The NFL officially released the 2023 schedule for all 32 teams on Thursday night.
Here is who the Cowboys will face in the upcoming season.
PRESEASON (dates and times TBD)
vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
at Seattle Seahawks
vs. Las Vegas Raiders
REGULAR SEASON
Sunday, September 10: at New York Giants, 7:20 p.m. CT
Sunday, September 17: vs. New York Jets, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, September 24: at Arizona Cardinals, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, October 1: vs. New England Patriots, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, October 8: at San Francisco 49ers, 7:20 p.m. CT
Monday, October 16: at Los Angeles Chargers, 7:15 p.m. CT
Sunday, October 22: Bye Week (Week 7)
Sunday, October 29: vs. Los Angeles Rams, noon CT
Sunday, November 5: at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, November 12: vs. New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, November 19: at Carolina Panthers, noon CT
Thursday, November 23: vs. Washington Commanders, Â 3:30 p.m. CT (Thanksgiving)
Thursday, November 30: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 7:15 p.m. CT
Sunday, December 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 7:20 p.m. CT
Sunday, December 17: at Buffalo Bills, 3:25 p.m. CT
Sunday, December 24: at Miami Dolphins, 3:25 p.m. CT
Saturday, December 30: Detroit Lions, 7:15 p.m. CT
Week 18 (TBD): at Washington Commanders, TBD
Dallas opens the season by traveling to face the Giants on Sunday Night Football and returns for its home opener the following week against the New York Jets. The Week 2 matchup will be Aaron Rodgers’ second game with the Jets and first on the road since being traded from the Green Bay Packers.
Other notable games include a playoff rematch at the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5, a trip to face the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 6, the annual Thanksgiving game (this time against the Washington Commanders), and a trip to Buffalo in December.
The Cowboys will not face the defending NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles until the second half of the season and will play seven teams from last year’s playoffs.
The Thanksgiving matchup with Washington is the first of three consecutive home games. That game gives Dallas a seventh nationally broadcast game to go with a league maximum of six primetime games.
Teams can be “flexed” into a seventh primetime game later in the year based on their play and can be removed from a primetime slot based on the same criteria.
Due to the league’s scheduling formula, each team plays certain divisions and opponents on a rotating basis.
This year, the Cowboys will play the NFC West (Seahawks, Cardinals, Rams, 49ers) and the AFC East (Jets, Patriots, Dolphins, Bills). They also face the Detroit Lions and the Carolina Panthers as teams who finished second in their respective divisions last season and the Los Angeles Chargers as their AFC-NFC crossover opponent that was introduced with the 17-game schedule in 2021.
