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 Miami Dolphins enter 2026 off a 7–10 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 156–132–1 in 2025 (a .542 strength of schedule, 2 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error is measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of -6 days (26 of 32), with week 2 (-3), week 7 (+7), week 8 (-3), week 16 (-3); the bye falls in week 6, they play 0 Thursday games, and 2 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 AFC 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 Las Vegas Raiders | — | — | L 13–27 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at San Francisco 49ers | -3 | — | L 13–35 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Kansas City Chiefs | — | — | L 10–24 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Minnesota Vikings | — | — | L 10–15 |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | — | L 24–31 |
| 7 | Oct 25 | at New York Jets | +7 | DIV | W 28–25 |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs New England Patriots | -3 | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Detroit Lions | — | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at Indianapolis Colts | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | at Buffalo Bills | — | DIV | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | vs New York Jets | — | DIV | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at Denver Broncos | -2 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | vs Chicago Bears | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | at Green Bay Packers | — | — | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | vs Los Angeles Chargers | -3 | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Buffalo Bills | -2 | DIV | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | at New England Patriots | — | DIV | — |
Final record 7–10, 347 points scored against 424 allowed (-77). Home 5–4, road 2–6. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 4–3 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled game log the franchise is 212–225 (.485). Best season in the window: 2000 (11–5); leanest: 2007 (1–15). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (MIA), 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.