The New England Patriots already know their 2026 schedule, but the general public will have to wait until Thursday night to get official word of it. However, the first few games have either already started leaking or been officially announced by the club.
In total, according to the Pats Pulpit schedule release tracker, the Patriots are entering Thursday with four of 17 games revealed:
- Week 1: at Seahawks (Wed, Sept. 9, 8:20 p.m. ET)
- Week 7: at Bears (Thu, Oct. 22, 8:15 p.m. ET)
- Week 10: at Lions (Sun, Nov. 15, 9:30 a.m. ET, Munich)
- Week 16: at Jets (Sun, Dec. 27, 1 p.m. ET)
Out of those four games, only one has officially been announced, namely the Patriots’ return to the international stage
after a one-year hiatus; they will play the Lions in Germany in mid-November. This game might also give us a clue about the team’s bye, which might come in Week 11 right after the cross-Atlantic trip.
The rest of the games remain TBA at this point in time. The official schedule release will happen at 8 p.m. ET, even though traditionally most if not all of the schedule is already known at that point.
