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New Orleans Saints 2025 Schedule Notes: Opponents, Dates & Key Games

Explore the full 2025 New Orleans Saints schedule. Key matchups, dates, division games revealed.

🗓️ Week 1: Saints vs. Cardinals

Date: Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: The Cardinals lead the all-time regular season series 16-15…New Orleans won the last matchup in the Caesars Superdome 31-9, on Oct. 27, 2019…The Saints have an 8-4 regular season home record against the Cardinals, in addition to a 45-14 win in the 2009 NFC Wild Card Playoff…This is the third time the Saints will open up the season against the Cardinals, having lost the 1982 matchup at the Superdome and the 2015 opener in Glendale, Ariz…The Saints have won six consecutive season openers, the current longest such streak in the NFL…This will be the third straight campaign the Saints have opened their season in the Caesars Superdome…Saints S Tyrann Mathieu was originally a third-round pick of the Cardinals in the 2013 NFL Draft and spent his first five seasons in Arizona…Saints DE Cameron Jordan (Chandler HS) and QBs Spencer Rattler (Pinnacle HS in Phoenix) and Tyler Shough (Hamilton HS in Chandler) all grew up in the greater Phoenix area…Saints Edges Coach Jay Rodgers' brother, Richard, serves as assistant head coach & special teams coordinator for the Cardinals.


🗓️ Week 2: Saints vs. 49ers

Date: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: This matchup will mark the first time since 2018 that the Saints have opened at home for their first two games…Old NFC West rivals for 31 seasons (1970-2001)…San Francisco leads the all-time regular season series 49-27-2…New Orleans Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley served as San Francisco's assistant head coach/defense in 2024…Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien served as a backup signal-caller in San Francisco for two seasons (2011-12)…CB Isaac Yiadom spent the 2024 season with the 49ers, where he appeared in all 17 contests with five starts, finishing with a career-high 44 tackles (career-best 36 solo), one interception, six pass breakups, a career-best two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two special teams stops and a recovery of a muffed punt.


🗓️ Week 3: Saints at Seahawks

Date: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025
Time: 3:05 PM CT
Location: Lumen Field, Seattle, WA
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Quick Take: The Saints lead the all-time series matchup against Seattle 10-6, marking the club's best winning percentage (.625) versus an NFL opponent that it has played at least nine times…New Orleans has won the last four matchups against Seattle…The last Saints-Seahawks matchup at Lumen Field came during the 2021 regular season on Monday Night Football, where New Orleans claimed a 13-10 victory. RB Alvin Kamara led the team with ten receptions for 128 yards and a TD, only 11 receiving yards shy of his career-high…Seahawks Offensive Coordinator Klint Kubiak, Quarterbacks Coach Andrew Janocko, Offensive Line Coach John Benton and Run Game Coordinator/Senior Offensive Advisor Rick Dennison all served on New Orleans' offensive staff in 2024.


🗓️ Week 4: Saints at Bills

Date: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
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Quick Take: With the Bills being New Orleans's first AFC opponent of the season, the Saints will visit Orchard Park for their sixth and final visit to Highmark Stadium, which will be replaced after the season…New Orleans has a 4-1 all-time road record against the Bills at Highmark Stadium, dating back to a 22-19 victory on Dec. 10, 1989…They have outscored Buffalo 141-69 in five road contests…This will be the first road matchup for the Saints against the Bills since Nov. 12, 2017, where New Orleans defeated Buffalo 47-10 behind the lethal rushing attack of Mark Ingram II (21 carries for 131 yards with 3 TDs) and Kamara (12 carries for 106 yards and one TD)…The Saints lead the all-time series 7-5, with the Bills winning the last matchup 31-6 in a Thanksgiving night matchup on November 21, 2021.


🗓️ Week 5: Saints vs. Giants

Date: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: New Orleans has won the last two matchups over the Giants, including last year's 14-11 victory on Dec. 8, where DT Bryan Bresee blocked a 35-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds remaining, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors…The Saints hold a 10-5 all-time home record against the Giants…New York leads the all-time series 17-16…Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Coach Joel Thomas spent the 2024 season tutoring the Giants' running backs…Senior Defensive Assistant Peter Giunta served as the secondary/cornerbacks coach of the Giants for nine seasons (2006-14), a period when New York captured two Super Bowl titles.


🗓️ Week 6: Saints vs. Patriots

Date: Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025
Time: 3:25 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: The Patriots lead the all-time series 10-6, with the Saints having won the last two matchups…The Saints will also be looking for their second three-game winning streak in the series (1989-95)…The last meeting between the Saints and Patriots was a 34-0 victory for New Orleans in Foxboro on Oct. 9, 2023, the first time New England had been shut out since Oct. 2, 2016…New Orleans acquired DT Davon Godchaux from the Patriots this offseason…Saints WR Brandin Cooks played for New England in 2017.


🗓️ Week 7: Saints at Bears

Date: Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
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Quick Take: The Saints will face the Bears for the 32nd time in the regular season, with New Orleans leading the series 18-13…New Orleans has won seven straight regular season matchups against Chicago, last dropping a contest on Dec. 11, 2008 in a 27-24 overtime loss. The seven consecutive wins over Chicago are tied for the most consecutive wins against a single opponent in franchise history, previously matching with the Rams series (from Dec. 9, 1990-Oct. 3, 1993) and two streaks against Tampa Bay (from Nov. 6, 2011-Dec. 28, 2014 and Dec. 9, 2018-Dec. 19, 2021)…The new-look Bears will be trying to snap a four-game home losing streak to the Saints…The last matchup came during the 2023 regular season, a 24-17 victory for New Orleans in the Caesars Superdome…The Saints have a 10-8 regular season record against Chicago at Soldier Field…This will be a matchup between two first-time head coaches in Moore and Chicago's Ben Johnson…Staley served two seasons (2017-18) as the Bears' outside linebackers coach, his first NFL coaching experience…Jay Rodgers spent six seasons (2015-20) as defensive line coach for Chicago, where he directed a defensive front that routinely was part of a top-ranked defensive unit…In 2018, Chicago boasted the NFL's top run defense (80.0 avg.) while holding opponents to a league-low 17.7 points per game. For his efforts overseeing the defensive line of the NFC North champions, Rodgers was awarded by his league peers with the 2018 NFL Defensive Line Coach of the Year…Bears Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen served on the Saints' defensive staff for 12 seasons (2006-10, '15-21) and as New Orleans' head coach from 2022-24.


🗓️ Week 8: Saints vs. Buccaneers

Date: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025
Time: 3:05 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: The home-and-away in this series will start in New Orleans for the ninth consecutive season. The Oct. 26 matchup at the Caesars Superdome will be the latest that the Saints have opened divisional play since the 2009 season, when they hosted the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 2. New Orleans holds a 40-26 regular season edge in the all-time series against the Buccaneers, the club's best winning percentage (.606) versus an NFL opponent that it has played at least 17 times…New Orleans is 21-15 all-time at home against the Buccaneers and 19-11 in contests played at Tampa.

Take a look at all of the opposing quarterbacks that the Saints are anticipating facing during the 2025 NFL season following schedule release.


🗓️ Week 9: Saints at Rams

Date: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025
Time: 3:05 PM CT
Location: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
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Quick Take: Old NFC West rivals from 1970-2001, the Rams lead the all-time regular season series 44-34…Last season, the Saints dropped a 21-14 decision to the Rams at the Caesars Superdome on Dec. 1…The Saints will be looking for their first road win at the Rams since a 28-23 victory on Nov. 15, 2009 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo, when New Orleans improved to 9-0 on their Super Bowl XLIV championship season, when the Black and Gold rushed for 203 yards and Courtney Roby returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown…Staley served in the same role with the Rams during the 2020 season, a period in which Los Angeles led the NFL in total defense (281.9 avg.), passing defense (190.7 avg.) and opponent points per game (18.5 avg.), while finishing with the third-best rushing defense (91.3 avg.)…Cooks played for the Rams from 2018-19.


🗓️ Week 10: Saints at Panthers

Date: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
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Quick Take: In 2024, New Orleans split the season series after winning both matchups in 2023…In the 2024 season opener, New Orleans defeated Carolina, 47-10 on Sunday, Sept. 8, the largest margin of victory in team history for an opener, followed by a 23-22 defeat on Nov. 3 in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium, where Kamara tied his career-high in rushing yards with 155 as well as recording a career-high 215 yards from scrimmage…The Saints are 16-14 all-time at home in the regular season in home and 15-15 in road contests against Carolina.


🗓️ Week 11: BYE


🗓️ Week 12: Saints vs. Falcons

Date: Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025
Time: 3:25 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: In 2024, New Orleans split the season series after winning both matchups in 2023…In the 2024 season opener, New Orleans defeated Carolina, 47-10 on Sunday, Sept. 8, the largest margin of victory in team history for an opener, followed by a 23-22 defeat on Nov. 3 in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium, where Kamara tied his career-high in rushing yards with 155 as well as recording a career-high 215 yards from scrimmage…The Saints are 16-14 all-time at home in the regular season in home and 15-15 in road contests against Carolina.

Take a look at all of the opposing head coaches that the Saints are anticipating facing during the 2025 NFL season following schedule release.


🗓️ Week 13: Saints at Dolphins

Date: Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
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Quick Take: Miami holds the all-time series lead 7-6…This will be their first regular season visit to Hard Rock Stadium since 2009, when the Black and Gold defeated the Dolphins 46-34 on Oct. 25, 2009 and later that season captured Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts in the same stadium for the franchise's first Super Bowl title…The last meeting was a 20-3 Dolphins win in the Caesars Superdome on Dec. 27, 2021, on Monday Night Football.


🗓️ Week 14: Saints at Buccaneers

Date: Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
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🗓️ Week 15: Saints vs. Panthers

Date: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
Time: 3:25 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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🗓️ Week 16: Saints vs. Jets

Date: Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: The Saints have a 8-6 lead over the Jets in the all-time series, with New Orleans posting an 8-2 record since 1989 after dropping four of the first five meetings…New Orleans will be looking for their second three-game win streak (1989-95) against New York...Jets Head Coach Aaron Glenn played one season with New Orleans (2008) and tutored the Saints secondary for five seasons (2016-20)…This will be a matchup between two head coaches in their debut season in Moore and Glenn…Saints LB Demario Davis played five of his first six seasons (2012-15, '17) as a member of the Jets after being drafted in the third round (77th overall) out of Arkansas State in the 2012 NFL Draft.


🗓️ Week 17: Saints at Titans

Date: Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025
Time: Noon CT
Location: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
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Quick Take: The Titans lead the series 9-7-1, but the two clubs have split the last four matchups with Tennessee…The tight nature of the series not only reflects in the record, but the scores. In the 17-game series, ten have been decided by ten points or less, including two straight by two or fewer…New Orleans will be seeking to win their first road game against the Titans since 2019, with Tennessee winning the Nov. 14, 2021 matchup by a narrow two-point margin…The Saints won the last matchup in the 2023 season opener at the Caesars Superdome, 16-15…OL Dillon Radunz spent the first four seasons of his career with Tennessee after being selected in the second round (53rd overall) by the Tennessee Titans in the 2021 NFL Draft out of North Dakota State.


🗓️ Week 18: Saints at Falcons

Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
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Saints' 2025 preseason opponents:

The preseason games will be broadcast regionally on the Gray Television network of stations across the Gulf Coast, including FOX 8 WVUE in the New Orleans area. Additional shoulder programming will air on the Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network, with dates and times to be announced soon.

🗓️ Preseason Week 1: Saints at Chargers

Date: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2025
Time: 3:05 PM CT
Location: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
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Quick Take: In the preseason, the Saints have a 7-4 advantage over the Chargers in the all-time preseason series, with New Orleans winning six consecutive matchups…The Saints and Chargers will matchup in the preseason for the sixth time since the 2017 season…Los Angeles owns an 8-6 advantage in the all-time regular season series…Moore served as Los Angeles' offensive coordinator in 2023, guiding wide receiver Keenan Allen to the Pro Bowl after finishing sixth in the NFL with 108 receptions for 1,243 yards and seven touchdowns…He and Saints Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier, who served as quarterbacks coach guided Justin Herbert to the sixth-best touchdown-interception ratio (2.9) and ninth-most passing touchdowns (20) in the NFL through Week 14…Under their direction, Herbert completed 295-of-517 (65.1 pct.) attempts for 3,134 yards, 20 touchdowns, only seven interceptions and a 93.2 passer rating in 13 contests…Staley served as head coach of the Chargers for three seasons (2021-23), leading Los Angeles to the 2022 postseason…Offensive Line Coach Brandon Nugent served in the same role with the Chargers from 2022-23…Jay Rodgers spent three seasons (2021-23) with the Chargers, serving as outside linebackers coach and defensive run game coordinator in 2021 before serving as defensive line coach and defensive run game coordinator from 2022-23.


🗓️ Preseason Week 2: Saints vs. Jaguars

Date: Saturday, Aug. 17, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: The Saints lead the preseason series 2-1 and the regular season series, 5-3…The Saints and Jaguars will both feature first-year head coaches in Moore and Jacksonville's Liam Coen…This will mark Moore's debut as a head coach at the Caesars Superdome…In the last meeting between the two teams, Jacksonville defeated New Orleans, 31-14 at the Caesars Superdome on Thursday Night Football on Oct. 19, 2023.


🗓️ Preseason Week 3: Saints vs. Broncos

Date: Friday, Aug. 23, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM CT
Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
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Quick Take: This will be the first time since 2001 that the Saints have played the Broncos in the preseason, with New Orleans holding a 3-2 edge in the first five meetings…Denver leads the regular season series, 9-3, with the last meeting, a 33-10 Broncos win on Thursday, Oct. 17…Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton served as New Orleans' head coach from 2006-21 and is the winningest coach in franchise history, leading the Black and Gold to the Super Bowl XLIV championship, three NFC Championship game appearances and nine playoff berths, including seven division titles…Staley served one season as Denver's outside linebackers coach in 2019…Jay Rodgers spent six seasons on Denver's defensive staff from 2009-14, his first NFL coaching experience.

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