Although the Bucs finished the 2022 regular season with a 30-17 loss at Atlanta and an 8-9 record, Tampa Bay won the NFC South division title for a second year in a row. The Bucs, who have made the playoffs for three straight years now know which opponents they will be facing in 2023 as the 2022 regular season concludes.

This week Pewter Report reported that just one 2023 opponent remained unknown as the NFC East division winner had not be determined. But Philadelphia beat the New York Giants, 22-16, to clinch the division title, and Dallas lost at Washington, 26-6.

As a result, Tampa Bay will host Philadelphia in the 2023 regular season and will host Dallas in the NFC Wild Card Playoffs next week at Raymond James Stadium. Despite the loss at Atlanta, Tampa Bay was locked in to the No. 4 seed and Sunday’s outcome did not affect that playoff position.

Bucs RB Rachaad White – Photo by: USA Today

By virtue of winning the NFC South, the Bucs will also face the division winners in the NFC West (12-4 San Francisco), the NFC East (14-3 Philadelphia) and the AFC East (13-3 Buffalo) next season.

The NFC South will play the AFC South and NFC North divisions in 2023. The NFC South and AFC South were the weakest divisions in the NFL in 2022. The Bucs finished with an 8-9 record and the Jaguars finished with a 9-8 record in winning the AFC South title.

Here is a look at the teams the Bucs will play in 2023 with the times and dates to be announced after the 2023 NFL Draft in May. Because of the league’s 17-game schedule, AFC teams will host an extra home game in 2023 after the NFC hosted an extra home game this season. The extra home was in Germany this year where Tampa Bay beat Seattle, 21-15.

Bucs’ 2023 Opponents

Home Slate

Atlanta Falcons – 7-10
Carolina Panthers – 7-10
New Orleans Saints – 7-10
Chicago Bears – 3-14
Detroit Lions – 8-8 (plays on Sunday Night Football)
Jacksonville Jaguars – 9-8*
Tennessee Titans – 7-10
Philadelphia Eagles – 14-3*

Away Slate

Atlanta Falcons – 7-10
Carolina Panthers – 7-10
New Orleans Saints – 7-10
Green Bay Packers – 8-8 (plays on Sunday Night Football)
Minnesota Vikings – 13-4*
Houston Texans – 3-13-1
Indianapolis Colts – 4-12-1
San Francisco 49ers – 13-4*
Buffalo Bills – 13-3*

*Indicates 2022 playoff team

Bucs DT Logan Hall and Packers QB Aaron Rodgers – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

The Bucs’ opponents are a mixed bag of playing three of the worst teams in the 2022 season – the Texans, Bears and Colts – in addition to playing four teams with double-digit win totals – the Bills, 49ers, Vikings and either the Eagles or the Cowboys.

The 2023 slate of opponents also feature two rematches from the 2022 season, as Tampa Bay will once again travel to San Francisco, and face the Packers again – this time in Green Bay. The Packers beat the Bucs, 14-12, at Raymond James Stadium this season, and the 49ers beat the Bucs, 35-7, in San Francisco.

The Bucs will host at least five playoff teams in 2023 and will play eight teams with losing records next year.