Broncos’ 2026 dwelling slate headlined by early prime-time video games, Christmas Day matchup

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos will start their 2026 dwelling slate with a crucial AFC rematch.

Denver will host the Jacksonville Jaguars — the lone crew to defeat the Broncos at dwelling in the course of the 2025 common season — in Week 2. Denver will goal to win its second consecutive dwelling opener after defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 1 final 12 months.

The Broncos can be again at Empower Field at Mile High in Week 3, marking the one time in the course of the 2026 common season that Denver will play at dwelling in back-to-back weeks. Quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will journey to Denver because the 2025 AFC and NFC runners-up face off in a “Sunday Night Football” showdown.

Denver will then spend the month of October nearly solely on the highway. The Broncos will play only one recreation at dwelling in the course of the four-week stretch: a Week 6 “Thursday Night Football” matchup in opposition to the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. The groups have confronted off twice within the final 4 years, however this would be the first time the Seahawks play in Denver since 2018.

The Broncos will host their first divisional opponent — the Chiefs — in Week 8, and Denver will goal to earn its fourth consecutive dwelling win over the AFC West rival. The subsequent divisional dwelling recreation on Denver’s schedule will observe the Week 10 bye, because the Raiders will go to Empower Field at Mile High in Week 11.

Two weeks later, the Broncos will face the Miami Dolphins, establishing a matchup between extensive receiver Jaylen Waddle and his former crew. The Broncos presently maintain a two-game dwelling successful streak in opposition to the Dolphins, who will go to Denver for the primary time since 2020.

During the ultimate three weeks of the season, Denver will face three 2025 playoff groups, two of which the Broncos confronted throughout final 12 months’s postseason. Denver will play at dwelling twice throughout this stretch, starting with a Christmas Day matchup in opposition to the Buffalo Bills. The recreation, which can be a rematch of final 12 months’s Divisional Round contest, will mark Denver’s first-ever dwelling recreation on Christmas Day. The Broncos boast a 3-2 total file on the vacation.

Denver will then shut out the common season in entrance of its dwelling crowd because the crew hosts the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 18 for the second consecutive season. The regular-season finale represents the third straight 12 months that Denver will finish its season at dwelling, with the Broncos incomes a Week 18 win throughout every of the final two seasons. Denver has additionally defeated the Chargers in six of the final seven dwelling matchups, together with final 12 months’s win which clinched the AFC’s No. 1 total seed.

Denver will host the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings within the preseason, with the date and time of every matchup to be introduced later.

For an entire record of dwelling video games, see under:

Preseason Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers, Aug. 20-23 (date and time TBD), 9NEWS

Preseason Week 3: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Aug. 27-30 (date and time TBD), 9NEWS

Week 2: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2:05 p.m. MT, CBS

Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 27, 6:20 p.m. MT, NBC

Week 6: vs. Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:15 p.m. MT, Prime Video

Week 8: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2:25 p.m. MT, CBS

Week 11: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2:25 p.m. MT, CBS

Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2:05 p.m. MT, FOX

Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills, Friday, Dec. 25, 2:30 p.m. MT, Netflix

Week 18: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Saturday, Jan. 9 OR Sunday, Jan. 10 (date and time TBD)