May 15 (UPI) -- Football fans scrambled to ticket websites Wednesday night, snatching up flights and hotel reservations upon the release of the 2025-26 NFL schedule, which starts with a high-profile Week 1 slate.
A season-opener between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, and Baltimore Ravens-Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers meetings, are among the most intriguing matchups to launch the year.
All 16 Week 1 meetings, in addition to the other 256 regular-season matchups, were revealed Wednesday on NFL Network and by NFL teams through creative schedule release videos. The full Week 1 schedule is listed below.
The NFC East meeting between the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles and the Cowboys, which was announced Monday, will kick off at 8:20 p.m. EDT Sept. 4 in Philadelphia. The game will air on NBC and Peacock.
The Los Angeles Chargers will host the Kansas City Chiefs in the next game of the season at 8 p.m. Sept. 5 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. That meeting between the AFC West rivals will air on YouTube.
