The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
The Arizona Cardinals enter 2026 off a 3–14 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 155–133–1 in 2025 (a .538 strength of schedule, 3 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error is measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +1 days (14 of 32), with week 2 (-4), week 7 (-3), week 13 (-3), week 15 (+7); the bye falls in week 14, they play 0 Thursday games, and 1 of their final four games are divisional. The slate has 0 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the NFC West preview.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | at Los Angeles Chargers | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Seattle Seahawks | -4 | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | at San Francisco 49ers | — | DIV | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at New York Giants | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Detroit Lions | — | — | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Los Angeles Rams | +1 | DIV | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | vs Denver Broncos | -3 | — | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | at Dallas Cowboys | +1 | — | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | at Seattle Seahawks | +1 | DIV | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | vs Los Angeles Rams | — | DIV | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | at Kansas City Chiefs | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | vs Washington Commanders | +1 | — | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | -3 | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | vs New York Jets | +7 | — | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | at New Orleans Saints | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs San Francisco 49ers | — | DIV | — |
Final record 3–14, 355 points scored against 488 allowed (-133). Home 1–7, road 2–7. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 2–8 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled game log the franchise is 181–254–2 (.416). Best season in the window: 2015 (13–3); leanest: 2025 (3–14). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (ARI), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved August 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.