The Washington Commanders 2026 schedule is here. Fans can now mark their calendars for every preseason and regular season game.
Pre-Season Commanders Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug. 14 | Miami Dolphins | 7 p.m. ET | CBS |
| 2 | TBD | at Detroit Lions | TBD | CBS |
| 3 | Aug. 28 | at Baltimore Ravens | 7 p.m. ET | CBS |
Regular Season Commanders Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 13 | at Philadelphia Eagles | 4:25 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 2 | Sept. 20 | at Dallas Cowboys | 4:25 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 3 | Sept. 27 | Seattle Seahawks | 1 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 4 | Oct. 4 | Indianapolis Colts | 9:30 a.m. ET | NFL Network |
| 5 | Oct. 11 | New York Giants | 1 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 6 | Oct. 19 | at San Francisco 49ers | 8:15 p.m. ET | ESPN/ABC |
| 7 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 8 | Nov. 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC |
| 9 | Nov. 8 | Los Angeles Rams | 1 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 10 | Nov. 12 | at New York Giants | 8:15 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime |
| 11 | Nov. 23 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8:15 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| 12 | Nov. 29 | at Arizona Cardinals | 4:25 p.m. ET | FOX |
| 13 | Dec. 6 | at Tennessee Titans | 1 p.m. ET | CBS |
| 14 | Dec. 13 | Houston Texans | 1 p.m. ET | CBS |
| 15 | Dec. 20 | Atlanta Falcons | 1 p.m. ET | CBS |
| 16 | Dec. 26 | at Minnesota Vikings | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | Jan. 2 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | TBD | Dallas Cowboys | TBD | TBD |
Commanders 2026 Schedule Notes
Washington faces teams from the NFC West and AFC South. They also meet third-place finishers from the NFC North, AFC North, and NFC South. Add in two each with the rest of the NFC East, and you have your 17-game Washington Commanders 2026 schedule.
Washington have a tough early schedule. They open with back-to-back road divisional games, against the Eagles and Cowboys. They follow that up with a home opener against the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. It’s the first time since 2019 that Washington have had to open with two divisional match-ups, and the first since 2012 where they opened with two on the road.
Then, they head to London in Week 4 against the Indianapolis Colts. This marks their second straight international game, after playing at the Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain last year. The Commanders travel 18,491 miles this season – 16th in the league.
The Commanders have a solid four Prime Time games. They will all come within a 6-week window – Week 6 at the 49ers, Week 8 at the Eagles, Week 10 against the Giants, and Week 11 against the Bengals.
Because the Giants game is on a Thursday and the Bengals is the following Monday, the Commanders get 11 days of rest between.
Other Commanders Schedule Notes
They will play two Saturday games this year, for just the third time in franchise history.
Washington plays Philadelphia twice in the first eight weeks.
They meet the Giants twice in the first 10 weeks.
Their bye week comes the earliest since 2018, in Week 7.
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