Tennessee Titans 2026 Schedule

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Here is the Titans' 2026 schedule, with notes afterward.

No primetime

The Titans are shut out of Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football for the second year in a row. 

The Jets, Raiders, Cardinals and Dolphins also don't have prime time games.

Cam Ward in Year Two with rookie Carnell Tate added and Robert Saleh at the helm with Brian Daboll coordinating the offense weren’t enough of a lure, though if they do well, they could be flexed starting in Week Five.

Their last prime-time game was on the road against Miami, a 31-12 win on Sept 30, 2024.

I know there will be huge arguments about the Titans “deserving it.” But clearly, the schedule-makers are fine without them, and Roger Goodell didn’t flag it. They’ve got to get on course.

New Nissan Stadium has to be primetime worthy in 2027.

Flexing is not popular, but it includes all three primetime windows this season.

New York, New York

The Titans open at home against the Jets, where Saleh coached for most of the last four seasons, and they play Week Three at the Giants, where Daboll did the same. 

The heavily revamped roster includes four former Jets: Three who are part of the defensive front in Jermaine Johnson II, John Franklin-Myers and Solomon Thomas, as well as safety Tony Adams.

The Titans also added from the Giants with WanDale Robinson, Cor'Dale Flott, Daniel Bellinger and Austin Schlottman and coaches Carmen Bricillo, Shea Tierney and Marquand Manuel.

Brian Callahan and Dennard Wilson are on John Harbaugh's New York staff.

Finale

If the Titans do not earn a home playoff game, the final game in the 27-year history of Nissan Stadium will be in Week 17, Jan. 3 against the Steelers, the Oilers/Titans' old AFC Central rival.

Including regular-season and postseason games, the team has appeared at Nissan Stadium 224 times (119-105), one more than the 223 contests at the Houston Astrodome (116-105-2) from 1968 to 1996.

It will finish with 232 in the current venue barring a playoff surprise.

Quick rematch

My big schedule pet peeve is quick divisional rematches. The Titans play the Jaguars twice in three weeks: Week 10 after Tennessee’s bye on Nov. 15 in Nashville and then right after a trip to Dallas, Week 11 in Jacksonville on Nov. 29.

The other two divisional sets are well separated: The Texans are in Nashville for Week 5 and host the season Finale in Week 18; the Colts host in Week 6 on Oct. 18 and then come to Tennessee Week 15 (Dec. 20).

Travel: The Titans have reasonable travel, with only two back-to-back road trips. They travel to the Eastern Time Zone six times – Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, New York Giants – and to the Pacific Time Zone once – Las Vegas.

Preseason

Saleh said at the owners’ meetings that he expected a preseason joint practice ahead of a game with the Panthers. 

But the league didn’t schedule the Titans with Carolina. With that modest regular-season travel schedule, the Titans will go to San Francisco for their lone road game of the preseason. Saleh said he’d like one practice against all three preseason opponents, and he just worked for the 49ers, so extra time there is likely. 

The Seahawks and Bears are sure to be invited for a joint practice as well.

Rest equation

Uneven rest favors the Titans a bit this season. 

For Week Four, the Giants will be coming off a road Monday night game and for Week 18, the Texans will be doing the same. 

In Week Five, the Ravens will be coming off a Sunday game in Rio.

Week 10: Titans will be coming off their bye, while the Jaguars will be coming off a mini bye after TNF.

One unknown: Pittsburgh’s Week 16 home game against Carolina is TBD. It could be played Saturday, Dec. 26, as part of the Christmastime slate, meaning the Steelers would come to Nashville for Week 17 with extra rest.