Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2026: Printable PDF, Times, TV Channels
The Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026 opens on the road. Dallas visits the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, September 13 at 8:20 PM ET on NBC, the late window of opening weekend.
Two dates make this year unlike any other on the Cowboys calendar. Week 3 against the Baltimore Ravens is played at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, and Thanksgiving brings Philadelphia to Arlington on November 26.
There is a catch in the home count. Dallas is the designated home team nine times but plays only eight of those games at AT&T Stadium, because the Rio fixture uses up one of them.
Every kickoff time and TV channel is below, along with a free printable schedule and a wall calendar, both sized for US Letter paper.
Jump to: Preseason Schedule | TV Schedule | Kickoff Times | Printable Schedule | Wall Calendar | Rio Game | Thanksgiving | Bye Week
Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2026 Quick Facts
| Season opener | Sun, Sept 13 at New York Giants, 8:20 PM ET (NBC) |
| Home opener | Sun, Sept 20 vs Washington Commanders, 4:25 PM ET (FOX) |
| Season span | September 2026 through January 2027 |
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX (80,000 seats, retractable roof) |
| Head coach | Brian Schottenheimer (2nd season) |
| Coordinators | Klayton Adams (offense), Christian Parker (defense) |
| Quarterback | Dak Prescott |
| Division | NFC East |
| Home / road games | 9 / 8, but only 8 home dates at AT&T Stadium |
| Bye week | Week 14, weekend of December 13 |
| Prime time games | 6 (Weeks 1, 5, 6, 7, 13 and 16) |
| International game | Week 3 vs Baltimore, Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Sept 27 |
| Networks | FOX 8, NBC 3, CBS 2, ESPN 2, Prime Video 1, Week 18 TBD |
| Travel | 27,980 miles, the fourth-most in the NFL |
| Radio | 105.3 The Fan |
| 2025 season | 7-9-1, missed the playoffs for a second straight year |
Dallas Cowboys Regular Season Schedule 2026
Home games are marked “vs” and road games “at.” Kickoff times are Eastern. Dallas sits in the Central zone, so subtract one hour for the clock in Arlington.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Sept 13 | at New York Giants | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 2 | Sun, Sept 20 | vs Washington Commanders | 4:25 PM | FOX |
| 3 | Sun, Sept 27 | vs Baltimore Ravens (Rio de Janeiro) | 4:25 PM | CBS |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 4 | at Houston Texans | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 5 | Thu, Oct 8 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8:15 PM | Prime Video |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 18 | at Green Bay Packers | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 7 | Mon, Oct 26 | at Philadelphia Eagles | 8:15 PM | ESPN |
| 8 | Sun, Nov 1 | vs Arizona Cardinals | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 9 | Sun, Nov 8 | at Indianapolis Colts | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 15 | vs San Francisco 49ers | 4:25 PM | FOX |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22 | vs Tennessee Titans | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 12 | Thu, Nov 26 | vs Philadelphia Eagles (Thanksgiving) | 4:30 PM | FOX |
| 13 | Mon, Dec 7 | at Seattle Seahawks | 8:15 PM | ESPN |
| 14 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 15 | Sun, Dec 20 | at Los Angeles Rams | 4:25 PM | CBS |
| 16 | Sun, Dec 27 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 3 | vs New York Giants | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 18 | TBD | at Washington Commanders | TBD | TBD |
Only Week 18 carries no date. The league fixes that trip to Washington after Week 17 ends. Three Week 18 games move to Saturday, January 9, one at 1:00 PM ET on Netflix and two on ESPN and ABC at 4:30 and 8:00 PM ET. Everything else is played on Sunday, January 10.
The rest of the sheet can still move. Under the 2026 flexible scheduling rules the league can lift a Sunday afternoon game into Sunday night from Week 5, into Monday night from Week 12, and into Thursday night from Week 13. Treat the 1:00 PM and 4:25 PM slots as provisional.
The draw is a hard one. Eight of the 17 opponents made the 2025 playoffs, including the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on December 7.
Dallas plays the Eagles twice inside 31 days, at Lincoln Financial Field on October 26 and at home on Thanksgiving, and only the final two weeks are NFC East games, which pushes the division race into January.
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Cowboys Preseason Schedule 2026
Before the Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026 begins for real, the team plays just one of its three 2026 NFL preseason games at home.
Because the regular season has an odd number of games, clubs alternate the split, and this is Dallas’ year to get nine regular season home dates and only one in August.
| Game | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Aug 15 | at Seattle Seahawks | 8:00 PM | CBS (local) |
| 2 | Sat, Aug 22 | at Arizona Cardinals | 10:00 PM | CBS (local) |
| 3 | Fri, Aug 28 | vs New Orleans Saints | 8:00 PM | CBS (local) |
All three air locally rather than nationally, with 105.3 The Fan on the radio call. Camp in Oxnard, California wraps on August 21, the team flies straight to Arizona for the 10:00 PM ET kickoff, then turns around quickly for the Saints, who are coached by former Cowboys quarterback and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
The Seattle opener is a useful early look. Dallas visits Lumen Field again in Week 13, so the exhibition trip doubles as a scouting run against the reigning champions.
What Channel Is the Cowboys Game On? 2026 TV Schedule
FOX carries the bulk of the season, as it usually does for an NFC club. NBC has three, CBS and ESPN have two each, Prime Video has one, and only Week 18 is open.
| Network | Games | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| FOX | 8 | 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 |
| NBC | 3 | 1, 6, 16 |
| CBS | 2 | 3, 15 |
| ESPN | 2 | 7, 13 |
| Prime Video | 1 | 5 |
| TBD | 1 | 18 |
Three things to know:
- Six prime time kickoffs, the fourth straight year Dallas has had at least six. Three Sunday nights on NBC (Weeks 1, 6 and 16), two Monday nights on ESPN (Weeks 7 and 13) and one Thursday night on Prime Video (Week 5). Four of the six come before December, so the national exposure is front loaded.
- Thanksgiving is not prime time. The Eagles game kicks at 4:30 PM ET on FOX, the middle slot of the holiday tripleheader between Bears at Lions in the afternoon and Chiefs at Bills at night. It is a standalone national broadcast but not an 8:00 PM window, so plan dinner around a 3:30 PM Central start.
- Week 18 is the one that could land on a streamer. Dallas has no Christmas Day game in 2026, so all 16 dated weeks run on FOX, NBC, CBS, ESPN or Prime Video. Week 18 is different: three games that weekend move to Saturday, January 9, with the 1:00 PM ET slot on Netflix and the 4:30 and 8:00 PM ET games on ESPN and ABC.
105.3 The Fan is the flagship radio home across North Texas. Out of market viewers can pick up Sunday afternoon games through NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube, and our Cowboys streaming guide covers the cord cutting options in detail.
Because 10 of the 17 games are FOX or CBS broadcasts, a digital antenna covers most of the season for free in the local market.
Cowboys Kickoff Times in Every Time Zone
Arlington runs on Central time, so the Eastern figures in the schedule table are always one hour ahead of the clock at AT&T Stadium. This grid converts the five start times Dallas actually uses.
| Eastern | Central (Dallas) | Mountain | Pacific |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 4:25 PM | 3:25 PM | 2:25 PM | 1:25 PM |
| 4:30 PM (Thanksgiving) | 3:30 PM | 2:30 PM | 1:30 PM |
| 8:15 PM | 7:15 PM | 6:15 PM | 5:15 PM |
| 8:20 PM | 7:20 PM | 6:20 PM | 5:20 PM |
Six of the eight road games leave the Central zone, which is how Dallas ends up covering 27,980 miles this season, the fourth-most in the league. Four trips go east to New York, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Washington, where the local clock matches the Eastern column. Two go west, at Seattle on December 7 and at the Rams on December 20. Only Houston and Green Bay keep Dallas on home time.
Rio is the outlier. The 4:25 PM ET kickoff on September 27 is 5:25 PM local in Rio de Janeiro, because Brazil no longer observes daylight saving time and sits one hour ahead of Eastern in September.
Arizona is the exception. The state skips daylight saving time, so through Week 7 anyone watching from Phoenix or Tucson should subtract three hours from Eastern rather than two. Daylight saving ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026, which happens to be the morning the Cardinals visit AT&T Stadium. From that game on, the Mountain column reads correctly.
Free Printable Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2026 (PDF)
The full Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026 on one page: three preseason games and all 18 regular season weeks with dates, opponents, kickoff times and TV channels. The nine home fixtures are bold, so home weekends are easy to spot, and every row has room to write the result.
A facts strip across the top carries the 9 and 8 home and road split, the Week 14 bye, AT&T Stadium and Brian Schottenheimer. The notes box flags what makes this schedule unusual: the Rio fixture, the Thanksgiving kickoff, the six prime time dates and the 27,980 miles of travel. Sized for US Letter paper at 8.5 by 11 inches. Free, with no sign up and no email required.
Want every team on one page? Get the full 2026 NFL schedule with all 32 teams, week by week.
Cowboys 2026 Wall Calendar Printable (PDF)
If a month grid suits you better, the Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026 also comes as a wall calendar running August 2026 through January 2027. Home dates are filled in Cowboys navy, road dates are outlined in silver, preseason days are tagged PRE, and every square carries the opponent and the kickoff time.
November is the page worth pinning up, with four home dates ending in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving. December is the opposite: one game in the first 19 days, thanks to the Monday night trip to Seattle and the Week 14 bye. Also US Letter, also free.
Printing tip: choose “Actual size” or “100%” instead of “Fit to page” so the small type stays sharp.
Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro: Week 3 at Maracana Stadium
Sunday, September 27 against the Baltimore Ravens at Maracana Stadium, 4:25 PM ET on CBS. It is the first NFL game staged in Rio de Janeiro and only the second international game in Cowboys history, 12 years after the first.
Dallas is the designated home team, which is the detail that trips people up. The game counts in the home column and the Cowboys wear home colours, but it is played roughly 5,000 miles from Arlington. That is why season ticket holders get eight home dates rather than nine.
The matchup is a good one. Lamar Jackson won the MVP award in 2023 with Dak Prescott as runner up. Dallas is 1-0 in international play after beating Jacksonville 31-17 in London in 2014.
The travel is the real story, and it is why the Cowboys log the fourth-most miles in the league this season. There is no bye afterwards. Week 4 sends Dallas straight to Houston, where the club has not won since 2010 and is 1-2 all time on the road, and Week 5 is a short week for Thursday night football. That is three games in 12 days starting with the flight to Brazil.
Cowboys Thanksgiving Game 2026: Eagles at AT&T Stadium
Thursday, November 26 against Philadelphia at AT&T Stadium, 4:30 PM ET on FOX. That is 3:30 PM in Arlington, the middle game of the holiday tripleheader.
Dallas has hosted on Thanksgiving every year since 1966 except 1975 and 1977. The Eagles have only been the opponent twice in that run, and they won both, 27-0 in 1989 and 33-10 in 2014. The Cowboys have never beaten Philadelphia on Thanksgiving.
The opponent looks different this year. Philadelphia traded three time All-Pro receiver AJ Brown to New England on June 1, leaving DeVonta Smith and rookie first round pick Makai Lemon to carry a passing game that struggled in 2025. The Eagles still arrive as back to back NFC East champions.
The scheduling quirk matters as much as the tradition. Dallas plays Tennessee on November 22, Philadelphia four days later, then waits 11 days for Seattle. It is the second Dallas and Philadelphia meeting in 31 days.
When Is the Cowboys Bye Week in 2026?
Week 14, the weekend of December 13. That is 91 days after the opener and the latest Dallas has taken its bye since 1990. The Cowboys play 13 games before the break and 4 after it.
The timing is kinder than the number suggests. The Monday night game at Seattle on December 7 adds a day either side, so the actual gap between the Seattle trip and the Rams game on December 20 runs 13 days. That is close to a two week rest heading into the final month.
What follows decides the season: at the Rams, home to Jacksonville on a Sunday night, home to the Giants, then the undated trip to Washington. The last two are division games, so the NFC East tiebreakers land in January. Compare every club on our NFL bye weeks page.
Cowboys 2026 Coaching Staff and Key Players
The 2025 season finished 7-9-1 and out of the playoffs for a second straight year, the first back to back miss since 2019 and 2020.
The offense was not the problem. Dallas ranked second in the NFL in total offense at 391.9 yards per game, with Dak Prescott throwing for 4,522 yards, George Pickens gaining 1,429 receiving yards, CeeDee Lamb 1,077 and Javonte Williams running for 1,201.
The defense was the problem, and it cost coordinator Matt Eberflus his job after one season.
Who is running the team:
- Brian Schottenheimer enters his second season as head coach. He was promoted from offensive coordinator in January 2025 and became the sixth head coach in franchise history to miss the playoffs in year one.
- Christian Parker is the new defensive coordinator, hired from Philadelphia to rebuild the unit that sank last season. Klayton Adams stays as offensive coordinator for a second year, so the scheme Prescott ran in 2025 carries over.
- Dak Prescott returns at quarterback for his eleventh season and has framed the playoffs as the minimum expectation for 2026.
- The defense was rebuilt in two stages. All-Pro tackle Quinnen Williams arrived in a midseason trade with the Jets in November 2025 and Kenny Clark is now in his second Cowboys season. This offseason added edge rusher Rashan Gary in a trade with Green Bay, safety Jalen Thompson on a three year deal to start opposite Malik Hooker, plus P.J. Locke and Cobie Durant. First round pick Caleb Downs, the Ohio State safety, joins the same secondary.
- Camp settled the line early. Schottenheimer named Tyler Guyton the starting left tackle after one padded practice, ending the competition with Nate Thomas. Tight end Princeton Fant is the notable loss, with knee ligament damage suffered on that same first day in pads.
- Week 15 got harder in June. The Los Angeles Rams traded for Myles Garrett, the reigning and two time Defensive Player of the Year, so the December 20 trip to SoFi Stadium now runs through him.
How to Get Dallas Cowboys Tickets
Home tickets run through the official Cowboys ticket page, with SeatGeek as the club’s primary partner and account manager, and verified resale on StubHub and Vivid Seats. The AT&T Stadium box office sells in person on game weeks.
With only eight dates in Arlington, the home calendar is tighter than most, and Washington in Week 2, San Francisco in Week 10 and Thanksgiving against Philadelphia move first. The Rio fixture is sold separately through the NFL international programme.
Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2026 FAQ
When do the Cowboys play their first game in 2026?
Sunday, September 13, 2026 at the New York Giants, 8:20 PM ET on NBC at MetLife Stadium. The home opener follows on Sunday, September 20 against the Washington Commanders at 4:25 PM ET on FOX.
Where can I get a free printable Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026?
Use the download buttons above. The printable is a one page US Letter PDF with all three preseason games and all 18 regular season weeks, including dates, kickoff times, TV channels and space to write each result. A wall calendar version covers August 2026 through January 2027. Both are free, with no sign up and no email required.
What channel are Dallas Cowboys games on in 2026?
FOX carries 8 games, NBC has 3, CBS and ESPN have 2 each and Prime Video has 1. All three preseason games air locally on CBS in Dallas and Fort Worth. Week 18 at Washington is still TBD, and three Week 18 games move to Saturday, January 9, with the 1:00 PM ET slot on Netflix. Our Cowboys streaming guide covers the cord cutting options.
When is the Cowboys bye week in 2026?
Week 14, the weekend of December 13, 2026. That is 91 days after the opener and the latest Dallas bye since 1990. The Cowboys play 13 games before the break and 4 after it. Because the Week 13 game at Seattle is on a Monday night, the actual gap between games runs 13 days, from December 7 to the trip to the Los Angeles Rams on December 20.
Are the Cowboys playing in Brazil in 2026?
Yes. Dallas faces the Baltimore Ravens at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM ET on CBS, which is 5:25 PM local. It is the first NFL game staged in Rio and only the second international game in Cowboys history, after a 31-17 win over Jacksonville in London in 2014. Dallas is the designated home team, so it counts as a home game even though it is not played at AT&T Stadium.
Who do the Cowboys play on Thanksgiving 2026?
The Philadelphia Eagles, at AT&T Stadium on Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET on FOX, a 3:30 PM start in Arlington. Dallas has hosted on Thanksgiving every year since 1966 except 1975 and 1977, but has never beaten the Eagles on the holiday, losing 27-0 in 1989 and 33-10 in 2014.
How many home games do the Cowboys have at AT&T Stadium in 2026?
Eight. Dallas is the home team nine times, but the Week 3 game against Baltimore is played in Rio de Janeiro, so only eight fixtures are in Arlington: Washington, Tampa Bay, Arizona, San Francisco, Tennessee, Philadelphia on Thanksgiving, Jacksonville and the New York Giants.
How many Super Bowls have the Dallas Cowboys won?
Five. Super Bowl VI, XII, XXVIII, XXIX and XXX. The most recent came after the 1995 season. Dallas has missed the playoffs in each of the last two years after a 7-9-1 finish in 2025.
The Dallas Cowboys schedule 2026 gives you eight home dates in Arlington, one trip to Rio de Janeiro, six prime time kickoffs and a Thanksgiving date against Philadelphia. Only Week 18 is still waiting on a kickoff time.
Save the printable or the wall calendar above, circle September 27 and November 26, and check back once the league dates the finale at Washington. For every other club, see the full 2026 NFL schedule.
Last Updated: August 10, 2026
