{"id":891653,"date":"2026-05-15T05:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891653\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:54:34","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-2026-preseason-schedule-dates-times-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891653\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/2026-bucs-schedule-dates-times-000014263.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL schedule is now set;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL schedule is now set&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL schedule is now set<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa Bay Buccaneers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tampa Bay Buccaneers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>\u00a0have a tough stretch in the coming months in terms of games to battle through. In addition to their NFC South rivals, the Bucs face the AFC North and the NFC North. While their AFC foes do not present an insurmountable threat, the NFC North is a gauntlet of playoff contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Before they get to the regular season, they, of course, have to navigate the preseason. There will be first glimpses at the key rookies they drafted, such as Rueben Bain Jr., as well as free agents like <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/33538\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kenneth Gainwell;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kenneth Gainwell&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Gainwell<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/30189\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alex Anzalone;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Alex Anzalone&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Anzalone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Here are the three preseason matchups lined up for the Bucs in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bucs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bucswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/buccaneers\/2026\/05\/14\/buccaneers-2026-preseason-schedule-dates-times-opponents\/90091677007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buccaneers 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Buccaneers 2026 preseason schedule&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Buccaneers 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL schedule is now set, and the\u00a0Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u00a0have a tough stretch in the coming months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[1990,6291,211,2956,7,125,110,14451,255,1592,6,12666,32194,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":["post-891653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-afc-north","tag-alex-anzalone","tag-buccaneers","tag-bucs","tag-football","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kenneth-gainwell","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfc-north","tag-nfl","tag-playoff-contenders","tag-rueben-bain-jr","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaybuccaneers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116577046635699975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891653","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=891653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}