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 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 is 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. The slate has 4 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 NFC 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 Philadelphia Eagles | — | DIV | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at Dallas Cowboys | — | DIV | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Seattle Seahawks | — | — | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs Indianapolis Colts | — | Neutral (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) | — |
| 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 the bundled 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 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.