THE WHY BEHIND THE GAME NFL primetime schedule. The games under the lights, and the standalone windows beyond Sunday afternoon.
2026 regular-season games outside the Sunday afternoon windows, from the published schedule. Night games kick off at 7 pm Eastern or later; times below are shown in your time zone.
24 games in Weeks 16–18 do not have a confirmed kickoff time yet, so they are not placed in any slot below and are not included in the team totals. They are added once their kickoff is confirmed.
Thursday Night (16) Sunday Night (16) Monday Night (17) Saturday (2) Other days (8) International (9) By team Thursday Night
Week Kickoff Game Result
2 Thu, Sep 17 · 8:15 pm EDT Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills DET 31, BUF 41 3 Thu, Sep 24 · 8:15 pm EDT Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers ATL 35, GB 14 4 Thu, Oct 1 · 8:15 pm EDT Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns PIT 24, CLE 27 5 Thu, Oct 8 · 8:15 pm EDT Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys TB 24, DAL 16 6 Thu, Oct 15 · 8:15 pm EDT Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos — 7 Thu, Oct 22 · 8:15 pm EDT New England Patriots at Chicago Bears — 8 Thu, Oct 29 · 8:15 pm EDT Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers — 9 Thu, Nov 5 · 8:15 pm EST Jacksonville Jaguars at Baltimore Ravens — 10 Thu, Nov 12 · 8:15 pm EST Washington Commanders at New York Giants — 11 Thu, Nov 19 · 8:15 pm EST Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans — 12 Thu, Nov 26 · 8:20 pm EST Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills — 13 Thu, Dec 3 · 8:15 pm EST Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Rams — 14 Thu, Dec 10 · 8:15 pm EST Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots — 15 Thu, Dec 17 · 8:15 pm EST San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Chargers — 16 Thu, Dec 24 · 8:15 pm EST Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles — 17 Thu, Dec 31 · 8:15 pm EST Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals —
Sunday Night
Week Kickoff Game Result
1 Sun, Sep 13 · 8:20 pm EDT Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants DAL 20, NYG 28 2 Sun, Sep 20 · 8:20 pm EDT Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs IND 30, KC 33 (OT) 3 Sun, Sep 27 · 8:20 pm EDT Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos LAR 26, DEN 30 4 Sun, Oct 4 · 8:20 pm EDT Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers DET 26, CAR 32 5 Sun, Oct 11 · 8:20 pm EDT Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons — 6 Sun, Oct 18 · 8:20 pm EDT Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers — 7 Sun, Oct 25 · 8:20 pm EDT Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks — 8 Sun, Nov 1 · 8:20 pm EST Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders — 9 Sun, Nov 8 · 8:20 pm EST Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears — 10 Sun, Nov 15 · 8:20 pm EST Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals — 12 Sun, Nov 29 · 8:20 pm EST New England Patriots at Los Angeles Chargers — 13 Sun, Dec 6 · 8:20 pm EST Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers — 14 Sun, Dec 13 · 8:20 pm EST Buffalo Bills at Green Bay Packers — 15 Sun, Dec 20 · 8:20 pm EST Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings — 16 Sun, Dec 27 · 8:20 pm EST Jacksonville Jaguars at Dallas Cowboys — 17 Sun, Jan 3 · 8:20 pm EST Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers —
Monday Night
Week Kickoff Game Result
1 Mon, Sep 14 · 8:15 pm EDT Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs DEN 10, KC 31 2 Mon, Sep 21 · 8:15 pm EDT New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams NYG 6, LAR 28 3 Mon, Sep 28 · 8:15 pm EDT Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears PHI 7, CHI 27 4 Mon, Oct 5 · 8:15 pm EDT Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints ATL 45, NO 24 5 Mon, Oct 12 · 8:15 pm EDT Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams — 6 Mon, Oct 19 · 8:15 pm EDT Washington Commanders at San Francisco 49ers — 7 Mon, Oct 26 · 8:15 pm EDT Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles — 8 Mon, Nov 2 · 8:15 pm EST Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks — 9 Mon, Nov 9 · 8:15 pm EST Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings — 10 Mon, Nov 16 · 8:15 pm EST Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens — 11 Mon, Nov 23 · 8:15 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Commanders — 12 Mon, Nov 30 · 8:15 pm EST Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 13 Mon, Dec 7 · 8:15 pm EST Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks — 14 Mon, Dec 14 · 8:15 pm EST Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars — 15 Mon, Dec 21 · 8:15 pm EST New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs — 16 Mon, Dec 28 · 8:15 pm EST New York Giants at Detroit Lions — 17 Mon, Jan 4 · 8:15 pm EST Houston Texans at Green Bay Packers —
International
Week Kickoff Game Result
1 Thu, Sep 10 · 8:35 pm EDT Melbourne Cricket Ground San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams SF 27, LAR 7 3 Sun, Sep 27 · 4:25 pm EDT Maracana Stadium Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys BAL 34, DAL 31 4 Sun, Oct 4 · 9:30 am EDT Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Indianapolis Colts at Washington Commanders IND 30, WAS 13 5 Sun, Oct 11 · 9:30 am EDT Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville Jaguars PHI 17, JAX 19 6 Sun, Oct 18 · 9:30 am EDT Wembley Stadium Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars — 7 Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 am EDT Stade de France Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints — 9 Sun, Nov 8 · 9:30 am EST Bernabeu Cincinnati Bengals at Atlanta Falcons — 10 Sun, Nov 15 · 9:30 am EST FC Bayern Munich Stadium New England Patriots at Detroit Lions — 11 Sun, Nov 22 · 8:20 pm EST Estadio Banorte Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers —
Night games by team Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games; the last column counts every game listed above.
From the published schedule; kickoff times can change (flexible scheduling). International games are neutral-site games.