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 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 is 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. The slate has 5 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 9 | at Seattle Seahawks | — | Wed | L 10–13 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Pittsburgh Steelers | +4 | — | W 20–3 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | — | — | L 6–35 |
| 4 | Oct 4 | at Buffalo Bills | — | DIV | W 29–26 |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Las Vegas Raiders | — | — | W 45–17 |
| 6 | Oct 18 | vs New York Jets | — | DIV | W 26–19 |
| 7 | Oct 22 | at Chicago Bears | — | Thu | L 24–30 |
| 8 | Nov 1 | at Miami Dolphins | +3 | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Green Bay Packers | -3 | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | vs Detroit Lions | — | Neutral (FC Bayern Munich Stadium) | — |
| 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 the bundled 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 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.