The Philadelphia Eagles will return to London in 2026, facing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as part of an overseas schedule the NFL says will be its largest yet. The Eagles have not played in London since 2018.
The league said it will stage a record nine international games in 2026, spread across four continents and seven countries, with half of its 32 teams taking part. For Philadelphia, the trip adds another high-profile entry to the eagles schedule, and it comes in a season when the team will again be followed closely after quarterback Jalen Hurts led the Eagles to their second Super Bowl win in 2025.
Henry Hodgson, the NFL's head of Europe and UK, said the slate reflects both the scale of the league's global push and the appeal of the matchups. He said that when the games are seen on paper, the stadiums, teams and players involved make the package especially compelling.
The London series opens on 4 October with the Washington Commanders hosting the Indianapolis Colts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Jaguars will host the Eagles on one of the next two Sundays after that, then host the Houston Texans at Wembley the following Sunday, giving Jacksonville two overseas games apiece with the San Francisco 49ers, the only two teams scheduled for multiple international contests in 2026.
That detail matters because the Jaguars are again carrying much of the league's London load while also handling a divisional matchup against Houston. Hodgson said it is relatively rare for divisional games to be played abroad, making the Texans game at Wembley a potentially pivotal one.
The broader 2026 international slate extends well beyond London. The first overseas game of the season will be played in Melbourne, Australia, during the first week, when the Los Angeles Rams face the San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The NFL will also return to Mexico for a 49ers-Vikings game, stage its first game in Rio de Janeiro with the Baltimore Ravens against the Dallas Cowboys, play its first game in Paris with the New Orleans Saints against the Pittsburgh Steelers, send the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons to the home of Real Madrid, and take the New England Patriots against the Detroit Lions in Munich.
The international growth is part of a clear shift in how the league is using its schedule. The UK will host three games in 2026, and the NFL has now put half its teams abroad at least once. For the Eagles, the London trip is the most immediate marker of that expansion: a familiar franchise in an unfamiliar place, back on a stage it last visited eight years earlier.
The rest of the NFL's 2026 schedule will be released on Thursday.
