Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR 550) - The National Football League released its 2024 regular season schedule on Wednesday, with the Buffalo Bills opening the year on Sunday, Sept. 8 against the Arizona Cardinals with a 1 p.m. ET kickoff at Highmark Stadium.
In total, the Bills will play five prime-time games this season, with a majority of those games coming in the first six games of the season. This includes three-straight games under the bright lights in Weeks 2, 3 and 4. Two of those five prime-time games in 2024 will see Buffalo playing at the friendly confines of Highmark Stadium.
Compared to last season, the Bills will play a total of seven games in the 1 p.m. ET slot on Sunday, in addition to four games in either the 4:05 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET time slot.
Here is a look at the Bills' complete schedule for the 2024 season:
PRESEASON:
Week 1: Saturday, Aug. 10 vs. Chicago Bears - 1 p.m. ET (WIVB)
Week 2: Saturday, Aug. 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers - 7 p.m. ET (WIVB)
Week 3: Saturday, Aug. 24 vs. Carolina Panthers - 1 p.m. ET (WIVB)
REGULAR SEASON:
Week 1: Sunday, Sept. 8 vs. Arizona Cardinals - 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
Week 2: Thursday, Sept. 12 at Miami Dolphins - 8:15 p.m. ET (Amazon Prime Video)
Week 3: Monday, Sept. 23 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars - 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Week 4: Sunday, Sept. 29 at Baltimore Ravens - 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
Week 5: Sunday, Oct. 6 at Houston Texans - 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
Week 6: Monday, Oct. 14 at New York Jets - 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Week 7: Sunday, Oct. 20 vs. Tennessee Titans - 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
Week 8: Sunday, Oct. 27 at Seattle Seahawks - 4:05 p.m. ET (FOX)
Week 9: Sunday, Nov. 3 vs. Miami Dolphins - 1 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 10: Sunday, Nov. 10 at Indianapolis Colts - 1 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 11: Sunday, Nov. 17 vs. Kansas City Chiefs - 4:25 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 12: BYE WEEK
Week 13: Sunday, Dec. 1 vs. San Francisco 49ers - 8:20 p.m. EST (NBC)
Week 14: Sunday, Dec. 8 at Los Angeles Rams - 4:25 p.m. EST (FOX)
Week 15: Sunday, Dec. 15 at Detroit Lions - 4:25 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 16: Sunday, Dec. 22 vs. New England Patriots - 1 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 17: Sunday, Dec. 29 vs. New York Jets - 1 p.m. EST (CBS)
Week 18: Sat./Sun. at New England Patriots - TBD
After the Bills' season opener in Orchard Park, the team will immediately have a short week of work in preparation for a "Thursday Night Football" showdown with the Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. This will be a rematch of their Week 18 matchup last season in Miami that saw the Bills come away with a win to capture the team's fourth-straight AFC East title.
Buffalo's first home prime-time game comes the following Monday night when they host Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars in Orchard Park.
Then in Week 4, the Bills will head back on the road and play under the bright lights of prime-time again in Baltimore against reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium.
The Bills will then head to Houston to take on the Texans in Week 5 of the season at NRG Stadium. This matchup has significance following the trade of veteran wideout Stefon Diggs this offseason to the Texans after four seasons spent in Western New York.
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Then the Bills will play a third-straight road game the following Monday night in East Rutherford, New Jersey when they take on Aaron Rodgers and the Jets at MetLife Stadium. The last time the Bills played in the Meadowlands was last year in the season opener on Monday night when Rodgers' season was cut short just four snaps into the game due to a torn Achilles.
After matchups with the Titans at home and Seahawks in Seattle, the Bills return to Orchard Park for their second matchup of the season with the Dolphins in Week 9.
Then in Week 11, the Bills will face the Chiefs at Highmark Stadium in a rematch of the 2023 AFC Divisional Round that saw Kansas City end Buffalo's season, as they went on to eventually win Super Bowl LVIII.
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After a Week 12 bye, the Bills will be back in Orchard Park to play host to the reigning NFC champion 49ers in prime-time on "Sunday Night Football".
After a pair of matchups with other NFC opponents in Weeks 14 and 15 (Rams and Lions, respectively), the Bills will round out their schedule with a trio of divisional round matchups, two of which with the Patriots. The first matchup with New England takes place in Week 16 at Highmark Stadium, and the other in the Week 18 finale at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
Sandwiched in-between those two games with the Patriots will include the Bills' home finale in Week 17 against the Jets.
This year's Super Bowl is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the New Orleans Saints.
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