Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 2026: Printable PDF, Times, TV Channels
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers schedule 2026 starts on the road at the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 PM ET on FOX. Three home games follow at Raymond James Stadium.
Preseason is done. Tampa Bay went 2-1 and cut to 53 players on August 30. Two franchise pillars are gone: Mike Evans signed with San Francisco, and Lavonte David retired after 14 seasons.
Below are all 17 regular season games with dates, Eastern kickoff times and TV channels, plus a free printable PDF and a wall calendar.
Jump to: Preseason Results | TV Schedule | Kickoff Times | Printable Schedule | Wall Calendar | What Changed | Bye Week
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 2026 Quick Facts
| Season opener | Sun, Sep 13 at Cincinnati Bengals, 1:00 PM ET (FOX) |
| Home opener | Sun, Sep 20 vs Cleveland Browns, 1:00 PM ET (CBS) |
| Season span | September 2026 through January 2027 |
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL (about 65,000 seats) |
| Head coach | Todd Bowles (5th season, calls the defense himself) |
| Coordinators | Zac Robinson (offense); no defensive coordinator listed |
| Quarterbacks | Baker Mayfield, rookie Jalon Daniels backing up |
| Home / road games | 9 / 8 |
| Bye week | Week 10, weekend of November 15 |
| Prime time games | 3 (Weeks 5, 9 and 12) |
| Crossover opponents | AFC North in full, plus the Chargers |
| Networks | FOX 7, CBS 4, NBC 1, ESPN 1, Prime Video 1, Weeks 16 to 18 TBD |
| Radio | 98ROCK, WXTB 97.9 FM (Tony Castricone, play by play) |
| 2026 preseason | 2-1 |
| 2025 season | 8-9, second in the NFC South, missed the playoffs |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 2026: Week by Week
Home games are marked “vs” and road games “at.” All kickoff times are Eastern, which is local time in Tampa.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Sep 13 | at Cincinnati Bengals | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 20 | vs Cleveland Browns | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 27 | vs Minnesota Vikings | 4:05 PM | FOX |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 4 | vs Green Bay Packers | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 5 | Thu, Oct 8 | at Dallas Cowboys | 8:15 PM | Prime Video |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 18 | vs Pittsburgh Steelers | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 25 | at Carolina Panthers | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 8 | Sun, Nov 1 | vs Atlanta Falcons | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 9 | Sun, Nov 8 | at Chicago Bears | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 10 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22 | at Detroit Lions | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 12 | Mon, Nov 30 | vs Carolina Panthers | 8:15 PM | ESPN |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 6 | vs Los Angeles Chargers | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 14 | Sun, Dec 13 | at Baltimore Ravens | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 20 | vs New Orleans Saints | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 16 | Dec 26 or 27 | at Atlanta Falcons | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | Jan 2 to 4 | vs Los Angeles Rams | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | Jan 9 or 10 | at New Orleans Saints | TBD | TBD |
The opening month is kind. Four of the first six games are in Tampa, and Cincinnati is the only trip before October 8. Tampa Bay does not meet a division rival until Week 7 at Carolina, the latest divisional start in the NFC South. Atlanta and Carolina open division play in Week 2, New Orleans in Week 4.
All six NFC South games then fall in the last 12 weeks, so the standings stay live into January. After the bye the split is even, four home and four away, and the season ends at New Orleans.
Three weeks stay open. Week 16 at Atlanta is one of four late games the league held back, so it lands Saturday December 26 on NFL Network or Sunday December 27. Week 17 falls between January 2 and 4. Week 18 is set only after Week 17 ends. Flex rules can also move a Sunday afternoon game to Sunday night from Week 5, Monday night from Week 12 or Thursday night from Week 13.
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Buccaneers Preseason Results 2026
Tampa Bay finished the 2026 NFL preseason at 2-1, closing with a shutout loss in Jacksonville.
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Aug 14 | at New York Jets | W 24 to 16 |
| 2 | Sat, Aug 22 | vs Kansas City Chiefs | W 16 to 15 |
| 3 | Fri, Aug 28 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | L 0 to 19 |
The lasting story was at quarterback. Undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels went 27 of 44 for 239 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions, led five scoring drives, and beat out veteran Jake Browning for the backup job. Browning was released on August 30.
What Channel Are Tampa Bay Buccaneers Games On in 2026?
FOX has seven games and CBS four. Add the NBC Sunday night game and 12 of the 14 assigned games are free over the air. Three weeks have no network yet.
| Network | Games | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| FOX | 7 | 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 14, 15 |
| CBS | 4 | 2, 6, 11, 13 |
| NBC | 1 | 9 |
| ESPN | 1 | 12 |
| Prime Video | 1 | 5 |
| TBD | 3 | 16, 17, 18 |
- Three prime time games, one at home. Dallas on Thursday Night Football on Prime Video in Week 5, Chicago on Sunday Night Football on NBC in Week 9, and Carolina on Monday Night Football on ESPN, November 30, the only night game in Tampa.
- One late afternoon window. Week 3 against Minnesota starts at 4:05 PM ET. Every other assigned Sunday is 1:00 PM except the Week 9 night game.
- The AFC North is the crossover. Cincinnati and Baltimore away, Cleveland and Pittsburgh in Tampa. The Chargers in Week 13 are the extra interconference game the NFC hosts in 2026.
An antenna covers most of the season free. 98ROCK, WXTB 97.9 FM, is the flagship radio station, with Tony Castricone in his first year on play by play after Gene Deckerhoff retired. Out of market viewers can add Sunday afternoons through NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube.
Buccaneers Kickoff Times in Every Time Zone
| Eastern (Tampa) | 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 |
| 8:15 PM | 7:15 PM | 6:15 PM | 5:15 PM |
| 8:20 PM | 7:20 PM | 6:20 PM | 5:20 PM |
Tampa Bay barely leaves home time. Only three road games cross a zone line and all three are Central: Dallas in Week 5, Chicago in Week 9 and New Orleans in Week 18. There is no Mountain or Pacific trip all season.
One caveat for Arizona. The state skips daylight saving, so subtract three hours from Eastern rather than two until daylight saving ends on Sunday, November 1. Every Buccaneers game from Week 8 onward sits on the standard time side of that split.
Free Printable Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 2026 (PDF)
The full Tampa Bay Buccaneers schedule 2026 on one page: preseason plus all 18 regular season weeks with dates, opponents, kickoff times and TV channels. Home games print in bold red so the nine Raymond James Stadium dates stand out. US Letter size, free, no email or sign up.
Want every team on one page? Get the full 2026 NFL schedule with all 32 teams, week by week.
Buccaneers 2026 Wall Calendar Printable (PDF)
A month grid suits a fridge door better than a list. Five grids run August through December, home dates filled red, road dates outlined, opponent and kickoff time in every square. October is the busiest page with four game days. November has one blank weekend, the 15th, which is the bye.
Printing tip: choose “Actual size” or “100%” rather than “Fit to page” so the small type stays sharp.
What Changed for the Buccaneers in 2026
Tampa Bay won four straight NFC South titles from 2021 through 2024, matching the Saints run of 2017 to 2020 as the longest in division history, and made five straight playoffs, a franchise record. Both streaks ended in 2025 with a 6-2 start, a 2-7 finish and a three way tiebreaker that gave Carolina the title.
- Two pillars are gone. Mike Evans signed with San Francisco in March after 12 seasons. Lavonte David retired the same month after 14. This is the first Tampa Bay season since 2013 without Evans on the depth chart.
- An undrafted rookie is the backup quarterback. Jalon Daniels out of Kansas beat Jake Browning and Connor Bazelak for the job. Baker Mayfield has not missed a start in three seasons in Tampa and is in the final year of his contract.
- The receiver room is rebuilt around three roles. Chris Godwin Jr. stays in the slot, Emeka Egbuka moves to the Z, and third round rookie Ted Hurst III of Georgia State is the candidate at the X spot Evans held.
- Kenny Gainwell replaces Rachaad White as the complement to Bucky Irving. Gainwell topped 1,000 scrimmage yards for Pittsburgh in 2025. Irving is back healthy after shoulder and foot injuries.
- Zac Robinson calls the offense in his first year, hired from the Atlanta Falcons, which gives Weeks 8 and 16 an edge. Todd Bowles is in season five and still runs the defense himself, with no defensive coordinator on the staff.
- The draft went to the front seven. Miami edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr. went 15th overall and Missouri linebacker Josiah Trotter at No. 46. Both are expected to start. Vita Vea signed an extension through 2027.
Two players open the year on injured reserve with a return designation and will miss at least four games: cornerback Josh Hayes and receiver David Sills V. No one is on the physically unable to perform list. The first official injury report of the season lands Wednesday, September 9.
When is the Buccaneers Bye Week in 2026?
Week 10, the weekend of November 15. Tampa Bay plays nine games before the break and eight after it, returning at the Detroit Lions on November 22.
The timing matters. The Buccaneers went 2-7 after their bye in 2025, so this November restart is the stretch the club most wants to rewrite. Compare every team on our NFL bye weeks page.
Raymond James Stadium and Buccaneers Tickets
Raymond James Stadium opened in September 1998 and lists about 65,000 seats, expandable to 75,000 for events such as the Super Bowl. The replica pirate ship in the north end zone is still its signature.
Nine regular season games land in Tampa, one more than the road count, because the NFC hosts the extra interconference game in 2026. Cleveland, Minnesota and Green Bay arrive on consecutive Sundays from September 20. Pittsburgh in Week 6 and the Chargers in Week 13 are rare visitors.
Home seats run through the official Buccaneers ticket page. Ticketmaster is the club partner, so single game seats, season passes, parking and verified resale all route through it. Carolina on Monday night, the Rams in Week 17 and Atlanta in Week 8 move fastest. One warning on Week 17: the club lists January 3, but the league has not fixed that date, so check before booking travel.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 2026 FAQ
When do the Buccaneers play their first game in 2026?
Sunday, September 13, 2026 at the Cincinnati Bengals, 1:00 PM ET on FOX. The home opener is Sunday, September 20 against the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium.
Where can I get a free printable Tampa Bay Buccaneers schedule 2026?
Use the download buttons above. The printable is a one page US Letter PDF covering preseason and all 18 regular season weeks, with dates, kickoff times and TV channels, and home games in bold. A wall calendar version runs August through December 2026. Both are free, with no sign up or email required.
What channel are Tampa Bay Buccaneers games on in 2026?
FOX carries seven games and CBS four. NBC has the Week 9 Sunday night game at Chicago, ESPN the Week 12 Monday night game against Carolina, and Prime Video the Week 5 Thursday night game at Dallas. That puts 12 of the 14 assigned games on free over the air television. Weeks 16, 17 and 18 have no network yet. Radio is 98ROCK, WXTB 97.9 FM.
When is the Buccaneers bye week in 2026?
Week 10, the weekend of November 15, 2026. Tampa Bay plays nine games before the break and eight after it, returning at the Detroit Lions on November 22.
Why are Weeks 16, 17 and 18 still TBD?
The league holds those windows back to place the best matchups in the best slots. Week 16 at Atlanta is Saturday December 26 on NFL Network or Sunday December 27, since Tampa Bay is not in the Christmas Eve or Christmas Day games. Week 17 against the Rams falls between January 2 and 4, and Week 18 at New Orleans on January 9 or 10 is set only after Week 17 ends.
How many Super Bowls have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won?
Two. Super Bowl XXXVII after the 2002 season, a 48-21 win over the Oakland Raiders, and Super Bowl LV after the 2020 season, a 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs played at Raymond James Stadium.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers schedule 2026 gives you nine Sundays at Raymond James Stadium, a soft opening month, three prime time nights and a Week 10 bye. Save the printable or the wall calendar above, circle November 30, and check back once the league fixes the last three weeks.
Last Updated: September 5, 2026.
