Washington Commanders 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 Commanders 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 Eagles–Commanders Thursday night game was in Philadelphia, never in Washington.
• All 3 Cardinals–Commanders Monday night games have been in Washington, never in Arizona.
• All 2 Falcons–Commanders Monday night games have been in Washington, never in Atlanta.
• All 2 Bears–Commanders Monday night games have been in Washington, never in Chicago.
• The only Lions–Commanders Sunday night game was in Washington, never in Detroit.
• All 2 Saints–Commanders Monday night games have been in New Orleans, never in Washington.
• The only 49ers–Commanders Sunday night game was in San Francisco, never in Washington.
• The only Vikings–Commanders Sunday night game was in Minnesota, never in Washington.
• All 2 Seahawks–Commanders Monday night games have been in Washington, never in Seattle.
• The only Packers–Commanders Sunday night game was in Washington, never in Green Bay.
• All 2 Colts–Commanders Monday night games have been in Baltimore, never in Washington.
• The only Panthers–Commanders Monday night game was in Washington, never in Carolina.
• The only Bills–Commanders Monday night game was in Buffalo, never in Washington.
• The only Broncos–Commanders Sunday night game was in Washington, never in Denver.
• The only Raiders–Commanders Monday night game was in Oakland, never in Washington.
• The only Dolphins–Commanders Monday night game was in Miami, never in Washington.
• The only Titans–Commanders Monday night game was in Washington, never in Tennessee.
• The only Chargers–Commanders Monday night game was in San Diego, never in Washington.
• The only Jets–Commanders Sunday night game was in Washington, never in New York.
• All 2 Chiefs–Commanders Monday night games have been in Kansas City, never in Washington.

Commanders schedulegamis in 2026

• Venue first, not a schedulegami: First time the Bengals visit the Commanders on Monday night: Week 11, Nov 23, 2026, in Washington. Their only earlier Monday night game was in Cincinnati.

2027 opponents and their open windows

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

Commanders schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Commanders never faced in primetime?

5 opponents have never met the Commanders on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans. By window, the Commanders have never faced 8 opponents on Monday night, 12 on Sunday night, and 25 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Commanders never played on Monday night?

Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans. That is 8 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

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

Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans: these pairings have met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

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

1 game: Week 4 vs Colts International (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.