The Chicago Bears will reveal their 2026 regular season schedule on Thursday, May 14, starting at 6:30 p.m. CT, joining all 32 NFL clubs in the league-wide Schedule Release. Fans can follow the team’s announcement across official @ChicagoBears social channels, digital platforms and the Chicago Bears Official App, while full league coverage airs on NFL Network and ESPN2.
The Bears said they will unveil the schedule with original content and creative storytelling, a sign of how much the league has turned this one night into an offseason event. For Chicago, the release matters because it sets the shape of a season that includes nine home games and eight road contests, plus the balance of divisional battles, primetime games, holiday games and the NFL’s full slate of international matchups.
That home-and-road split means the Bears will see the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings both at Soldier Field and on the road, along with every team from the NFC South and AFC East. Chicago’s home list also includes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints, while the road schedule adds the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks.
The timing gives fans something immediate to act on. Single-game tickets and a limited number of executive suites for Bears home games go on sale with the schedule release on May 14, and the team said it prefers Visa for all ticket transactions. In a sport where the schedule can shape travel plans, holiday calendars and the first hard feel of the season, Thursday’s release is the point when speculation ends and the year becomes real.
What remains after the reveal is not whether the Bears have games to play, but how the order of them will frame the season. Once the dates, times and spotlight games are out, every trip, rivalry and home date takes on a different weight, and Chicago will know exactly where the 2026 season begins to bend.
