Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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 Buccaneers 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 Saints–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in New Orleans.
• The only Falcons–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in Atlanta.
• The only Bears–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Chicago, never in Tampa Bay.
• All 2 Lions–Buccaneers Monday night games have been in Detroit, never in Tampa Bay.
• All 2 Packers–Buccaneers Monday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Green Bay.
• All 2 Vikings–Buccaneers Sunday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Minnesota.
• The only Cardinals–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Arizona, never in Tampa Bay.
• All 3 Cowboys–Buccaneers Sunday night games have been in Dallas, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Eagles–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in Philadelphia.
• All 2 Colts–Buccaneers Monday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Seahawks–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in Seattle.
• The only Chiefs–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Kansas City, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Bills–Buccaneers Thursday night game was in Buffalo, never in Tampa Bay.
• All 2 Dolphins–Buccaneers Monday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Miami.
• The only Buccaneers–Titans Sunday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in Tennessee.
• All 2 Steelers–Buccaneers Monday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Pittsburgh.
• The only Broncos–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Denver, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Raiders–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Oakland, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Patriots–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in New England, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Ravens–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Tampa Bay, never in Baltimore.
• The only Jaguars–Buccaneers Sunday night game was in Jacksonville, never in Tampa Bay.
• The only Texans–Buccaneers Monday night game was in Houston, never in Tampa Bay.

Buccaneers 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 Buccaneers team page, with the windows each pairing has never played through the 2026 schedule. 3 opponents depend on Week 18 standings.

Buccaneers schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Buccaneers never faced in primetime?

6 opponents have never met the Buccaneers on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: San Francisco 49ers, Washington Commanders, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers, and Cleveland Browns. By window, the Buccaneers have never faced 15 opponents on Monday night, 14 on Sunday night, and 21 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Buccaneers never played on Monday night?

San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, and Jacksonville Jaguars. That is 15 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

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

New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers, and Cleveland Browns: these pairings have met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

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

1 game: Week 5 at Cowboys 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.