January 9, 2023

Detroit Lions 2023 home/away opponents finalized

The 2022 NFL regular season is in the books and though our Detroit Lions won eight of their last ten games to finish with a 9-7 record, they came up one game short of making the playoffs. Now, it is time to start looking ahead at the Detroit Lions 2023 schedule. Of course, we will not know what the Lions’ week-by-week schedule will look like until next spring sometime (it came out on May 12th this year), but we now know the Lions’ home/away opponents for next season.

Detroit Lions 2023 schedule Thanksgiving

How is the Detroit Lions 2023 Schedule formed?

Before we look at the Detroit Lions 2023 home/away opponents, let’s take a look at how the opponents are determined.

Each NFL team will play a 17-game regular-season schedule that will include one bye week. Teams in the AFC and NFC will alternate seasons in which they have 9 home regular-season games and one home preseason game, or 8 away regular-season games and two away preseason games. The AFC will have nine regular-season home games in the 2023 season. This means the Lions will play eight home games and nine road games in 2023.

Here is the breakdown of how the opponents are determined: Via NFL Operations

Six games against divisional opponents — two games per team, one at home and one on the road.
Four games against teams from a division within its conference — two games at home and two on the road.

Four games against teams from a division in the other conference— two games at home and two on the road.
Two games against teams from the two remaining divisions in its own conference — one game at home and one on the road. Matchups are based on division ranking from the previous season.
The new 17th game is an additional game against a non-conference opponent from a division that the team is not scheduled to play. Matchups are based on division ranking from the previous season.

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Detroit Lions 2023 Schedule: Home/Away opponents

With that being said, here is what the Detroit Lions’ home/away opponents will be for 2023. (Remember, this is NOT a week-by-week schedule

Date		Opponent	Time/TV
Date TBA		at Chicago Bears	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Chicago Bears	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Green Bay Packers	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Minnesota Vikings	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Atlanta Falcons	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Carolina Panthers	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Denver Broncos	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Las Vegas Raiders	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Green Bay Packers	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Kansas City Chiefs	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Los Angeles Chargers	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Minnesota Vikings	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at New Orleans Saints	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Baltimore Ravens	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		at Dallas Cowboys	Time TBATV TBA
Date TBA		Seattle Seahawks	Time TBATV TB

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