{"id":891574,"date":"2026-05-15T03:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891574\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:48:18","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-2026-schedule-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891574\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 schedule set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIT\u2019S SAFER THAN SPINNING A CAR OUT LIKE WE NORMALLY SEE. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THE BETTER QUESTION IS, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? WESH. SPORTS DIRECTOR DAREN STOLZFUS JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH THE JUST RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCS. IT\u2019LL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, RIGHT? THE BUCS NOW HAVE THE ROADMAP FOR WHAT THEY HOPE IS MORE TREASURE A SUPER BOWL. BUT THE BUCS OF COURSE MISSED THE PLAYOFFS A YEAR AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. IT DOES MAKE FOR A BIT MORE MANAGEABLE OF A SCHEDULE IN 2026. AT LEAST THAT\u2019S THE THEORY. THE BUCS WILL PLAY THREE PRIMETIME GAMES, INCLUDING A WEEK NINE SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AFFAIR RIGHT HERE ON WESH TWO, WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE CHICAGO BEARS. THEY WILL HOST BOTH LA TEAMS, BUT THE FARTHEST WEST THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL IS DALLAS IN WEEK FIVE. THEY ALSO MIGHT AVOID ANY COLD WEATHER GAMES ONLY OUTDOOR LATE SEASON ROAD GAME IS IN BALTIMORE IN WEEK 14. IT ALL GETS STARTED ON AUGUST 14TH. THAT\u2019S A FRIDAY. IT\u2019S WEEK ONE OF THE PRESEASON ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE NEW YORK JETS. ALL THREE PRESEASON GAM\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 schedule set<\/p>\n

Preseason Games and Week 9 Matchup vs. Bears to Air on WESH 2<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWESH 2 is the official broadcast partner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.The NFL\u2019s 2026 schedule is set. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the preseason Friday, Aug. 14, at the New York Jets. The Bucs then return to Florida for a home game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, Aug. 22, followed by a final preseason matchup Friday, Aug. 28, at Jacksonville. All three preseason games will air live on WESH 2.Midway through the regular season, the Bucs will return to WESH 2. In Week 9, Tampa Bay travels to Chicago to face the Bears in a \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d matchup. WESH 2 Sports will travel with the team and provide live coverage from Chicago before and after the game on WESH 2 News.Here is the Buccaneers\u2019 full 2026 schedule:Week 1 \u2014 at Cincinnati, Sept. 13Week 2 \u2014 vs. Cleveland, Sept. 20Week 3 \u2014 vs. Minnesota, Sept. 27Week 4 \u2014 vs. Green Bay, Oct. 4Week 5 \u2014 at Dallas, Oct. 8Week 6 \u2014 vs. Pittsburgh, Oct. 18Week 7 \u2014 at Carolina, Oct. 25Week 8 \u2014 vs. Atlanta, Nov. 1Week 9 \u2014 at Chicago, Nov. 8 (\u201cSunday Night Football\u201d on WESH 2)Week 10 \u2014 ByeWeek 11 \u2014 at Detroit, Nov. 22Week 12 \u2014 vs. Carolina, Nov. 30Week 13 \u2014 vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Dec. 6Week 14 \u2014 at Baltimore, Dec. 13Week 15 \u2014 vs. New Orleans, Dec. 20Week 16 \u2014 at Atlanta, date TBDWeek 17 \u2014 vs. Los Angeles Rams, Jan. 3Week 18 \u2014 at New Orleans, date TBD\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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WESH 2 is the official broadcast partner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s 2026 schedule is set. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the preseason Friday, Aug. 14, at the New York Jets. The Bucs then return to Florida for a home game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, Aug. 22, followed by a final preseason matchup Friday, Aug. 28, at Jacksonville. All three preseason games will air live on WESH 2.<\/p>\n

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Midway through the regular season, the Bucs will return to WESH 2. In Week 9, Tampa Bay travels to Chicago to face the Bears in a \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d matchup. WESH 2 Sports will travel with the team and provide live coverage from Chicago before and after the game on WESH 2 News.<\/p>\n

Here is the Buccaneers\u2019 full 2026 schedule:<\/p>\n

Week 1 \u2014 at Cincinnati, Sept. 13
Week 2 \u2014 vs. Cleveland, Sept. 20
Week 3 \u2014 vs. Minnesota, Sept. 27
Week 4 \u2014 vs. Green Bay, Oct. 4
Week 5 \u2014 at Dallas, Oct. 8
Week 6 \u2014 vs. Pittsburgh, Oct. 18
Week 7 \u2014 at Carolina, Oct. 25
Week 8 \u2014 vs. Atlanta, Nov. 1
Week 9 \u2014 at Chicago, Nov. 8 (\u201cSunday Night Football\u201d on WESH 2)
Week 10 \u2014 Bye
Week 11 \u2014 at Detroit, Nov. 22
Week 12 \u2014 vs. Carolina, Nov. 30
Week 13 \u2014 vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Dec. 6
Week 14 \u2014 at Baltimore, Dec. 13
Week 15 \u2014 vs. New Orleans, Dec. 20
Week 16 \u2014 at Atlanta, date TBD
Week 17 \u2014 vs. Los Angeles Rams, Jan. 3
Week 18 \u2014 at New Orleans, date TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S SAFER THAN SPINNING A CAR OUT LIKE WE NORMALLY SEE. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[17631,211,235,692,120041,7,16741,263,6,17625,17628,120042,120040,17627,4032,704,31037,250,2597,2596,1549,18750],"class_list":{"0":"post-891574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-aug","9":"tag-buccaneers","10":"tag-carolina","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-dec-6week","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-home-game","15":"tag-live-coverage","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nov","18":"tag-oct","19":"tag-preseason-friday","20":"tag-schedule-set","21":"tag-sept","22":"tag-sunday-night-football","23":"tag-tampa-bay","24":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneer","25":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","26":"tag-tampabay","27":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers","28":"tag-week","29":"tag-wesh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116576551261133553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}