Carolina Panthers 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 Panthers meeting with that opponent has been in one city. A game in the other city would be a venue first, not a schedulegami.

• All 2 Falcons–Panthers Thursday night games have been in Carolina, never in Atlanta.
• All 2 Panthers–Saints Monday night games have been in Carolina, never in New Orleans.
• The only Panthers–Rams Sunday night game was in St. Louis, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–49ers Sunday night game was in San Francisco, never in Carolina.
• All 3 Panthers–Packers Monday night games have been in Carolina, never in Green Bay.
• The only Panthers–Commanders Monday night game was in Washington, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–Vikings Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Minnesota.
• All 2 Panthers–Cowboys Monday night games have been in Dallas, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–Seahawks Sunday night game was in Seattle, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–Giants Thursday night game was in Carolina, never in New York.
• All 3 Panthers–Eagles Monday night games have been in Philadelphia, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–Bears Thursday night game was in Chicago, never in Carolina.
• The only Panthers–Lions Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Detroit.
• The only Bills–Panthers Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Buffalo.
• The only Panthers–Dolphins Monday night game was in Carolina, never in Miami.
• The only Panthers–Colts Monday night game was in Carolina, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Panthers–Patriots Monday night game was in Carolina, never in New England.
• The only Panthers–Steelers Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Pittsburgh.
• The only Panthers–Texans Thursday night game was in Houston, never in Carolina.

Panthers schedulegamis in 2026

• Venue first, not a schedulegami: First time the Panthers visit the Buccaneers on Monday night: Week 12, Nov 30, 2026, in Tampa Bay. Their 3 earlier Monday night games were in Carolina.

2027 opponents and their open windows

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

Panthers schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Panthers never faced in primetime?

12 opponents have never met the Panthers on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, and Tennessee Titans. By window, the Panthers have never faced 21 opponents on Monday night, 19 on Sunday night, and 22 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Panthers never played on Monday night?

Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans. That is 21 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

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

Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, and Tennessee Titans: these pairings have met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

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

2 games: Week 4 vs Lions Sunday night (scheduled); Week 8 at Packers Thursday night (scheduled). Also 1 venue first, which is not schedulegamis.

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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.