Sunday Night Football game.

Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins (1-0) host Mac Jones and the New England Patriots (0-1) in an AFC East divisional clash in the Week 2 of the NFL Schedule.

Miami and New England meet for the 116th time (including the postseason) this weekend, with the Dolphins holding a 60-55 advantage. Last season, the clubs split the series, 1-1, with both teams winning at home. 

Jimmy Garoppolo and the Las Vegas Raiders (1-1) host Kenny Pickett and the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) in a historic rivalry game in the Week 3 match up. 

Las Vegas and Pittsburgh meet for the 32nd time (including the postseason) on Sunday, with the Raiders holding a 17-14 advantage. From 1972-1976, these two teams met in the playoffs a record five consecutive seasons in what was one of the bitter rivalries of the 1970s, fueled in part by the "Immaculate Reception," the miracle touchdown catch by Steelers wide receiver Franco Harris from Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw during a 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff game.

From MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Are you ready for it? Two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes, seven-time All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce, and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (2-1) visit 2022 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Sauce Gardner and the New York Jets (1-2) in the Week 4 game.

Old AFL rivals, the Chiefs and Jets meet for the 41st time (including postseason) on Sunday, with Kansas City holding a 20-19-1 advantage. This will be the Jets' first game on Sunday Night Football since 2012.

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys (3-1) visit Christian McCaffrey and the undefeated San Francisco 49ers (4-0) in a rematch of last year's NFC Divisional Playoff game in the Week 5 game.

San Francisco has defeated Dallas in the last two postseasons, including a 19-12 win in last year's NFC Divisional Round – their NFL-record-tying ninth postseason matchup. In total, the two franchises have met in six NFC Championship Games – including "The Catch" game in January 1982. The rivalry reached its height in the 1990s when the teams played nine times overall, and met in three consecutive NFC Championship Games, following the 1992-94 seasons. The winner of each of those three matchups won the Super Bowl.

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills host the New York Giants in the Week 6 edition of NBC's Sunday Night Football.

The Bills and Giants meet for the 15th time (including the playoffs) on Sunday, with the two teams currently tied 7-7 for the all-time series. Their lone postseason matchup, Super Bowl XXV, saw New York defeat Buffalo, 20-19, and win the franchise's second championship.

Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles (5-1) host Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins (5-1) in a battle of division-leading teams in the Week 7 game.

Sunday's game marks the first career NFL matchup between Hurts and Tagovailoa, who were teammates at the University of Alabama for two seasons (2017-2018). Both first-round draft picks, the quarterbacks were members of the Crimson Tide team that won the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship and lost in the 2018 CFP title game.

The Dolphins and Eagles, who are tied for the best record in the NFL this season, meet for the 16th time on Sunday, with Miami leading the all-time series, 9-6. Sunday's game will also be the first matchup of teams 5-1 or better on Sunday Night Football at this point in the season since 2015 (6-0 Green Bay vs. 6-0 Denver on Nov. 1).

Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers host the Chicago Bears in the Week 8 edition from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Cal. 

The Bears and Chargers meet for the 14th time on Sunday, with Chicago leading the all-time series, 7-6.

Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals (4-3) host Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills (5-3) in a rematch of last season's AFC Divisional Playoff game in the Week 9 edition.

The Bills lead the all-time series with the Bengals by a slim 17-16 margin. Sunday will also be a rematch of last season's AFC Divisional Playoff game, which Cincinnati won, 27-10, to advance to its second consecutive AFC Championship Game. This will only be the second career matchup between Allen and Burrow.

In a crucial game for both teams, the New York Jets (4-4) visit the Las Vegas Raiders (4-5) in the Week 10 edition.

The Jets-Raiders rivalry dates to the beginning of the American Football League in 1960. The Raiders lead the all-time series with a record of 26-20-2. The teams have met four times in the playoffs, with each winning twice. The Jets beat the Raiders in the 1968 AFL Championship Game, 27-23, en route to winning Super Bowl III, their lone championship. This will be the first matchup between the two teams since 2020.

In a matchup of streaking teams, Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos, aiming for their fourth consecutive win, host Joshua Dobbs and the Minnesota Vikings, who have won five in a row, in the Week 11 edition. 

Sunday's matchup sees the Vikings and the Broncos meet for a 16th time, with Minnesota holding a slight 8-7 lead in the all-time series. 

The 49ers and Seahawks engage for the first time since an NFC wild-card meeting last season. San Francisco has won three straight meetings after ousting Seattle 41-23 behind superstar Christian McCaffrey's 119 rushing yards and receiving touchdown.

Lamar Jackson and the well-rested Ravens (8-3) visit the reeling Chargers (4-6). Jackson tossed two touchdown passes in a 34-20 triumph over rival Cincinnati on Thursday Night Football. Los Angeles dropped its last two, each by a field goal.

Two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes makes his first visit to Lambeau Field when the Kansas City Chiefs (8-3) visit Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers (5-6) in the Week 13 edition. 

Mahomes – the two-time Super Bowl winner who won both the league MVP and Super Bowl MVP last season – makes his first visit to the iconic home of the Packers, which opened as City Stadium in 1957 and was re-named Lambeau Field in 1965 after former head coach Curly Lambeau. Mahomes is 23-4 (.852) in starts after Dec. 1 in his career, while the Packers have won 10 of their past 11 regular season home games after Dec. 1.

Sunday's matchup sees the Chiefs and Packers meet for a 15th time, with Kansas City holding an 8-5-1 advantage in the all-time series. Sunday will also be a rematch of Super Bowl I, which the Vince Lombardi-coached Packers won, 35-10, in 1967.

In a historic NFC East rivalry game, Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys (9-3) host Jalen Hurts and the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles, who are a league-best 10-2, in the Week 14 edition. Sunday's meeting is the first regular-season game between the Eagles and Cowboys at least 10 games into the season with each team having a winning percentage of .750 or better. Sunday's game will also help determine the NFC East title. If the Eagles win, they will remain in first place; if the Cowboys win, they will move into first place via tiebreaker (division record). 

2019 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens (10-3), the current top seed in the AFC, visit Trevor Lawrence and the AFC South-leading Jacksonville Jaguars (8-5) in the Week 15 edition. Sunday marks the 24th regular season meeting between the Ravens and Jaguars, with Jacksonville holding a 13-10 advantage in the all-time series. 

The Steelers host the Bengals. Pittsburgh has dropped all three games on its schedule since beating Cincinnati 16-10 in Week 12, while the Bengals have won three straight behind quarterback Jake Browning. T.J. Watt (PIT) leads the NFL with 16 sacks.

Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers battle Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings to keep their playoff hopes alive in the Week 17 edition live from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.

Sunday marks the 127th regular-season meeting between the Packers and Vikings, with Green Bay holding a 65-58-3 advantage in the all-time series. This will be the ninth Packers-Vikings game on SNF, making it the fifth-most-played matchup since the show debuted in the 2006 NFL season.

The Dolphins host the Bills for a regular season-ending AFC East showdown. Buffalo has won three straight meetings and 10 of the last 11 following a 48-20 triumph in Week 4. Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes, three to Stefon Diggs, in that game.