{"id":271570,"date":"2026-05-15T00:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271570\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:06:21","slug":"the-2026-miami-dolphins-schedule-has-been-released-and-jeff-hafleys-first-season-faces-a-few-daunting-stretches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271570\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Miami Dolphins schedule has been released and Jeff Hafley’s first season faces a few daunting stretches"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL schedule makers didn\u2019t to the Miami Dolphins schedule any favors early on in 2026. Or late, for that matter. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJan 22, 2026; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley looks on during an introductory press conference at Baptist Health Training Complex.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins<\/a> schedule<\/a> in the first season under new head coach Jeff Hafley is full of challenges. This season as a whole offers plenty of hardship and transition, as Miami has seen their roster whittled away this offseason due to salary cap restraints and the need to build a new foundation. <\/p>\n

But the schedule is going to offer its own fair share of gauntlets. The Miami Dolphins schedule offers a lot of road trips late and a lot of perceived contending teams late. Saddle up, Dolphins fans. This season is going to be a wild ride. As released by the team, here is the Miami Dolphins\u2019 full 2026 schedule.<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins 2026 NFL schedule released<\/p>\n

Preseason<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 1: @ Washington Commanders (7:00 PM) \u2013 August 14
Week 2: vs. New York Giants (4:00 PM) \u2013 August 22
Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons (7:00 PM) \u2013 August 28<\/p>\n

Regular Season<\/p>\n

\"\"Dec 21, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Malik Washington (6).Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Week 1: @ Las Vegas Raiders (4:25 PM) \u2013 September 13
Week 2: @ San Francisco 49ers (4:25 PM) \u2013 September 20
Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1:00 PM) \u2013 September 27
Weed 4: @ Minnesota Vikings (4:05 PM) \u2013 October 4
Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals (1:00 PM) \u2013 October 11
Week 6: BYE WEEK \u2013 October 18
Week 7: @ New York Jets (1:00 PM) \u2013 October 25
Week 8: vs. New England Patriots (4:25 PM) \u2013 November 1
Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions (1:00 PM) \u2013 November 8
Week 10: @ Indianapolis Colts (1:00 PM) \u2013 November 15
Week 11: @ Buffalo Bills (1:00 PM) \u2013 November 22
Week 12: vs. New York Jets (1:00 PM) \u2013 November 29
Week 13: @ Denver Broncos (4:05 PM) \u2013 December 6
Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears (1:00 PM) \u2013 December 13
Week 15: @ Green Bay Packers (1:00 PM) \u2013 December 20
Week 16: vs. Los Angeles Chargers (1:00 PM) \u2013 December 27
Week 17: vs Buffalo Bills (1:00 PM) \u2013 January 3
Week 18: @ New England Patriots (TBD) \u2013 January 9\/10<\/p>\n

(Home games are listed in bold)<\/p>\n

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Miami Dolphins News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL schedule makers didn\u2019t to the Miami Dolphins schedule any favors early on in 2026. Or late,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1250,102342,123,1763,2797,125,124,115657],"class_list":["post-271570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-dolphins","tag-dolphins-news","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-schedule-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}