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.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
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 we 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. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
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 our 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 July 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.