Arizona Cardinals Schedulegami: Every Opponent Never Faced in Primetime

Every opponent, every matchup window

All 31 opponents, most meetings first. Each count is the number of games in that window, 1966 through 2025, and opens the head-to-head page; “never” means the pairing is open there, and “2026 first” means this season’s schedule carries their first.

Venue notes: primetime windows where every Cardinals meeting with that opponent has been in one city. A game in the other city would be a venue first, not a schedulegami.

• All 4 Cardinals–Cowboys Sunday night games have been in Arizona, never in Dallas.
• All 2 Cardinals–Giants Monday night games have been in St. Louis, never in New York.
• All 3 Cardinals–Commanders Monday night games have been in Washington, never in Arizona.
• Both Cardinals–Rams Monday night games were Cardinals home games, in St. Louis and Arizona, never in Los Angeles.
• The only Cardinals–49ers Sunday night game was in Mexico City, never in San Francisco.
• The only Cardinals–Saints Thursday night game was in Arizona, never in New Orleans.
• The only Cardinals–Vikings Monday night game was in St. Louis, never in Minnesota.
• Both Cardinals–Bears Monday night games were Cardinals home games, in St. Louis and Arizona, never in Chicago.
• The only Cardinals–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Cardinals–Packers Monday night game was in St. Louis, never in Green Bay.
• The only Cardinals–Steelers Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Pittsburgh.
• The only Cardinals–Patriots Monday night game was in Arizona, never in New England.
• The only Cardinals–Colts Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Cardinals–Bengals Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Cincinnati.
• The only Cardinals–Dolphins Monday night game was in Miami, never in Arizona.
• The only Cardinals–Bills Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Buffalo.
• The only Cardinals–Broncos Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Denver.
• Both Cardinals–Jets Monday night games were Cardinals home games, in St. Louis and Arizona, never in New York.
• The only Cardinals–Ravens Monday night game was in Arizona, never in Baltimore.

Cardinals schedulegamis in 2026

No Cardinals game on the 2026 schedule is a schedulegami. Every standalone-window game is against an opponent they have already met in that window.

2027 opponents and their open windows

The projected 2027 opponents from the Cardinals team page, with the windows each pairing has never played through the 2026 schedule. 3 opponents depend on Week 18 standings.

Cardinals schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Cardinals never faced in primetime?

9 opponents have never met the Cardinals on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars. By window, the Cardinals have never faced 18 opponents on Monday night, 15 on Sunday night, and 23 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Cardinals never played on Monday night?

Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars. That is 18 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

Which opponents have the Cardinals never met outside a Sunday afternoon?

Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars: these pairings have met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

How many schedulegamis do the Cardinals have on the 2026 schedule?

None. Every Cardinals standalone-window game in 2026 is against an opponent they have already met in that window.

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About the data

A schedulegami is a game placed in a broadcast window where those two teams have never met before. The pair is unordered. Venue does not matter: a pairing that has only ever met on Sunday night in one city has still met on Sunday night, so the same game in the other city is not a schedulegami. Sunday afternoon windows are never a schedulegami. Two levels are tracked: window-level, the first time a pairing meets in one window, and standalone-level, the first time a pairing meets outside a Sunday afternoon window.

Game history is the same file as Primetime & Holiday History, regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names. Coverage by window: Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. A Sunday international game with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff counts as International and Sunday night; two games qualify, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game in Mexico City and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game in Mexico City. Schedulegami is a MockSlate term, first published September 2026.