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 New England Patriots enter 2026 off a 14–3 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 153–135–1 in 2025 (a .531 strength of schedule, 6 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +8 days (8 of 32), with week 2 (+4), week 8 (+3), week 9 (-3), week 12 (+7), week 13 (-3), week 15 (+3); the bye falls in week 11, 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 9 | at Seattle Seahawks | — | Wed | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Pittsburgh Steelers | +4 | — | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Buffalo Bills | — | DIV | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | — | — | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | vs New York Jets | — | DIV | — |
| 7 | Oct 22 | at Chicago Bears | — | Thu | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | at Miami Dolphins | +3 | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Green Bay Packers | -3 | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at Detroit Lions | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | at Los Angeles Chargers | +7 | — | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | vs Buffalo Bills | -3 | DIV | — |
| 14 | Dec 10 | vs Minnesota Vikings | — | Thu | — |
| 15 | Dec 21 | at Kansas City Chiefs | +3 | Mon | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | at New York Jets | -1 | DIV | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | vs Denver Broncos | -2 | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Miami Dolphins | — | DIV | — |
Final record 14–3, 490 points scored against 320 allowed (+170). Home 6–3, road 8–0. 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 our game log the franchise is 292–145 (.668). Best season in the window: 2007 (16–0); leanest: 2023 (4–13). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (NE), 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.