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 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 is 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. The slate has 6 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 East 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 New York Giants | — | DIV | L 20–28 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Washington Commanders | — | DIV | W 37–20 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Baltimore Ravens | — | Neutral (Maracana Stadium) | L 31–34 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Houston Texans | — | — | W 34–30 |
| 5 | Oct 8 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | Thu | L 16–24 |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Green Bay Packers | +3 | — | L 13–23 |
| 7 | Oct 26 | at Philadelphia Eagles | — | DIV Mon | W 38–21 |
| 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): 4–3–1 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled 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 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.