Seattle Seahawks Schedule 2026: Full Slate, Dates, Times and TV

The defending Super Bowl champions open the season on a Wednesday. Seattle hosts New England in the NFL Kickoff Game on September 9, a rematch of Super Bowl LX, and it is the first of six national windows on the Seahawks’ calendar.

Mike Macdonald’s third season also includes Christmas night at Lumen Field against the Rams. Nine home dates, eight road games, and a late Week 11 bye.

2026 Team Schedule

Seattle Seahawks Schedule

NFC West · Lumen Field · Mike Macdonald (3rd year)

Home Games

Bye Week

Sept 9

Kickoff Game vs Patriots

Dec 25

Circle It: Christmas vs Rams

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET) / TV	Result
1	Wed, Sept 9	vs New England Patriots	8:20 PM · NBC	—
2	Sun, Sept 20	at Arizona Cardinals	4:25 PM · FOX	—
3	Sun, Sept 27	at Washington Commanders	1:00 PM · FOX	—
4	Sun, Oct 4	vs Los Angeles Chargers	4:25 PM · CBS	—
5	Sun, Oct 11	vs San Francisco 49ers	4:25 PM · FOX	—
6	Thu, Oct 15	at Denver Broncos	8:15 PM · Prime	—
7	Sun, Oct 25	vs Kansas City Chiefs	8:20 PM · NBC	—
8	Mon, Nov 2	vs Chicago Bears	8:15 PM · ESPN	—
9	Sun, Nov 8	vs Arizona Cardinals	4:25 PM · FOX	—
10	Sun, Nov 15	at Las Vegas Raiders	4:05 PM · CBS	—
11	—	BYE WEEK	—	—
12	Sun, Nov 29	at San Francisco 49ers	4:25 PM · FOX	—
13	Mon, Dec 7	vs Dallas Cowboys	8:15 PM · ESPN	—
14	Sun, Dec 13	vs New York Giants	4:25 PM · FOX	—
15	Sat, Dec 19	at Philadelphia Eagles	5:00 PM · FOX	—
16	Fri, Dec 25	vs Los Angeles Rams (Christmas)	8:15 PM · FOX	—
17	Sun, Jan 3	at Carolina Panthers	1:00 PM · FOX	—
18	TBD	at Los Angeles Rams	TBD	—

Week 18 dates, times and networks are announced only after Week 17 concludes. Prime-time games in Weeks 5-17 can move under flexible scheduling.

Games That Will Define the Seahawks’ Season

Wk 1 vs Patriots	The NFL Kickoff Game on a Wednesday night, and a rematch of Super Bowl LX. Seattle raises a banner and then plays the team it beat for it.
Wk 7 vs Chiefs	Sunday night at Lumen Field. Kansas City missed the playoffs last season and this is the kind of measuring-stick game that decides where both teams actually are.
Wk 16 vs Rams	Christmas night at Lumen on FOX, the last of three Christmas Day games. Seattle then closes at the Rams in Week 18, so the division could turn on this pair.
Wk 15-18	A Saturday in Philadelphia, Christmas at home, Carolina on the road, then the Rams again. Three of the last four are away from Lumen Field.

Champions’ Schedule

Seattle went 14-3 last season and won Super Bowl LX. As champion it gets the Kickoff Game, and the league loaded the calendar with national windows to match.

Six Standalone Windows

The Wednesday opener, a Thursday night in Denver, a Sunday night, two Monday nights, a Saturday in Philadelphia and Christmas. Very little of this season airs opposite other games.

A New Play-Caller Again

Klint Kubiak left to become head coach of the Raiders, so Seattle opens with its fourth offensive coordinator in four seasons.

How the Schedule Sets Up

Seattle plays four of its first five inside the NFC West or against 2025 playoff teams, then gets a short week into Denver. The stretch from Week 7 through Week 10 is the giveaway: Kansas City on Sunday night, Chicago on Monday night, Arizona at home, then Las Vegas, all before a Week 11 bye that lands unusually late.

December is the hard part. San Francisco on the road, Dallas on Monday night, the Giants, then Philadelphia, the Rams on Christmas and the Rams again in Week 18. For the other side of the Week 5 and Week 12 matchups, see our San Francisco 49ers schedule page. Full league schedules and flexible-scheduling rules are published by the NFL.

The Bottom Line

Nine home games, a Wednesday-night title defense against the team Seattle beat in Super Bowl LX, Christmas night at Lumen, and the Rams twice in the last three weeks. The Seahawks get the most visible schedule in the league and a division race that may not settle until Week 18. Bookmark this page; results and Week 18 details are updated throughout the season.