Your 2026 Buccaneers Schedule
May 14th, 2026
Ahhh, it’s finally here.
Start memorizing, agonizing, hypothesizing and fantasizing.
The full 2026 Buccaneers schedule is below.
Joe loves that three-game home stretch in Weeks 2 through 4.
Zero excuses for a slow start!
Week 1: at Cincinnati (Sunday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m.)
Week 2: CLEVELAND (Sunday, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.)
Week 3: MINNESOTA (Sunday, Sept. 27, 4:05 p.m.)
Week 4: GREEN BAY (Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.)
Week 5: at Dallas (Oct. 8, Thursday night)
Week 6: PITTSBURGH (Sunday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m.)
Week 7: at Carolina (Oct. 25, 1 p.m.)
Week 8: ATLANTA (Sun., Nov. 1)
Week 9: at Chicago (Sunday night, Nov. 8)
Week 10: BYE WEEK
Week 11: at Detroit (Sunday, Nov. 22, 1 p.m.
Week 12: CAROLINA — (Monday night, Nov. 30)
Week 13: CHARGERS — (Sunday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m.)
Week 14: at Baltimore (Sunday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.)
Week 15: SAINTS (Sunday, Dec. 20, 1 p.m.)
Week 16: at Atlanta (TBD)
Week 17: RAMS (TBD)
Week 18: at New Orleans (TBD)
Bucs preseason
Game 1: at Jets — Friday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m.
Game 2: Chiefs — Saturday, Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Game 3: at Jags — Friday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Go Bucs!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 8:12 pm
Awesome Bye week
May 14th, 2026 at 8:12 pm
Posted in the other thread but it’s crazy we have a 3 game stretch at home and never play back to back weeks on the road (bears and lions are consecutive away games but the bye week separates them).
May 14th, 2026 at 8:12 pm
3 straight home games 💪🏾
May 14th, 2026 at 8:13 pm
Dude
We don’t even have 2 away weeks in a row.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:19 pm
12-5 with this cream puff schedule
May 14th, 2026 at 8:20 pm
That’s a nice schedule.
No reason Bucs can’t get out to 3-0 again if they are healthy.
Thats a rough post bye schedule … if there is a mid season slide I think we can see it.
Lions, Panthers (primetime), Chargers, Ravens. Yikes.
If we win 1 game on that schedule, I hope it’s vs the Packers week 4. I hope Baker balls out and Love throws multiple picks. Dude is super overrated and I hate the Pack! No more than our division rivals obviously but multiple cracks at those guys.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:20 pm
8-9
May 14th, 2026 at 8:22 pm
9-8 of they stay healthy
May 14th, 2026 at 8:24 pm
It will come down to weeks 15-18 with 3 division games out of 4.
Let’s go! Good schedule, good bye week, no back to back road games.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:25 pm
I see 10 wins, 7 losses assuming we stay relatively healthy
May 14th, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Only cold game is Baltimore Dec 13th. I think they play outdoors.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:26 pm
1-16
May 14th, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Good schedule week 10 bye nice. Don’t fly further than Dallas. No excuses LFG!!
May 14th, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Yep the Ravens game will be chilly there!!
Outdoor stadium..
May 14th, 2026 at 8:29 pm
Gymrat – lol! Too many reps and not enough oxygen?
If we go 1-16, you’re welcome to punch me in the face.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:33 pm
Week 1: at Cincinnati (Sunday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m.) – W
Week 2: CLEVELAND (Sunday, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.) – W
Week 3: MINNESOTA (Sunday, Sept. 27, 4:05 p.m.) – W
Week 4: GREEN BAY (Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.) – W
Week 5: at Dallas (Oct. 8, Thursday night) – L
Week 6: PITTSBURGH (Sunday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m.) – L
Week 7: at Carolina (Oct. 25, 1 p.m.) – W
Week 8: ATLANTA (Sun., Nov. 1) – W
Week 9: at Chicago (Sunday night, Nov. 8) – L
Week 10: BYE WEEK
Week 11: at Detroit (Sunday, Nov. 22, 1 p.m. – L
Week 12: CAROLINA — (Monday night, Nov. 30) – L
Week 13: CHARGERS — (Sunday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m.) – W
Week 14: at Baltimore (Sunday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.) – L
Week 15: SAINTS (Sunday, Dec. 20, 1 p.m.) – L
Week 16: at Atlanta (TBD) – W
Week 17: RAMS (TBD) – L
Week 18: at New Orleans (TBD) – W
So … I got 9-8.
But that’s a rough 9-8 if they really start out 4-0 – means the typical Baker/Bowles midyear collapse, go 5-8 after the hot start.
Of course just a first impression, subject to change.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:36 pm
That week 6 home game might turn into a win if Rodgers is the QB for the Steelers. His record in Tampa, along with McCarthy, isn’t great.
At the same time, the Steelers are 6-1 in Tampa (not counting SB’s, if so 7-1).
I’ll stick with an L for now.
Also the Panthers @ Tampa in primetime. What a dull game to put there, I wonder if it gets flexed out. Do they flex games as early as week 12? If the game stays on MNF then of course the Bucs will get blown out in an ugly, boring loss. BUT, if they moved it back to Sunday, that might flip to a W.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:39 pm
Overall, this is not a bad schedule.
No back-to-back travel except for Chicago and Detroit, but the bye separates that.
Standard concerns about our record during primetime applies, but we aren’t going to get out of those… the league gets every team into primetime.
We’ll see how it shakes out with the final three games and the actual dates of the Atlanta and New Orleans games, but at least we have a home game sandwiched between them.
Chicago and Baltimore concern me a bit.
I did a Google search
According to recent history, the average temperature at 8pm on November 8th in Chicago is between 40 and 46 degrees. So, 43 degrees.
For Baltimore at 2p on December 13th it’s 43 to 47 degrees.
That’s a tad cold for us. However, we did march into the frozen tundra a few years ago in January with TB12, and walked out with a ticket to the SB. It can be done. 🙂
Overall, this could have been a lot worse.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:42 pm
quick look….and yes this is definitely a better start fast schedule…
after the bye await a lot of tough games….
at least that’s what it looks like from a early skimming…
baltimore in mid december…yikes…here we go again
🙂
May 14th, 2026 at 8:45 pm
Overall, this is not a bad schedule.
No back-to-back travel except for Chicago and Detroit, but the bye separates that.
Standard concerns about our record during primetime applies, but we aren’t going to get out of those… the league gets every team into primetime.
We’ll see how it shakes out with the final three games and the actual dates of the Atlanta and New Orleans games, but at least we have a home game sandwiched between them.
Chicago and Baltimore concern me a bit.
I did a Google search
According to recent history, the average temperature at 8pm on November 8th in Chicago is between 40 and 46 degrees. So, 43 degrees.
For Baltimore at 2p on December 13th it’s 43 to 47 degrees.
That’s a tad cold for us. However, we did march into the frozen tundra a few years ago in January with TB12, and walked out with a ticket to the SB. It can be done. 🙂
Overall, this could have been a lot worse.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:51 pm
8 and 9
May 14th, 2026 at 8:52 pm
8-9
May 14th, 2026 at 8:54 pm
Rams had the best 2025 record (12-5), followed by the Bears & Chargers (both at 11-6), then the Steelers (10-7) and Packers (9-7-1) and the Vikings & Lions (both 9-8). That’s 7 games against teams with 2025 winning records; the remaining 10 games were against 7 teams that all had losing records … just like we did in 2025.
Big question now is: ‘Who’s made the biggest improvements since 2025?’ I’ll stick with a 10-7 guess just for kicks. We’ll probably beat 2-3 of the 7 teams with 2025 winning records, and lose 2-3 games of the 10 games against teams with 2025 losing records. With a lot of good luck (low injuries, etc), we could probably win 11 maybe even 12 games. With terrible luck, might end up with 8-9 wins.
May 14th, 2026 at 8:56 pm
League certainly did all they could to help that’s for sure!
Bowles goes 8-9, with Robinson I’ll flip it to 9-8
If they’re lucky to stay healthy 10-7
El Serpiente would go 12-5
May 14th, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Rod Munch!!!
Bro, you got us losing AT HOME to both Carolina & New Orleans..
NOOOO WAYYYYYYYY man!!!!!
May 14th, 2026 at 9:08 pm
Im seeing 8-9.
9-8 at best
May 14th, 2026 at 9:21 pm
We go 12-5 or 11-6 if we stay healthy. If we don’t, it drops rapidly. Especially on the offensive line and secondary. Cannot lose players in those 2 places for any extended period of time.
May 14th, 2026 at 9:23 pm
6-11
May 14th, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Nothing out west nice
May 14th, 2026 at 9:36 pm
7 win season…
May 14th, 2026 at 9:42 pm
This is a Bowles special, 8-9 baby, let’s go!
May 14th, 2026 at 9:45 pm
Can’t remember the last time we opened and closed the season on the road. I thought they tried to give teams one or the other, but not both
May 14th, 2026 at 10:03 pm
that is 8-9/9-8 no matter how many times I do it.
-David
May 14th, 2026 at 10:08 pm
Did you guys see the stats on the miles to travel for each team during the ’26 season?
49er’s top the list with 38K miles in-season (two international, Australia, Mexico City)
Buc’s fourth up from the bottom with 12K miles needed to complete the season!
What a schedule!
Go Bucs!!
May 14th, 2026 at 10:09 pm
dang, i have us going into the bye at something like 5-4…or 4-5…
we need to come flying out the gate like greyhounds…
and maybe 4-4 after the bye…
tough schedule from this early glimpse…
leaving us at 9-8 or 8-9…
can we grab 10 wins………………..it’ll be tough
May 14th, 2026 at 10:09 pm
I only see two for sure losses — Baltimore and Rams
May 14th, 2026 at 10:10 pm
st pete matt clearly living in a dream world
May 14th, 2026 at 10:10 pm
There’s no reason we can’t be 3-1 going into the Dallas game. Cinci never plays well early in the season. Even when they won 2 or 3 to open last fall they weren’t playing well.
Then Dallas will be a toss up. That offense can play.
There are three games where Todd doesn’t have a chance if health is even, lambs, bears and lions. All those coaches will run circles around him. Baltimore even with a rookie HC they’ll most likely smoke us. So if you think Dallas is a win that’s 4-5.
The rest of the games are toss ups. I don’t see one game on the schedule where we def win no doubt. So my guess Todd goes 4-4, 3-5 or 5-3 in those games.
Most likely 8-9 or 9-8.
May 14th, 2026 at 10:13 pm
you guys are crazy man,,,our absolute highest ceiling…absolute !!
11-5
that would be if God guided us into end zones all season and fully healthy…
the absolute floor is 6 wins…
11 as an absolute ceiling…
i had us going 7-10 before a decent free agency and draft…
we did pretty well so i bumped us up to 9-8…
but after looking at the schedule layout, i’m seeing 9-8 or possibly 8-9
May 14th, 2026 at 10:21 pm
Too many games on concrete early last year and this yr isn’t much better
Injuries from concrete ruin seasons and careers. Its where I disagree with owners the most
May 14th, 2026 at 10:22 pm
rod –
i have us 5-4 pre bye…
i can’t see us flying out the gate 4-0…(one can wish tho)…
but i can see 3-1…
and i have us something like 4-5 post bye…
we are really gonna have to get better as the season wears on – which is definitely not a bowles strong point – in order to squeeze out something like 4 wins down the stretch (after bye week)…
this schedule is tough AF………and caters to bowles early season success…
but can he maintain as the season wears on…something he has proven time and time again he can not sustain…
will bowles be sustainable this year or out of a job in feb
May 14th, 2026 at 10:22 pm
11 Wins if we’re healthy
May 14th, 2026 at 10:26 pm
from the looks of it…(at this juncture)…
we should be in the mix for the division in the 4th quarter of the season…
probably going to have to win 3 of those final 4…
take a rams loss and knock off our south division opponents 3 freakin’ times…tall order…
we gotta come flying out the gate…3-1
sustain through the meat and potatoes middle of the season…
and also finish strong down the home stretch…3-1
******we might need to start 3-1 and finish 3-1 to squeak out the division******
May 14th, 2026 at 10:29 pm
joe –
i think i nailed it…
******we might need to start 3-1 and finish 3-1 to squeak out the division………for the potential double digit win season******
May 14th, 2026 at 10:36 pm
the big question:
can we find 4 wins between the weeks 5 thru 14……???
May 14th, 2026 at 11:08 pm
I see maybe 7 to 8 wins if they are lucky. Definitely slamming that under on Vegas of 9 wins. Just don’t trust Bowles to get this team there. Talent is good enough to win the division though.
May 14th, 2026 at 11:27 pm
3-7 first seven games., not gonna beat Cinn/GB/Dal/Pitt..Rough first half. If Drfense falters , look for Baker to either pull out tough wins or become an Interception machine. MAKE OR BREAK YEAR……..(running out of excuses ).
May 14th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Sweet spread, baby! See y’all in Cincy, Dallas, Charlotte and of course the ATL. Will catch a couple back in the ‘T’ as well.
May 14th, 2026 at 11:55 pm
Bucfan1988 Says:
May 14th, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Rod Munch!!!
Bro, you got us losing AT HOME to both Carolina & New Orleans..
NOOOO WAYYYYYYYY man!!!!!
——–
MNF game vs the Panthers… Bucs aren’t winning any primetime games.
Also I had them split with the Saints – and as recent history tells us, the Bucs win in NO and lose at home. Either way, I think they split, and I’ll be OK with that since I think the Saints are going to be really good this year. They were clearly the best team in the NFC South at the end of last year.
May 15th, 2026 at 12:07 am
More of a breakdown of the thinking…
Week 1 – Bengals traditionally get off to a slow start, and the Bucs actually have a winning record IN Cincinnati. I’m not sure they have a winning record on the road vs anyone else. Additionally, Bowles has done well opening on the road. So I give a W.
Week 2 – Browns have a new coach in Monken, and more importantly, have a new DC. Hopefully that means they’re also off to a slow start. Also it should still be very hot. So I’ll go with a W.
Week 3 – Minnesota still doesn’t know about their QB situation. Also the Bucs, traditionally, have played well vs the Vikings in Tampa. Plus it should still be hot. So I’ll go with a W.
Week 4 – Green Bay … the Bucs, traditionally, have done pretty well vs Green Bay in Tampa. The teams are pretty evenly matched, but the Bucs get the nod since it should still be hot. So I go with a W.
Week 5 – @Dallas on a short week in primetime. Bucs come in 4-0, hottest team in football, Baker MVP chants are going wild… and then the Bucs fall flat on their face like they do in nearly all primetime games. This is a hard L, can go ahead and put it in marker, not pencil.
Week 6 – Steelers … at first, I say it’s a loss. The Bucs are 1-6 vs the Steelers in Tampa. BUT… if Aaron Rodgers is the QB, well now, that’s a different story. Rodgers doesn’t play well in Tampa, and it’s a rare matchup where Bowles tends to be very aggressive and the defense gets lots of turnovers and sacks. I don’t know… which trend do you go with? Rodgers or Steelers? Hard to believe the Bucs are 5-1, but it’s possible – however I’m siding with an L, for now.
I’ll do the rest later, but that’s the first 6 games, how the Bucs get to 4-2 I think.
May 15th, 2026 at 12:08 am
More of a breakdown of the thinking…
Week 1 – Bengals traditionally get off to a slow start, and the Bucs actually have a winning record IN Cincinnati. I’m not sure they have a winning record on the road vs anyone else. Additionally, Bowles has done well opening on the road. So I give a W.
Week 2 – Cleveland has a new coach in Monken, and more importantly, have a new DC. Hopefully that means they’re also off to a slow start. Also it should still be very hot. So I’ll go with a W.
Week 3 – Minnesota still doesn’t know about their QB situation. Also the Bucs, traditionally, have played well vs the Vikings in Tampa. Plus it should still be hot. So I’ll go with a W.
Week 4 – Green Bay … the Bucs, traditionally, have done pretty well vs Green Bay in Tampa. The teams are pretty evenly matched, but the Bucs get the nod since it should still be hot. So I go with a W.
Week 5 – @Dallas on a short week in primetime. Bucs come in 4-0, hottest team in football, Baker MVP chants are going wild… and then the Bucs fall flat on their face like they do in nearly all primetime games. This is a hard L, can go ahead and put it in marker, not pencil.
Week 6 – Steelers … at first, I say it’s a loss. The Bucs are 1-6 vs the Steelers in Tampa. BUT… if Aaron Rodgers is the QB, well now, that’s a different story. Rodgers doesn’t play well in Tampa, and it’s a rare matchup where Bowles tends to be very aggressive and the defense gets lots of turnovers and sacks. I don’t know… which trend do you go with? Rodgers or Steelers? Hard to believe the Bucs are 5-1, but it’s possible – however I’m siding with an L, for now.
I’ll do the rest later, but that’s the first 6 games, how the Bucs get to 4-2 I think.
May 15th, 2026 at 12:58 am
I can see us being 7-3 starting out. I feel like Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Dallas lately has had our number but the back half I could see us winning 1/2…
May 15th, 2026 at 1:48 am
Looks like 7-10 to me.
Hopefully I’m wrong and we actually having a winning season and go deep into the playoffs.
But I have zero confidence in Bowles’ defensive and playcalling after the past 3 seasons of terrible defense that cannot be blamed on personnel.
May 15th, 2026 at 2:35 am
Good enough for last place
May 15th, 2026 at 3:31 am
I don’t get how you people can get excited about an 8-9 season or 9-8 season. My personal opinion is a 7-10 season. I have no faith in Todd Bowles.