Assignments
Week 18 referee assignments
Kemp to officiate the final game of the 2023 regular season
The 2023 NFL regular season comes to a close this weekend. Alex Kemp will be the referee for Game 272: the battle between the Bills and Dolphins to crown the winner of the AFC East. Ron Torbert is off this week.
In this final week of the regular season, two games will be played on Saturday, and the remaining games will be played on Sunday. All times Eastern.
The matchups are listed below based on their impact on the playoff picture. Potential (or clinched) playoff seeds are shown in superscripted numbers, with zeroes indicating teams that have not clinched a playoff spot. All seeding possibilities exclude clinching scenarios that involve strength of victory and/or ties, unless specifically stated otherwise.
Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 6-7
Games for the division title
- Bills2/6/7/0 at Dolphins2/6 GAME 272 NBC Peacock — Alex Kemp
Games to clinch a playoff berth
- Steelers6/7/0 at Ravens1 SAT. 4:30 PM ESPN ABC ESPN+ — Brad Allen
- Bears at Packers6/7/0 — Carl Cheffers
- Vikings6/7/0 at Lions2/3 — Brad Rogers
- Seahawks7/0 at Cardinals — Adrian Hill
Games involved for the division title
- Texans4/6/7/0 at Colts4/6/7/0 SAT. 8:15 PM ESPN ABC ESPN+ — Bill Vinovich
- Falcons4/0 at Saints4/7/0 — John Hussey
- Cowboys2/3/5 at Commanders — Shawn Smith
- Jaguars4/7/0 at Titans — Tra Blake
- Eagles2/5 at Giants — Craig Wrolstad
- Buccaneers4/0 at Panthers — Clete Blakeman
Games with seeding order implications
- Rams6/7 at 49ers1 — Clay Martin
No playoff implications
- Jets at Patriots — Land Clark
- Browns5 at Bengals — Alan Eck
- Broncos at Raiders — Shawn Hochuli
- Chiefs3 at Chargers — Scott Novak
