NFL Reveals Schedule for International Games in Mexico and Brazil for 2026
A spectator holds a Mexican flag during the second half of an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jerome Miron)
The NFL is once again bringing games to Latin America in the upcoming 2026 season, and we know now when those games will take place. The full 2026 International Games lineup for the league will see nine games played across four continents, seven countries, and eight stadiums next season.
On top of games played at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Mexico City (Mexico), the NFL will also head to Melbourne (Australia), London (U.K.), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), and Munich (Germany).
“The 2026 NFL season will feature our most expansive and ambitious international slate yet, with regular-season games spanning Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City,” said Peter O’Reilly, NFL executive vice president of club business, major events and international. “This year’s record-breaking schedule will see a host of world-class NFL franchises and star athletes play in some of the most iconic sporting venues in the world, underlying the league’s global growth vision and bringing our fans internationally closer to the game than ever before.”
The game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be the second international game of the season and will see the Baltimore Ravens taking on the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Sept. 27, at the iconic Maracanã Stadium. The game will be played at 4:25 p.m. ET (5:25 p.m. Rio time). It will be the third regular-season game hosted in Brazil and the first for Rio, following two previous games in São Paulo.
Mexico City will get the final international game of the season, when the Minnesota Vikings face the San Francisco 49ers at Estadio Banorte on Sunday, Nov. 22. It will be the NFL’s first game in Mexico since 2022, when renovations for the stadium began in preparation for the World Cup. The game will be played at 8:20 p.m. ET (7:20 p.m. Mexico time).
In total, it will be the sixth regular-season game hosted in Mexico since 2005.