The Dallas Cowboys are the NFL’s most famous brand across the globe, so it only makes sense they’ll open the 2026 regular season to a worldwide audience — and make NFL history in the process.
The Cowboys announced on Thursday that they will open the season as part of the NFL International Series with the NFL’s first game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, wit their opponent still to be determined.
“The ‘Boys are Brazil bound,” the Cowboys wrote on their official X account.
“The Cowboys will play the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game next season in Rio de Janeiro,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on X.
“It’s a home game the Cowboys are giving up at AT&T Stadium,” ESPN’s Todd Archer wrote on X. “Potential opponents (non NFC East): Cardinals, Jaguars, Niners, Titans, Buccaneers, Ravens. Schedule comes out in the spring.”
The Cowboys have been one of the NFL teams who have been extremely reluctant to give up home games to play overseas. Dallas has only played in the NFL International Series once, in a 31-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2014.
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