The NFL released its week-by-week schedule for the 2013 season. The season begins with the Baltimore Ravens, the defending Super Bowl champions, at the Denver Broncos on September 5 and concludes on Sunday, December 29. The Philadelphia Eagles play at the Washington Redskins in the season’s first Monday night game on September 9. Indianapolis plays at San Francisco on September 22, when Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will face his college coach from Stanford, Jim Harbaugh, who coaches San Francisco. Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos quarterback, will return to Indianapolis to play the Colts on October 20. And the Manning brothers will battle each other in week two when Denver plays at the New York Giants.
According to the NFL and the Associated Press, the week-by-week schedule, with all the byes, is listed below:
All Times Eastern
Thursday, Sept. 5
Baltimore at Denver, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 8
New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Miami at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Arizona at St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.
Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 9
Philadelphia at Washington, 7:10 p.m.
Houston at San Diego, 10:20 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 12
N.Y. Jets at New England, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 15
St. Louis at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Washington at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.
Miami at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.
Denver at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.
Jacksonville at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:40 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Kansas City at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 22
Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New England, 1 p.m.
Arizona at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Washington, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 4:05 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 23
Oakland at Denver, 8:40 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26
San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29
Baltimore at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota (London), 1 p.m.
Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
Washington at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
New England at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 30
Miami at New Orleans, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Carolina, Green Bay)
Thursday, Oct. 3
Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6
New Orleans at Chicago, 1 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Houston at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 7
N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington)
Thursday, Oct. 10
N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 13
Green Bay at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Houston, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
New Orleans at New England, 4:25 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 14
Indianapolis at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Atlanta, Miami)
Thursday, Oct. 17
Seattle at Arizona, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Tampa Bay at Atlanta , 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Detroit, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Washington, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh , 4:25 p.m.
Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 21
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: New Orleans, Oakland)
Thursday, Oct. 24
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 27
Dallas at Detroit, 1 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Jacksonville (London), 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Miami at New England, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
Washington at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 28
Seattle at St. Louis, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee)
Thursday, Oct. 31
Cincinnati at Miami, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3
Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Washington, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New England, 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 4
Chicago at Green Bay, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco)
Thursday, Nov. 7
Washington at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 10
Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Oakland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Carolina at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Houston at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
Denver at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 11
Miami at Tampa Bay, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Cleveland, Kansas City, New England, N.Y. Jets)
Thursday, Nov. 14
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 17
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 18
New England at Carolina, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Dallas, St. Louis)
Thursday, Nov. 21
New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 24
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Miami, 1 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.
Denver at New England, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 25
San Francisco at Washington, 8:40 p.m.
(Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle)
Thursday, Nov. 28
Green Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.
Oakland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Buffalo (Toronto), 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
New England at Houston, 4:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 2
New Orleans at Seattle, 8:40 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Houston at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Minnesota at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at New England, 1 p.m.
Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Miami at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Washington, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9
Dallas at Chicago, 8:40 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 12
San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15
Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
New England at Miami, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16
Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 22
Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Cincinnati , 1 p.m.
Denver at Houston, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.
Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
New England at Baltimore, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 23
Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 29
Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh , 1 p.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
**Note on flexible scheduling–according to USA Today:
“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