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

• All 3 Rams–Saints Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Los Angeles.
• The only Saints–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in New Orleans.
• All 2 Panthers–Saints Monday night games have been in Carolina, never in New Orleans.
• All 3 Saints–Giants Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in New York.
• The only Cardinals–Saints Thursday night game was in Arizona, never in New Orleans.
• The only Bears–Saints Monday night game was in Chicago, never in New Orleans.
• All 2 Saints–Eagles Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Philadelphia.
• All 2 Packers–Saints Sunday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Green Bay.
• All 2 Saints–Commanders Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Washington.
• The only Lions–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in Detroit.
• The only Saints–Titans Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in Tennessee.
• The only Patriots–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in New England.
• All 2 Saints–Steelers Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Pittsburgh.
• All 2 Saints–Seahawks Monday night games have been in Seattle, never in New Orleans.
• The only Saints–Jets Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in New York.
• The only Colts–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Chargers–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in Los Angeles.
• All 2 Dolphins–Saints Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Miami.
• The only Broncos–Saints Sunday night game was in Denver, never in New Orleans.
• All 2 Ravens–Saints Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Baltimore.
• The only Jaguars–Saints Sunday night game was in Jacksonville, never in New Orleans.
• The only Texans–Saints Monday night game was in New Orleans, never in Houston.

Saints schedulegamis in 2026

2027 opponents and their open windows

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

Saints schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Saints never faced in primetime?

3 opponents have never met the Saints on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and Buffalo Bills. By window, the Saints have never faced 6 opponents on Monday night, 11 on Sunday night, and 23 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Saints never played on Monday night?

Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, and Jacksonville Jaguars. That is 6 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

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

Cincinnati Bengals: this pairing has met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

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

1 game: Week 7 vs Steelers International (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.