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 Washington Commanders enter 2026 off a 5–12 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 144–143–2 in 2025 (a .502 strength of schedule, 16 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +9 days (5 of 32), with week 8 (+7), week 11 (+3); the bye falls in week 7, they play 1 Thursday game, and 1 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 Philadelphia Eagles | — | DIV | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at Dallas Cowboys | — | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Seattle Seahawks | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs Indianapolis Colts | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs New York Giants | — | DIV | — |
| 6 | Oct 19 | at San Francisco 49ers | — | Mon | — |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | +7 | DIV | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | vs Los Angeles Rams | — | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 12 | at New York Giants | — | DIV Thu | — |
| 11 | Nov 23 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | +3 | Mon | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | at Arizona Cardinals | -1 | — | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at Tennessee Titans | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | vs Houston Texans | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | vs Atlanta Falcons | — | — | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | at Minnesota Vikings | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Dallas Cowboys | — | DIV | — |
Final record 5–12, 356 points scored against 451 allowed (-95). Home 2–6, road 3–6. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 2–5 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in our game log the franchise is 185–250–2 (.426). Best season in the window: 2024 (12–5); leanest: 2013 (3–13). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (WAS), 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.