NFL 2020 schedule: Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans will kick off season on September 10

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MIAMI, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 02: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

The NFL announced Thursday night that the defending Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, will kick off the 2020 season in a game against the Houston Texans on September 10 — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course.

The league debuted the entire 2020 schedule Thursday night, including another highlight on opening weekend: Tom Brady’s regular-season debut with Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers’ new quarterback will face off against New Orleans’ Drew Brees on September 13 — the first matchup of two quarterbacks over the age of 40 in NFL history.

The Chiefs, who won their first Super Bowl in a half-century last February, still have a logistical hurdle to overcome. The city’s baseball team, the Royals, will need to move their game scheduled for the same day, because the teams’ stadiums share parking lots.

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