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The gist
Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season fills Sunday, Sept. 13 with thirteen games.
It marks coaching debuts and returns, plus the NFL's Australia debut drawing 100,021 fans.
How it unfolded
- Sep 11, 2026No NFL game is on the schedule on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, and a decades-old federal law explains why. The NFL's Australia debut drew 100,021 fans.
- Sep 11, 2026ESPN reports Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty returned to practice and probably will play Sunday; All-Pro TE Brock Bowers is expected to sit out one to two games after undergoing a knee procedure this week.
- Sep 13, 2026Week 1 hits full stride; thirteen games fill the Sunday slate, led by an eight-game window at 1 p.m. ET.