The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will face off in a rematch of Super Bowl LIX in just the second week of the 2025 NFL season, it has been revealed.
The Sunday afternoon showdown will take place on September 14 at Arrowhead in Kansas City, and was the standout matchup announced on Wednesday night.
Full schedules have now been released for all 32 NFL teams, with the Chiefs featuring in at least eight primetime games throughout the campaign. The Super Bowl champion Eagles, meanwhile, have seven.
It is already looking like a particularly hard season for the New York Giants, as many commented on their schedule being the toughest of all the teams.
It is an especially brutal start for Russell Wilson and Co, with back-to-back trips to Washington and Dallas, before the visit of the Kansas City Chiefs to MetLife.
They they face the Chargers in New Jersey, before a trip to New Orleans, and then the Super Bowl champion Eagles are in town on October 9 in Week 6.
Elsewhere, the Buffalo Bills will travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens in a mouthwatering Week 1 Sunday Night Football showdown that pitches two of the best quarterbacks in the league against each other in Josh Allen against Lamar Jackson.
There could also be an immediate return to New York for Aaron Rodgers if he signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with a Week 1 trip to the Jets first up.
There is also an exciting early prospect for new Las Vegas Raiders coach Pete Carroll, who will head back to his old stomping ground in New England to face the Patriots in the season opener.
Prior to Wednesday night, a host of exciting games had already been announced by the league, including the Chiefs’ season opener in Brazil against the Los Angeles Chargers, and the first game of the year: Cowboys @ Eagles on Thursday night.
The first Monday Night Football of the season sees the Minnesota Vikings visiting the Chicago Bears on September 8. YouTube TV is the presenting sponsor of ‘Kickoff Weekend’, featuring the entire Thursday to Monday slate.
Amazon Prime will once again air Thursday Night Football throughout the season, starting with its Week 2 coverage of the Packers-Commanders, as Jordan Love and Jayden Daniels go head-to-head.
Netflix will once again stream two NFL games on Christmas Day, beginning with the Cowboys’ trip to Washington, before the Minnesota Vikings host the Detroit Lions.
There are seven international games across the season, with six televised exclusively on NFL Network. Along with three games in the UK and one in Brazil, there will also be three new cities on the schedule: Berlin, Dublin and Madrid.
A statement released by the NFL revealed the full international picture: ‘The international slate begins in Week 1 in Brazil with Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers (8 p.m. ET, YouTube) and follows with games in four consecutive weeks, beginning in Dublin at Croke Park in Week 4 with the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network).
‘In Week 5, Minnesota will become the first team to play in consecutive international games in different countries when they meet the Cleveland Browns (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
‘In Week 6, the Denver Broncos and New York Jets (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) will meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before the London action shifts to Wembley Stadium in Week 7, when the Jacksonville Jaguars will play the Los Angeles Rams (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network).
‘As part of the league’s commitment to playing regular-season games in Germany, the NFL will continue the international slate of games with the first-ever regular season game in Berlin in Week 10 as the Atlanta Falcons meet the Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) at the Olympic Stadium Berlin.
‘The international schedule will conclude the following week with the first-ever regular-season game in Madrid, Spain, when the Miami Dolphins take on the Washington Commanders (Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) at the Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F.’