{"id":242419,"date":"2026-05-08T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/nfl-announces-schedule-release-date-for-2026-season\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:58:22","slug":"nfl-announces-schedule-release-date-for-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/nfl-announces-schedule-release-date-for-2026-season\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL announces schedule release date for 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_118731391\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>With the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> Draft already in the books, the National Football League is about to give the fans what they&#8217;ve been craving.<\/p>\n<p>Following weeks of waiting, the league has finally announced the release date for the schedule for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The league shared a post on X to tease the new schedule, which will take place on Thursday, May 14:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NFL Schedule Release &#8211; Thursday, May 14 at 8pm ET on NFL Network,&#8221; the post read.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_118731393\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<h2>The 2026 NFL season is just around the corner<\/h2>\n<p>There has been plenty of chatter about adding an 18th game to the regular season, and while that&#8217;s not going to happen overnight, it wouldn&#8217;t be crazy to think that could be the case for the 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the NFL will continue to expand the game all across the globe, with international matchups scheduled for Mexico City, London, Munich, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle Seahawks will enter the campaign as defending champions, with the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Chicago Bears as their main challengers in the NFC.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the bracket, the New England Patriots will look to prove that last year&#8217;s success wasn&#8217;t a fluke, while the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals will look to return to the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The regular season will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with the Seahawks hosting the season opener at Lumen Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The season will run through Jan. 10, 2027, with the playoffs beginning on Jan. 16, 2027, and continuing through Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/nfl_announces_schedule_release_date_for_2026_season\/s1_13132_43821131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 2026 NFL Draft already in the books, the National Football League is about to give the fans what they&#8217;ve been craving. 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