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 Dallas Cowboys enter 2026 off a 7–9–1 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 142–146–1 in 2025 (a .493 strength of schedule, 20 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +12 days (3 of 32), with week 6 (+3), week 13 (+3), week 15 (+6); the bye falls in week 14, they play 2 Thursday games, and 2 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 New York Giants | — | DIV | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Washington Commanders | — | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Baltimore Ravens | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Houston Texans | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 8 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | Thu | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Green Bay Packers | +3 | — | — |
| 7 | Oct 26 | at Philadelphia Eagles | — | DIV Mon | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs Arizona Cardinals | -1 | — | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | at Indianapolis Colts | — | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | vs San Francisco 49ers | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | vs Tennessee Titans | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 26 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | — | DIV Thu | — |
| 13 | Dec 7 | at Seattle Seahawks | +3 | Mon | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | at Los Angeles Rams | +6 | — | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs New York Giants | +1 | DIV | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | at Washington Commanders | — | DIV | — |
Final record 7–9–1, 471 points scored against 511 allowed (-40). Home 4–3–1, road 3–6. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 4–4 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 232–204–1 (.532). Best season in the window: 2007 (13–3); leanest: 2015 (4–12). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (DAL), 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.