It’s official: Seahawks to host 2026 NFL Kickoff on a Wednesday night
Are you ready for some Wednesday night Seahawks football?!
Feb 11, 2026; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks safety Julian Love (20) celebrates with the Vince Lombardi trophy during the Super Bowl LX parade. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Ng-Imagn Images | Kevin Ng-Imagn Images Mark your calendars, Seattle Seahawks fans! You’ll get to see the Super Bowl champions begin the 2026 NFL season a day earlier than normal.
The NFL announced on Wednesday that the Seahawks will host the season opener on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 5:20 pm PT on NBC/Peacock. Usually the Thursday after Labor Day is the NFL’s curtain raiser, but the league has got the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers heading to Melbourne, Australia, for what is technically a Friday morning game in Melbourne but a Thursday evening kickoff at 5:35 pm PT.
The NFL press release said kickoff will be in Seattle, so don’t worry about a Week 1 road game. For other Seattle sports teams, there will have to be some schedule adjustments. The Mariners’ Sept.
9 home date with the Texas Rangers will likely be moved up from it’s 6:40 pm PT first pitch, while the Sounders (who share Lumen Field with the Seahawks) will need to reschedule their MLS home game against Sporting Kansas City to another day. It’s certainly not unusual for soccer matches to be rescheduled for a variety of reasons. We don’t know who the Seahawks will play on opening night until May, but we can cross off the 49ers and Rams.