The Dallas Cowboys’ 2026 schedule is finally locked in, and it doesn’t take long to see why this season will come with serious spotlight pressure. Dallas opens on the road against the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football, plays the Baltimore Ravens in Brazil in Week 3, hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football and closes the year with another NFC East road game at Washington.

In other words, the Cowboys won’t be easing into anything.

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Dallas already knew its opponents after the 2025 season ended, but the NFL’s full schedule release revealed the actual week-by-week path. The Cowboys will face the AFC South and NFC West, play each NFC East opponent twice and add heavyweight matchups against the Ravens, Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers.

Week 1 | at New York Giants | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC | Sunday Night Football
Week 2 | Washington Commanders | 4:25 p.m. ET
Week 3 | Baltimore Ravens | 4:25 p.m. ET in Brazil
Week 4 | at Houston Texans | 1:00 p.m. ET
Week 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8:15 p.m. ET | Prime Video | Thursday Night Football
Week 6 | at Green Bay Packers | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC | Sunday Night Football
Week 7 | at Philadelphia Eagles | 8:15 p.m. ET | ESPN | Monday Night Football
Week 8 | Arizona Cardinals | 1:00 p.m. ET
Week 9 | at Indianapolis Colts | 1:00 p.m. ET
Week 10 | San Francisco 49ers | 4:25 p.m. ET
Week 11 | Tennessee Titans | 1:00 p.m. ET
Week 12 | Philadelphia Eagles | 4:30 p.m. ET | FOX | Thanksgiving Day
Week 13 | at Seattle Seahawks | ESPN | 8:15 p.m. ET | Monday Night Football
Week 14 | BYE WEEK
Week 15 | at Los Angeles Rams | 4:25 p.m. ET
Week 16 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 8:20 p.m. ET | NBC | Sunday Night Football
Week 17 | New York Giants | 1:00 p.m. ET
Week 18 | at Washington Commanders | TBD

The season begins in the division with Dallas visiting the Giants in Week 1 on NBC. The Cowboys then host the Washington Commanders in Week 2 before heading international for one of the league’s showcase games: a Week 3 meeting with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in Brazil.

That game could be one of the most fascinating measuring-stick matchups on the entire schedule. Dak Prescott and the Cowboys will get a neutral-site test against one of the NFL’s most dangerous quarterbacks, and it comes before Dallas settles into the grind of conference and division play.

The middle of the schedule is where things get nasty. After a Week 4 trip to Houston, Dallas hosts Tampa Bay on Thursday Night Football in Week 5. Then comes a brutal prime-time stretch: at Green Bay on Sunday Night Football in Week 6 and at Philadelphia on Monday Night Football in Week 7.

That’s three straight nationally televised games, two of them on the road, with the Eagles matchup carrying its usual NFC East edge.

The Cowboys return home for Arizona in Week 8, visit Indianapolis in Week 9 and host San Francisco in Week 10. Tennessee visits in Week 11 before Dallas gets its traditional Thanksgiving stage in Week 12 against Philadelphia on FOX.

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The late-season run is unusual because the Cowboys’ bye doesn’t arrive until Week 14. Before that, Dallas visits Seattle on Monday Night Football in Week 13. After the bye, the Cowboys travel to the Los Angeles Rams, host Jacksonville on Sunday Night Football, host the Giants and finish at Washington in Week 18.

Dallas has the NFL’s 13th-toughest strength of schedule and is projected to log the fourth-most travel miles. If the Cowboys are going to make noise in 2026, they’ll have to earn it.