Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR 550) - With the 2023 regular season coming to a close on Sunday night in Miami, opponents for the Buffalo Bills have officially been finalized for the 2024 regular season.
The Bills will play a total of eight games next season in Orchard Park at the friendly confines of Highmark Stadium. This includes the following teams:
- Miami Dolphins
- New York Jets
- New England Patriots
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Tennessee Titans
- Kansas City Chiefs
- San Francisco 49ers
- Arizona Cardinals
It will be the first time the Bills will welcome the 49ers and Cardinals to Western New York since the 2016 season, where Buffalo came out on the victorious end of both matchups.
Also, the Kansas City Chiefs will play their first game in Orchard Park during the regular season since the 2020 season in front of an empty Highmark Stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since then, the Bills have traveled to Kansas City to play regular season games at Arrowhead Stadium in each of the last three years. That's also not counting two additional playoff games in 2020 and 2021.
In addition, the Jaguars will be making their first trip to Orchard Park since the 2018 season, which was Josh Allen's rookie season under center for the Bills. Buffalo did technically play a home game against Jacksonville in 2023, but that game took place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.
Meanwhile, Buffalo will be on the road nine times this season with a couple of notable road trips, including a pair of games closer to home for members of "Bills Mafia". This includes:
- at Miami Dolphins
- at New York Jets
- at New England Patriots
- at Houston Texans
- at Indianapolis Colts
- at Baltimore Ravens
- at Los Angeles Rams
- at Seattle Seahawks
- at Detroit Lions
Buffalo will make its first trip to Houston since its loss in the 2019 AFC Wild Card Round to the Texans, 22-19. The Bills have since hosted the Texans in Orchard Park, earning a 40-0 win in 2021.
The Bills will also be heading back to Baltimore to face the AFC's No. 1 seed in the 2023 season next year. Buffalo played the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in 2022, and managed to pull out a comeback win in wet and soggy conditions.
As for the NFC matchups this year, the Bills return to Southern California for a third-straight year, taking on the Rams in a rematch of the 2022 season opener at SoFi Stadium that went way of Buffalo.
Buffalo also makes its return to Seattle for the first time since the 2016 season, where the Bills were knocked off by the Seahawks in a "Monday Night Football" showdown at Lumen Field.
And to close out the NFC opponents, the Bills will travel to Detroit to face the Lions for the second time in three years. Buffalo was in the "Motor City" during the 2022 season to play on Thanksgiving Day, which the Bills ended up winning with a last-second field goal from kicker Tyler Bass.
The Bills also played in Detroit the week before in 2022 in a game against the Cleveland Browns that was forced to move to Ford Field due to a winter snowstorm that buried Western New York days prior to kickoff.
The 2024 regular season schedule will formally be announced sometime in May after the 2024 NFL Draft.
