New York Jets Schedule 2026: Printable PDF, Times, TV Channels
The New York Jets schedule 2026 begins on the road. New York opens at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 PM ET on CBS, then hosts the Green Bay Packers in the MetLife Stadium opener a week later.
One number defines the season. The Jets have zero prime time games, the first time since 1981 that the franchise has been shut out of the national night windows. Fourteen of the 17 games kick at 1:00 PM ET. The other three are two 4:05 PM road trips and a Week 18 finale with no time attached yet.
Aaron Glenn returns for year two after a 3-14 debut, with Geno Smith at quarterback and Frank Reich calling plays.
Every date, kickoff time and TV channel is below, plus a free printable schedule and a wall calendar, both sized for US Letter paper.
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New York Jets Schedule 2026 Quick Facts
| Season opener | Sun, Sep 13 at Tennessee Titans, 1:00 PM ET (CBS) |
| Home opener | Sun, Sep 20 vs Green Bay Packers, 1:00 PM ET (FOX) |
| Season span | September 2026 through January 2027 |
| Stadium | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (82,500 seats) |
| Head coach | Aaron Glenn (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Frank Reich |
| Defensive coordinator | Brian Duker |
| Quarterback | Geno Smith |
| Division | AFC East |
| Home / road games | 8 / 9 |
| Bye week | Week 13, weekend of December 6 |
| 1:00 PM ET kickoffs | 14 of 17 (Week 18 TBD) |
| Prime time games | 0 |
| Networks | CBS 10 games, FOX 6, Week 18 TBD |
| Radio | Q104.3 FM (flagship) |
| 2025 season | 3-14, missed the playoffs |
New York Jets Schedule 2026: Every Game, Date and TV Channel
Home games are marked “vs” and road games “at.” All times are Eastern, which is also local time at MetLife Stadium, so New York and New Jersey fans can read the times straight off the table.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Sep 13 | at Tennessee Titans | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 20 | vs Green Bay Packers | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 27 | at Detroit Lions | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 4 | at Chicago Bears | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 5 | Sun, Oct 11 | vs Cleveland Browns | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 18 | at New England Patriots | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 25 | vs Miami Dolphins | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 8 | Sun, Nov 1 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 9 | Sun, Nov 8 | at Kansas City Chiefs | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 15 | vs Buffalo Bills | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22 | at Los Angeles Chargers | 4:05 PM | FOX |
| 12 | Sun, Nov 29 | at Miami Dolphins | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 13 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 14 | Sun, Dec 13 | vs Denver Broncos | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 20 | at Arizona Cardinals | 4:05 PM | FOX |
| 16 | Sun, Dec 27 | vs New England Patriots | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 3 | vs Minnesota Vikings | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 18 | TBD | at Buffalo Bills | TBD | TBD |
The finale at the Buffalo Bills carries no date. The league fixes Week 18 only after Week 17 ends, then splits the round between Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, 2027, with no Monday night game.
Sunday afternoon kickoffs can also move under flexible scheduling, so treat the 1:00 PM and 4:05 PM slots as provisional until game week.
The draw is front loaded with the NFC North. New York meets Green Bay, Detroit and Chicago in Weeks 2, 3 and 4, then closes the home slate against Minnesota in Week 17.
The AFC East runs the other way: four of the six division dates fall from Week 10 on, ending at Buffalo in Week 18.
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Jets Preseason Schedule 2026
All three 2026 NFL preseason games fall on a Friday night, and two of the three are at MetLife Stadium.
| Game | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Aug 14 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7:00 PM | WCBS / NFL Network |
| 2 | Fri, Aug 21 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | 7:00 PM | WCBS / NFL Network |
| 3 | Fri, Aug 28 | vs New York Giants | 7:30 PM | WCBS |
NFL Network carries the Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh games nationally. The August 28 finale against the New York Giants is local only, and it is the crosstown preseason meeting between the two clubs that share MetLife Stadium, so the visiting locker room is a short walk down the hall. WCBS is the local station for all three and Q104.3 FM has the radio call.
What Channel is the Jets Game On? TV Schedule
Two networks split the entire regular season. CBS holds 10 games, FOX has 6, and Week 18 is unassigned. There is no NBC, ESPN, Prime Video or NFL Network game on the regular season sheet.
| Network | Games | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| CBS | 10 | 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 |
| FOX | 6 | 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 15 |
| TBD | 1 | 18 |
Four of those FOX dates are cross flex assignments. Under the default split CBS carries AFC road games, so Weeks 3, 4, 8 and 11 would normally be CBS. The league moved them to FOX, which is worth knowing if you are hunting for the game on a Sunday morning.
Three things to know:
- Zero prime time games. Nothing falls in the 8:15 PM or 8:20 PM ET windows, so there is no Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football or Thursday Night Football date. The Jets are one of five clubs shut out of the night slate in 2026.
- Fourteen of 17 games kick at 1:00 PM ET. Only Week 11 at the Chargers and Week 15 at the Cardinals move to the 4:05 PM window, both West Coast road trips. Week 18 at Buffalo has no time yet. All eight MetLife Stadium dates start at 1:00 PM.
- Flexible scheduling can still add a night game. The league can flex a Sunday afternoon game into Sunday night up to twice in Weeks 5 through 10 and in any week from 11 to 17, into Monday night in Weeks 12 through 17, and into Thursday night up to twice in Weeks 13 through 17. A winning autumn is the realistic path to a Jets night kickoff.
Q104.3 FM is the flagship radio home for the Jets radio network. Out of market viewers can pick up Sunday afternoon games through NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube, and because every Jets regular season game is a CBS or FOX broadcast, a digital antenna covers the full local slate for free.
Jets Kickoff Times in Every Time Zone
The conversion grid is short this year because only two kickoff windows appear all season.
| Eastern (MetLife) | Central | Mountain | Pacific |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 4:05 PM | 3:05 PM | 2:05 PM | 1:05 PM |
Five of the nine road trips leave the Eastern zone: Tennessee, Chicago and Kansas City sit in Central, Arizona in Mountain and Los Angeles in Pacific. The other four, at Detroit, New England, Miami and Buffalo, run on the same clock as MetLife Stadium, so the Jets keep their body clock for most of the season.
Arizona is the exception. The state does not observe daylight saving time, so the Mountain column is off through Week 7. Subtract three hours from Eastern instead of two until daylight saving ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026. From Week 8 on, including the Week 15 trip to Glendale, the column reads correctly.
Free Printable New York Jets Schedule 2026 (PDF)
The whole season on one page: three preseason games and all 18 regular season weeks with dates, opponents, kickoff times and TV channels. Home games are bold, so the eight MetLife Stadium dates stand out at a glance.
A facts strip across the top carries the 8 and 9 home and road split, the Week 13 bye, MetLife Stadium and Aaron Glenn. The notes box flags what makes this season unusual: no prime time games, and 14 of 17 kickoffs at the same 1:00 PM ET time. Sized for US Letter paper (8.5 x 11 inches). Free, with no sign up or email required.
Want every team on one page? Get the full 2026 NFL schedule with all 32 teams, week by week.
Jets 2026 Wall Calendar Printable (PDF)
Prefer a month grid? This version runs August 2026 through January 2027. MetLife Stadium dates are filled in Jets green, road trips are outlined, and every square carries the opponent and kickoff time.
The blank first weekend of December marks the Week 13 bye, and the January page holds one square, Minnesota on the 3rd, before the undated trip to Buffalo. Good for a fridge, an office wall or a dorm door. Also US Letter, also free.
Printing tip: pick “Actual size” or “100%” instead of “Fit to page” so the small type stays sharp.
Why the Jets Have No Prime Time Games in 2026
The league builds its night slate around teams it expects to draw a national audience. New York went 15-36 across the last three seasons and 3-14 in 2025, so the networks passed. It is the first time since 1981 that a Jets season has opened with no scheduled prime time game.
The Jets are not alone. Five clubs have no night game on the 2026 calendar: New York, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Arizona and Miami. What separates the Jets is the length of the streak, and the fact that this is happening to a team in the largest media market in the country.
Aaron Glenn was asked about the snub during the offseason program and did not argue with it. “To me, it’s more of you earn the right,” he said. “And, yes, you can use that as motivation, but you earn the right.”
One door stays open. Week 18 at Buffalo has no time attached, and Sunday afternoon games remain flex eligible, so a strong autumn could still put the Jets under the lights. For now the practical upside is simple: no 8:20 PM starts, no Thursday travel, and a kickoff time that is almost always 1:00 PM ET.
MetLife Stadium After the 2026 World Cup Final
The Jets return to a building that just hosted the biggest single match in world football. MetLife Stadium staged the FIFA World Cup final on July 19, 2026, and the pitch, seating and broadcast infrastructure were rebuilt around that event before the field was converted back for the NFL season.
The stadium opened in April 2010 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, seats 82,500 and is shared with the New York Giants, which is why the Jets play in New Jersey despite the name. Along with SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, it is one of only two NFL venues with two full time tenants.
There is a longer story running underneath the season. The Jets have not reached the playoffs since the 2010 season, a 15 year gap that is now the longest active postseason drought in North American major league sport. Their last playoff game was a 24-19 loss at Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship on January 23, 2011.
When is the Jets Bye Week in 2026?
Week 13, the weekend of December 6. That is a late break by league standards. New York plays 12 straight games to open the season, then five more after the rest, so the second half is compressed.
The bye lands between the road game at Miami on November 29 and the home date with Denver on December 13. Baltimore, Indianapolis and Las Vegas share the same Week 13 break. Compare every club on our NFL bye weeks page.
Jets 2026 Coaching Staff and Key Players
Aaron Glenn kept his job after a historically bad debut year. The Jets finished 3-14, ranked last in the NFL in point differential at minus 203, and became the first team since interceptions were first tracked in 1933 to go a full season without recording one.
They also finished 31st in sacks with 26. Ownership stayed with Glenn, but almost everything around him changed.
Who is running the team:
- Frank Reich was hired on February 4, 2026 to run the offense, replacing Tanner Engstrand after one season. Reich is a former Colts and Panthers head coach who has spent two decades developing quarterbacks.
- Brian Duker was named defensive coordinator in January 2026. He spent 2024 and 2025 as the Miami Dolphins pass game coordinator and secondary coach, and worked under Glenn in Detroit before that. Chris Banjo runs special teams and Bill Musgrave coaches quarterbacks.
- Geno Smith is the starting quarterback. The Jets acquired him from the Las Vegas Raiders on March 11 along with a 2026 seventh round pick, for a sixth round pick. Smith was the club’s second round selection in 2013, 39th overall, so this is a second run in New York. Glenn confirmed him as the starter and Reich has said publicly that Smith fits the offense.
The roster looks different because of what happened at the 2025 trade deadline. New York sent cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts for two first round picks and receiver Adonai Mitchell, and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2026 second, a 2027 first and defensive tackle Mazi Smith. Justin Fields was traded to Kansas City on March 18.
The rebuild leaned defensive in free agency. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick arrived and signed an extension, linebacker Demario Davis returned for a third stint with the club, and defensive back Nahshon Wright was signed to help fix the takeaway problem.
Will McDonald IV led the 2025 team with 8.0 sacks and is the top returning pass rusher. On offense, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and second year tight end Mason Taylor are the pieces Reich builds around, behind a young line anchored by Armand Membou and Olu Fashanu.
How to Get New York Jets Tickets
Home tickets run through the official Jets ticket page and Ticketmaster, the club’s primary ticketing partner. Verified resale is available on StubHub, Vivid Seats and SeatGeek, and TickPick handles the club’s fan experience packages. Buying from an authorised seller is the only way to guarantee a valid mobile ticket.
Tickets are mobile only and parking at MetLife Stadium is sold separately in advance, so sort both before you travel. NJ Transit runs a dedicated Meadowlands rail service from Secaucus Junction on game days.
Demand concentrates on the three AFC East home dates against Buffalo, Miami and New England, plus the Green Bay opener. Hold off on the Week 18 trip to Buffalo until the league sets that date after Week 17.
New York Jets Schedule 2026 FAQ
When do the Jets play their first game in 2026?
Sunday, September 13, 2026 at the Tennessee Titans, 1:00 PM ET on CBS. The MetLife Stadium home opener follows on Sunday, September 20 against the Green Bay Packers, also at 1:00 PM ET, on FOX.
Where can I get a free printable New York Jets 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 and TV channels. There is also a wall calendar version covering August 2026 through January 2027. Both are free with no sign up or email required.
What channel are New York Jets games on in 2026?
CBS carries 10 games and FOX carries 6. Week 18 at Buffalo is still TBD. No Jets regular season game is scheduled for NBC, ESPN, Prime Video or NFL Network. In preseason, NFL Network carries the Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh games nationally, WCBS is the local station for all three, and Q104.3 FM is the flagship radio home.
What time do the Jets play in 2026?
1:00 PM ET for 14 of the 17 games, including all eight home dates at MetLife Stadium. Two road games move to 4:05 PM ET, Week 11 at the Los Angeles Chargers on November 22 and Week 15 at the Arizona Cardinals on December 20. Week 18 at Buffalo has no kickoff time yet.
When is the Jets bye week in 2026?
Week 13, the weekend of December 6. New York plays 12 straight games before the break and five after it. The bye falls between the road game at Miami on November 29 and the home game against Denver on December 13.
Do the Jets have any prime time games in 2026?
No. Not one Jets game falls in the 8:15 PM or 8:20 PM ET national windows, so there is no Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football or Thursday Night Football date. It is the first Jets season without one since 1981, and they are one of five clubs shut out of the night slate alongside Tennessee, Las Vegas, Arizona and Miami. Week 18 is still unscheduled and flexible scheduling could move a late season game into prime time.
Who is the Jets quarterback in 2026?
Geno Smith. The Jets acquired him from the Las Vegas Raiders on March 11, 2026 and head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed him as the starter. Smith was originally a Jets second round pick in 2013, 39th overall, and spent his first four seasons with the club. Justin Fields, who started for much of 2025, was traded to Kansas City on March 18.
How many Super Bowls have the New York Jets won?
One. The Jets beat the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III on January 12, 1969, after Joe Namath guaranteed the win. It was the first Super Bowl victory by an AFL club and it remains the franchise’s only title. New York has not reached the playoffs since the 2010 season.
The New York Jets schedule 2026 is a quiet one on paper: no night games, 14 kickoffs at the same 1:00 PM ET time and a road opener in Nashville. That predictability makes it easy to plan around.
Bookmark this page for kickoff times and TV channels, and grab the free printable PDF above to keep the full season in front of you.
Last Updated: August 10, 2026
