Denver Broncos Schedule 2026: Full Slate, Dates, Times and TV

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The Broncos open the season on Monday night in Kansas City and get one of the season’s marquee holiday windows: Buffalo at Empower Field on Christmas Day, on Netflix. Denver also hosts Seattle on a Thursday and plays the Black Friday game in Pittsburgh.

Sean Payton’s fourth season follows a 14-3 finish, an AFC West title and a home AFC Championship Game. Eight home dates, nine road games, bye in Week 10.

2026 Team Schedule
Denver Broncos Schedule
AFC West · Empower Field at Mile High · Sean Payton (4th year)
8
Home Games
10
Bye Week
Sept 14
Opener at Chiefs
Dec 25
Circle It: Christmas vs Bills
Week Date Opponent Time (ET) / TV Result
1 Mon, Sept 14 at Kansas City Chiefs 8:15 PM · ESPN —
2 Sun, Sept 20 vs Jacksonville Jaguars 4:05 PM · CBS —
3 Sun, Sept 27 vs Los Angeles Rams 8:20 PM · NBC —
4 Sun, Oct 4 at San Francisco 49ers 4:25 PM · CBS —
5 Sun, Oct 11 at Los Angeles Chargers 4:05 PM · CBS —
6 Thu, Oct 15 vs Seattle Seahawks 8:15 PM · Prime —
7 Sun, Oct 25 at Arizona Cardinals 4:05 PM · CBS —
8 Sun, Nov 1 vs Kansas City Chiefs 4:25 PM · CBS —
9 Sun, Nov 8 at Carolina Panthers 1:00 PM · CBS —
10 — BYE WEEK — —
11 Sun, Nov 22 vs Las Vegas Raiders 4:25 PM · CBS —
12 Fri, Nov 27 at Pittsburgh Steelers (Black Friday) 3:00 PM · Prime —
13 Sun, Dec 6 vs Miami Dolphins 4:05 PM · FOX —
14 Sun, Dec 13 at New York Jets 1:00 PM · CBS —
15 Sun, Dec 20 at Las Vegas Raiders 4:25 PM · CBS —
16 Fri, Dec 25 vs Buffalo Bills (Christmas) 4:30 PM · Netflix —
17 TBD at New England Patriots TBD —
18 TBD vs Los Angeles Chargers TBD —
Week 17 is a designated matchup whose date and time are set later in the season, no later than immediately after Week 15. Week 18 details are announced only after Week 17 concludes. Prime-time games can move under flexible scheduling.

Games That Will Define the Broncos’ Season

Wk 1 at Chiefs Monday night at Arrowhead to open the season, against the team Denver displaced atop the AFC West. The rematch is at home in Week 8.
Wk 16 vs Bills Christmas Day at Empower Field on Netflix, a rematch of the divisional-round game Denver won in January.
Wk 17 at Patriots A rematch of the AFC Championship Game, played at Gillette this time. The date and window are set later in the season.
Wk 12 at Steelers The Black Friday game, a 3:00 p.m. kickoff on Prime Video in Pittsburgh. Denver has lost its last three meetings with the Steelers.
A Division-Bracketed Season
Denver opens at Kansas City and closes at home against the Chargers, with all six AFC West games spread from Week 1 to Week 18. None of them fall in the same month twice.
Five Standalone Windows
A Monday night opener, a Sunday night against the Rams, a Thursday night against Seattle, Black Friday in Pittsburgh and Christmas at home. Week 17 could add a sixth.
Nine on the Road
Only eight games are at altitude, which cuts against Denver’s biggest structural edge. Four of the first five weeks are away from Mile High or against playoff teams.

How the Schedule Sets Up

The opening month is unforgiving: Kansas City on Monday night, then Jacksonville and the Rams at home before back-to-back California road games at San Francisco and the Chargers. Denver comes out of that stretch straight into a short week against Seattle.

The Week 10 bye lands after Carolina and before the Raiders, and the run home is where the schedule turns strange. Black Friday in Pittsburgh, Miami at home, the Jets, Las Vegas, Christmas against Buffalo, then the AFC Championship rematch in New England. For the other side of the two Chiefs games, see our Kansas City Chiefs schedule page. Full league schedules and flexible-scheduling rules are published by the NFL.

The Bottom Line

Eight home games, a Week 10 bye, Black Friday in Pittsburgh and Christmas against Buffalo. Denver went 14-3 and hosted the AFC Championship Game last season, and the league rewarded it with five standalone windows and a December that runs through both of last winter’s playoff opponents. Bookmark this page; results and Week 17 and 18 details are updated throughout the season.