GLENDALE, ARIZONA – AUGUST 9: A Kansas Metropolis Chiefs helmet is seen on the sidelines in the course of the pregame warmups earlier than the NFL Preseason 2025 recreation between Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on August 9, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photograph by Bruce Yeung/Getty Photos) | Getty Photos
The 2026 Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ full regular-season schedule is right here!
2026 Schedule
Wk1
MonSep 14
Broncos
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
ESPN/ABC7:15 PM
Wk2
SunSep 20
Colts
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
NBC7:20 PM
Wk3
SunSep 27
@Dolphins
Exhausting Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL
CBS12:00 PM
Wk4
SunOct 4
@Raiders
Allegiant StadiumLas Vegas
CBS3:25 PM
Wk5
BYE
–
–
–
Wk6
SunOct. 18
Chargers
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
CBS3:25 PM
Wk7
SunOct 25
@Seahawks
Lumen FieldSeattle
NBC7:20 PM
Wk8
SunNov 1
@Broncos
Empower FieldDenver
CBS3:25 PM
Wk9
SunNov 8
Jets
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
CBS12:00 PM
Wk10
SunNov 15
@Falcons
Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta
CBS12:00 PM
Wk11
SunNov 22
Cardinals
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
CBS12:00 PM
Wk12
ThuNov 26
@Payments
Highmark StadiumOrchard Park, NY
NBC7:20 PM
Wk13
ThuDec 3
@Rams
SoFi StadiumInglewood, CA
Amazon Prime7:15 PM
Wk14
SunDec 13
@Bengals
Paycor StadiumCincinnati
CBS3:25 PM
Wk15
MonDec 21
Patriots
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
ESPN/ABC7:15 PM
Wk16
SunDec 27
49ers
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
CBS3:25 PM
Wk17
TBD
@Chargers
SoFi StadiumInglewood, CA
TBD
Wk18
TBD
Raiders
GEHA Area at ArrowheadKansas Metropolis
TBD
The largest recreation on the schedule: Week 12 on the highway towards the Buffalo Payments (Thanksgiving Day at 7:20 p.m. on NBC)
There’s an argument to be made that the Chiefs’ season opener may qualify for this title, however the momentum, constructive or adverse, from a Week 1 end result doesn’t match the importance of a late-November duel with a perennial AFC contender within the Buffalo Payments.
On Thanksgiving evening, Kansas Metropolis will face the Payments, figuring out solely six regular-season video games stay after the competition. That might make the end result as impactful for playoff seeding as any between these two; it’s the second-latest matchup these franchises have had within the common season since quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen took over the reins.
In 2023, the 2 AFC rivals squared off in Week 14, and a Buffalo victory helped in the direction of having home-field benefit for the postseason rematch — though the Chiefs got here out on prime ultimately, regardless.
Shut behind: To open the season, the Chiefs will play arguably their hardest division opponent. The Denver Broncos have made life arduous on Kansas Metropolis in each matchup since head coach Sean Payton was employed, and it does really feel like the results of that primetime season opener may trigger ripple results all through the season, a method or one other.
In that Week 1 contest, the Chiefs opened as 2.5-point betting favorites, based on FanDuel Sportsbook.
Immediate evaluation
The Chiefs have six primetime video games scheduled, and moreover, three different video games will kick off within the late-afternoon window for NFL Sunday to maximise the out there tv viewers.
Week 1: Broncos at house on “Monday Night Football”
Week 2: Colts at house on “Sunday Night Football.”
Week 6: Chargers at house, kickoff scheduled for 3:25 p.m.
Week 7: Seahawks on the highway for “Sunday Night Football”
Week 12: Payments on the highway for the nightcap of the Thanksgiving Day NFL slate.
Week 13: Rams on the highway for “Thursday Night Football.”
Week 14: Bengals on the highway, kickoff scheduled for 3:25 p.m.
Week 15: Patriots at house on “Monday Night Football.”
Week 16: 49ers at house, kickoff scheduled for 3:25 p.m.
That’s over half of Kansas Metropolis’s schedule being put into the nationwide highlight, and leaves simply 4 midday kickoffs presently (the Week 17 and 18 recreation instances are to be decided).
Chiefs 2026 Schedule:earliest bye attainable for Mahomes returnone of just a few groups with two straight house video games to start out yeartwo of the weakest opponents away from house weeks 3 & 4toughest video games parked late within the seasonWk 7-8 away in SEA & DENWks 12-14 away in BUF,… pic.twitter.com/r7Pfas4Znw
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) Might 14, 2026
It’s additionally price declaring the Chiefs have the bye week in Week 5 this 12 months. Kansas Metropolis hasn’t been off that early within the 12 months because the 2016 season. The crew rattled off 5 consecutive victories beginning in Week 6 that 12 months after beginning with a 2-2 document.
In 2024, the crew had its earliest off-week in a very long time: Week 6, and it did little to disrupt the crew on its strategy to a 9-0 begin that season.
Final 12 months, the Week 10 bye week appeared to do little to cease the downslide that began the week earlier than in Buffalo, a 28-21 loss that was adopted by a stretch of eight video games with only one win to complete the 12 months.
So it’s arduous to know what to think about such an early bye week, however one potential silver lining, if an early bye week seems like a problem: if Mahomes is feeling the wear and tear of not being 100% in the beginning of the season, he has a reasonably early week off to ease into the 2026 marketing campaign.
Power of schedule
Based mostly on the opponents’ profitable proportion from the 2025 season, the Chiefs have the fifth-highest power of schedule for 2026.
