ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Atlanta Falcons revealed their 2026 regular season schedule Thursday.
The Falcons will begin the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 13.
The team’s home opener will be Sept. 20 against the Carolina Panthers.
Other highlights include a trip to Madrid to face the Cincinnati Bengals Nov. 8, a Monday Night Football matchup with the New Orleans Saints and a tilt against head coach Kevin Stefanski’s former team, the Cleveland Browns.
The full schedule is below:
Week 1: at Pittsburgh, Sept. 13, 1 p.m.
Week 2: vs. Carolina, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.
Week 3: at Green Bay, Sept. 24, 8:15 p.m. (Thursday Night Football)
Week 4: at New Orleans, Oct. 5, 8:15 p.m. (Monday Night Football)
Week 5: vs. Baltimore, Oct. 11, 8:20 p.m. (Sunday Night Football)
Week 6: vs. Chicago, Oct. 18, 1 p.m.
Week 7: vs. San Francisco, Oct. 25, 1 p.m.
Week 8: at Tampa Bay, Nov. 1, 1 p.m.
Week 9: vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m. (Madrid, Spain)
Week 10: vs. Kansas City, Nov. 15, 1 p.m.
Week 11: Bye week
Week 12: at Minnesota, Nov. 29, 1 p.m.
Week 13: vs. Detroit, Dec. 6, 1 p.m.
Week 14: at Cleveland, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.
Week 15: at Washington, Dec. 20, 1 p.m.
Week 16: vs. Tampa Bay, TBD
Week 17: vs. New Orleans, Jan. 3, 2027, 1 p.m.
Week 18: at Carolina, TBD
The Falcons partnered with the iconic X account @ArtButMakeItSports Thursday to highlight the team’s 2026 opponents.
The account takes sports photos and compares them to paintings from around the world. Paintings featured in the Falcons’ schedule release including Frank Bernard Dicksee’s “The Funeral of a Viking,” Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Children’s Games” and John James Audubon’s “Peregrine Falcons.”
The Falcons also released a parody of “The Office” alongside the schedule release.
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