{"id":153005,"date":"2026-02-06T01:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153005\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:14:10","slug":"dallas-cowboys-to-play-first-ever-nfl-regular-season-game-in-rio-de-janeiro-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153005\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys to play first-ever NFL regular-season game in Rio de Janeiro in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys will play a 2026 NFL regular-season game at the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the league announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The game in Rio will be part of an NFL record nine international games in 2026 across four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums, the NFL said in a statement. A date and opponent have not been announced yet. The league said the Cowboys&#8217; opponent, along with date, kickoff time and ticket information will be announced at a later date.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud to welcome the Dallas Cowboys to Brazil for the first\u2011ever NFL game in Rio de Janeiro,&#8221; said NFL Brazil General Manager Luis Martinez. &#8220;Introducing one of the league&#8217;s most iconic teams to the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium marks a powerful milestone in the continued growth of the sport worldwide. Bringing a regular-season game to Rio strengthens our connection to a vibrant and passionate football community and underscores our long\u2011term commitment to the market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u2018Boys are Brazil bound \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83e\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7O3d7SNspy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/7O3d7SNspy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/2019566207918371308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans interested in the 2026 game in Rio should visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/links.nflcommunications.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.6CM0-2FovdbBu9C2slo88m20orvnLkQK6UucNUgLN-2FWuCxGn1EgSnz9RiD45FjTp-2FBO6XVPIje4xRLPH-2FXYbHFcQ-3D-3Dwso-_D-2F-2FuwinBmzump2turr1WCH3pHMuLykaLunf64mljBaPTQMUeTE6eDG-2FDgZ9z2j6xuADkt-2Fc2gWrMe9NOtAx9pdSbnuZvaUOTw3OxtB-2FlJFC4HcG6DnLo2nQmXBJScNNRmJ-2B3Fdfw5iq2-2BZkIeedh89wv5HP7aFRrzh-2BtWMaaTNCJd6JnTGcutqod7XSo-2BZnv7VrkMn-2FfJP2rBFAm6Ufp5uSss1u7HRz5BA8OxeLj3XgJToQ-2F3amSMeHgLE-2Bd-2BNsOoF-2B-2BrQyDH0SlIWutBDelbYXZybsNyO73N3rFQSlKpt4F8fAyxqcpavMwC41ANbu-2BWLLGs-2Fpu4Nyt29Ge9byTM71OcJwwdVHoi0nQyUXcxSnbIHj8PJT7doX6nq4SHNFK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nfl.com\/Rio<\/a>\u00a0to stay updated on all the latest news and information.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is home to more than 36 million NFL fans and is one of the league&#8217;s most significant international markets. The announcement follows the NFL&#8217;s multi-year commitment to bring at least three regular-season games to Rio de Janeiro over the next five years, reinforcing the league&#8217;s long\u2011term investment in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has previously played two games in Brazil. In 2024, the Packers vs the Eagles, and in 2025, the Chiefs vs the Chargers in S\u00e3o Paulo at Corinthians Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Over 60 regular-season NFL games have been played outside the United States. London, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mexico City and Toronto have hosted games to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys will play a 2026 NFL regular-season game at the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium in Rio de Janeiro,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11138,102,113,104,103,6030],"class_list":{"0":"post-153005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-headlines","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-national-football-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}