2020 New Orleans Saints Opponents Set

The Saints will have rematches with the 49ers and Bears in 2020, while taking on the NFC North and AFC West.

John Hendrix | Dec 30, 2019

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We've known for quite some time who the main New Orleans Saints opponents will be for the 2020 season, but were missing some details of two division winners to decide things. Sunday's wins by the Eagles and 49ers put them on the Saints schedule for next year. Here's a glimpse of who they'll face and where.

Road Opponents

Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Philadelphia Eagles

Home Opponents

Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers

The way the NFC East and NFC West opponents were decided on was because of how the Saints finished, which was on top of their division. Each division rotates playing each other, and specifically the NFC South will play the NFC East in 2021 and NFC West in 2022. Of course, this is assuming that nothing changes in the scheduling process. As far as AFC opponents, this rotates every year, but sees each division meeting them every four years.

The NFL schedule will be released around mid-April.

Published Dec 30, 2019

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net