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 Carolina Panthers enter 2026 off a 8–9 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 150–138–1 in 2025 (a .521 strength of schedule, 10 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error is measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +8 days (6 of 32), with week 6 (+7), week 9 (+3); the bye falls in week 5, they play 1 Thursday game, and 1 of their final four games are divisional. The slate has 3 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 South 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 | vs Chicago Bears | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at Atlanta Falcons | — | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | at Cleveland Browns | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs Detroit Lions | — | — | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Philadelphia Eagles | +7 | — | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | DIV | — |
| 8 | Oct 29 | at Green Bay Packers | — | Thu | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Denver Broncos | +3 | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at New Orleans Saints | — | DIV | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs Baltimore Ravens | +1 | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 30 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | DIV Mon | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at Minnesota Vikings | -1 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | vs New Orleans Saints | — | DIV | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | — | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Seattle Seahawks | -2 | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Atlanta Falcons | — | DIV | — |
Final record 8–9, 311 points scored against 380 allowed (-69). Home 5–3, road 3–6. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 7–3 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled game log the franchise is 197–239–1 (.452). Best season in the window: 2015 (15–1); leanest: 2001 (1–15). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (CAR), 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.