2023 NFL Playoffs Schedule, Network, Results: Dates, Time, Stream, TV for 49ers vs. Eagles, Bengals vs. Chiefs

The NFL season is officially down to the final four teams, and we’ll see some very familiar faces on Sunday.

For the second year in a row, the San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals are in the conference title round. The lone newcomer this year is the Philadelphia Eagles, who are playing in the NFC Championship for the first time since 2017.

The Eagles will host a 49ers team that beat the Cowboys on Sunday, extending Dallas’ 27-year drought without a conference title game appearance.

This Eagles-49ers game will give us a meeting of two of the most successful NFC teams of the 21st century. Including this year, the Eagles have reached seven NFC title games, the most by any NFC team since 2000. The 49ers are tied for second with six. ​​​​​​​Although they have both appeared in tile NFC game multiple times over the past two decades, they have never played each other.

In the AFC, we will get a rare rematch. The Bengals-Chiefs game will be just the third time in the last 35 years that the AFC Championship has become a rematch. The last time this happened was in 2011-12 (Ravens-Patriots), and before that it hadn’t happened since 1986-87 (Browns-Broncos).

The AFC Championship is also a rematch of a Week 13 game the Bengals won 27-24. Cincinnati has played the Chiefs three times since January 1, 2022, and the Bengals have won all three games.

With that in mind, here’s a look at everything postseason schedule and gridiron.

Super Wild Card Weekend

January 14, Saturday

• (2) 49ers 41-23 more (7) Sea hawks. The 49ers got a brief scare from the Seahawks on the day when Seattle took a 17-16 halftime lead. But in the second half, San Francisco turned the game around with a dominant play. Brock Purdy threw for 332 yards and also became the first rookie in the NFL history to four touchdowns in a playoff game. (Purdy finished with three passing touchdowns and one rushing score).
• (4) Jaguars 31-30 over (5) Chargers. The Jaguars won the game in one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history. The Jags fell behind, 27-0, early in the game in large part because of four interceptions by Trevor Lawrencebut they recovered and pulled off a stunning victory, thanks in large part to Lawrence, who threw four touchdown passes.

Sunday, January 15

• (2) Bills 34-31 more (7) Dolphins. The Dolphins entered this game as the biggest wild card underdog in history (+14), and despite those odds, they still managed to give the Bills a big scare. In the end, the Bills were able to prevent the upset thanks to Josh Allen (352 passing yards, three touchdowns) and a defense that produced several big plays, including two losses, four sacks and a fourth-down stop that iced the game with just 2:30 left.
• (6) Giants 31-24 over (3) Vikings. New York was able to pull off the violence in Minnesota thanks to a historic performance Daniel Jones, who became the FIRST QB in NFL playoff history to throw for at least 300 and two touchdowns while also adding at least 70 yards on the ground. Not only did Jones throw for 301 yards, but he had a game-high 78 yards on 17 carries. The win over Minnesota was the Giants’ first playoff win since beating the Patriots Super Bowl XLVI back in February 2012.
• (3) of Bengal 24-17 more (6) Ravens. The Ravens kept Cincinnati on the ropes for most of that game, but the Bengals were able to pull away with a win thanks to their defense, which pulled off one of the biggest plays in NFL postseason history. With the Ravens on the one-yard line in Cincinnati, Tyler Huntley groped and Sam Hubbard returned that kick 98 yards for the game-winning touchdown.

Monday, January 16

• (5) Cowboys 31-14 more (4) Buccaneers. The Cowboys dominated this game from start to finish, and a big reason for that was that Duck Prescott, who had a historically big night. The Cowboys QB set a franchise record with five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) and also threw for 305 yards. The only Cowboys player to struggle in this game was the kicker Brett Maher, who missed an NFL-record four extra points. The Cowboys will now have to decide if they want to keep him for Sunday’s game in San Francisco.

Divisional Round

Saturday, January 21

• (1) Chiefs 27-20 over (4) Jaguars. After leaving the game in the second quarter with a serious ankle injury, Patrick Mahomes returned in the second half to lead the Chiefs to victory. Playing on one leg didn’t seem to slow him down as he completed 10 of 15 passes for 107 yards after the injury. The Chiefs defense also committed two key turnovers in the fourth quarter to help lead Kansas City to its fifth straight AFC title.
• (1) Orlov 38-7 over (6) Giants. The Eagles took a 28-0 halftime lead and then went on to win. The Eagles were able to get a dominant win thanks to a defense that tallied five sacks and a rushing attack that totaled 268 yards. Jalen Hurts also had a big night and, more importantly, his shoulder looked completely healthy as he threw for three touchdowns (two passes and one throw).

Sunday, January 22

• (3) Bengals 27-10 over (2) Bills. The Bengals offense put up some big numbers, but it was the defense that stole the show in this game. The Bengals held the Bills to just 10 points, Buffalo’s lowest total of the season. Cincinnati’s offense also had a big game that included 242 yards and two touchdowns from Joe Burrow along with 105 yards from Joe Mixon.
• (2) 49ers 19-12 over (5) Cowboys. The 49ers earned their second straight trip to the NFC Championship by winning a defensive battle against the Cowboys. The 49ers beat Dak Prescott twice and got six points on turnovers, and that proved to be the difference in the game. Robbie Gould proved to be a huge weapon for the 49ers, going 13 of 19 with four field goals and an extra point.

Championship Sunday

January 29

NFC Championship

• (2) 49ers at (1) Eagles, 3 p.m. ET (Fox, broadcast on fuboTV). The NFC’s top two seeds will meet in Philadelphia in a showdown of epic proportions. The Eagles will field the NFL’s third-leading scoring offense heading into the 2022 season, and the 49ers will look to slow it down with the NFL’s lowest-scoring defense.

AFC Championship

• (3) Bengals vs. (1) Chiefs 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS, Broadcast Paramount+). The Chiefs will get another crack at beating a Bengals team they just haven’t been able to beat. The Chiefs are 0-3 against the Bengals since January 2022, including a loss in last year’s AFC title game. The game will be the first AFC Championship rematch in recent seasons since Ravens-Patriots in 2011 and 2012.

Super Bowl LVII

February 12

AFC champion vs. NFC champion at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, 6:30 p.m. ET (fox, flow on fuboTV)