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\t\t\t\t\t\tMANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots officially released their 2026 schedule<\/a> Thursday night. <\/p>\n

According to the metrics, the Patriots have the sixth-most difficult schedule in the NFL and will play five primetime games. <\/p>\n

The team will open the 2026 season Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Lumen Field against the Seattle Seahawks, their Super Bowl 60 opponent, at 8:20 p.m. It will be the first Super Bowl rematch in a season opener since 2016, when the Denver Broncos hosted the Carolina Panthers. <\/p>\n

New England’s first home game is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 20, against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n

The Patriots will play three preseason games: Thursday, Aug. 13, against the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, against the Philadelphia Eagles at Gillette Stadium at 7 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Cleveland Browns at 8 p.m. <\/p>\n

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New England finished last season 14-3 and first in the AFC East. <\/p>\n

News 9 spoke with fans about the schedule. <\/p>\n

“Seattle Seahawks are a great game! It’s just interesting how they would put the Patriots, a Super Bowl rematch in the first game of the season on prime time. That’s pretty crazy, but I love it. Start off strong,” said Rob Hermann, a 22-year season ticket holder. <\/p>\n

“It’s going to be tough to bounce back. A lot of teams have a hard time bouncing back from the Super Bowl, so I bet they might come out and sneak a win in the first week. I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened,” said Nick Makris of Manchester. <\/p>\n

Full schedule:<\/p>\n

Week 1: Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 9 away at 8:20 p.m.Week 2: Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 20 at home at 1 p.m.Week 3: Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 27 away at 1 p.m.Week 4: Buffalo Bills on Oct. 4 away at 1 p.m.Week 5: Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 11 away at 1 p.m.Week 6: New York Jets on Oct. 18 at home at 1 p.m.Week 7: Chicago Bears on Oct. 22 away at 8:15 p.m.Week 8: Miami Dolphins on Nov. 1 away at 4:25 p.m.Week 9: Green Bay Packers on Nov. 8 at home at 4:25 p.m.Week 10: Detroit Lions on Nov. 15 away at 9:30 a.m.Week 11: BYE WEEKWeek 12: Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 29 away at 8:20 p.m.Week 13: Buffalo Bills on Dec. 6 at home at 4:25 p.m.Week 14: Minnesota Vikings on Dec. 10 at home at 8:15 p.m.Week 15: Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. 21 away at 8:15 p.m.Week 16: New York Jets on Dec. 27 away at 1 p.m.Week 17: Denver Broncos at home, date and time TBDWeek 18: Miami Dolphins at home, date and time TBD <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014 The New England Patriots officially released their 2026 schedule Thursday night. According to the metrics,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[88855,22238,22242,120055,120054,7,50371,1167,249,2326,2094,6,17623,208,57,8403,120053,261,17627,9,120056,5870,19555],"class_list":["post-891623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-2026-schedule","tag-app","tag-download","tag-first-home-game","tag-following-week","tag-football","tag-lumen-field","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-p-m","tag-patriots","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-schedule","tag-season-sunday","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sept","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl-lx-opponent","tag-update","tag-wednesday-night"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116576846066671786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891623","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=891623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}