NFL Schedule Release Date Now Official and Other Notes

The Miami Dolphins initially were scheduled for three prime-time games in 2023, so how many will they get this time?

Alain Poupart | May 13, 2024

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It's now official: The 2024 NFL regular season schedule will be unveiled Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

The NFL made the announcement Monday morning, confirming a Sports Business Journal report from last week.

The unveiling of the regular season schedule is a big deal because now we'll get dates and times (with the few TBA exceptions) for the already-known matchups.

Along with revealing the schedule would be announced Wednesday night, the NFL also announced the kickoff game for the 2024 season, which will be a rematch of the AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night, Sept. 5.

Other games — one for each of the NFL's network partners — will be revealed prior to the full unveiling of the schedule Wednesday night.

The regular season schedule was announced during the second week of May the past three years, but reports suggested the process was delayed a bit this year because of the NFL's decision to schedule two games on Christmas Day, which falls on a Wednesday in 2024.

For those who need a refresher, the Dolphins' home opponents for 2024 will be (in addition to the other AFC East teams) the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers.

The Dolphins will have road games against the Bills, Jets and Patriots, along with the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.

The Dolphins initially were scheduled for three prime-time games last season plus the stand-alone game on Black Friday, then picked up a fourth night game when their Week 18 showdown against the Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium for the AFC East title was moved to become the final game of the 2023 regular season.

Published May 13, 2024

ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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