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 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 we 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. 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 Las Vegas Raiders | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at San Francisco 49ers | -3 | — | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Kansas City Chiefs | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Minnesota Vikings | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | — | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | at New York Jets | +7 | DIV | — |
| 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 our 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 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.