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

• The only Bills–Patriots Thursday night game was in New England, never in Buffalo.
• All 3 Colts–Patriots Monday night games have been in New England, never in Indianapolis.
• All 2 Patriots–Steelers Monday night games have been in New England, never in Pittsburgh.
• Both Patriots–Titans Monday night games were Titans home games, in Houston and Tennessee, never in New England.
• The only Bengals–Patriots Monday night game was in Cincinnati, never in New England.
• The only Browns–Patriots Monday night game was in Cleveland, never in New England.
• The only Chiefs–Patriots Sunday night game was in New England, never in Kansas City.
• The only Raiders–Patriots Sunday night game was in Oakland, never in New England.
• The only Cardinals–Patriots Monday night game was in Arizona, never in New England.
• The only Patriots–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in New England.
• The only Falcons–Patriots Thursday night game was in Atlanta, never in New England.
• The only Bears–Patriots Monday night game was in New England, never in Chicago.
• The only Cowboys–Patriots Monday night game was in New England, never in Dallas.
• The only Patriots–49ers Sunday night game was in New England, never in San Francisco.
• The only Rams–Patriots Sunday night game was in New England, never in Los Angeles.
• The only Vikings–Patriots Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in New England.
• The only Patriots–Eagles Sunday night game was in New England, never in Philadelphia.
• The only Lions–Patriots Sunday night game was in Detroit, never in New England.
• The only Texans–Patriots Monday night game was in New England, never in Houston.
• The only Patriots–Giants Monday night game was in New England, never in New York.
• All 2 Packers–Patriots Sunday night games have been in New England, never in Green Bay.
• The only Patriots–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in New England, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Panthers–Patriots Monday night game was in Carolina, never in New England.

Patriots schedulegamis in 2026

2027 opponents and their open windows

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

Patriots schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Patriots never faced in primetime?

2 opponents have never met the Patriots on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Washington Commanders and Jacksonville Jaguars. By window, the Patriots have never faced 11 opponents on Monday night, 8 on Sunday night, and 21 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Patriots never played on Monday night?

Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Washington Commanders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Jacksonville Jaguars. That is 11 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

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

None. Every opponent has met the Patriots in at least one standalone window.

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

4 games: Week 1 at Seahawks Kickoff Game and Wednesday (scheduled); Week 7 at Bears Thursday night (scheduled); Week 10 at Lions International (scheduled); Week 14 vs Vikings Thursday night (scheduled).

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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.