Raiders left off international game slate, must host overseas in 2027
Raiders streak of seven straight years without an international game will end after this season.
In the final years in Oakland, the Raiders were often taking their home games overseas, playing games in London in 2014, 2018, and 2019. But since they moved to Las Vegas in 2020, the league has kept them at home. Next year, that streak figures to end.
The NFL released their international game slate today, and the Raiders were not on it. By the time the release happened, there was only one game they could possibly have been a part of -- facing the 49ers in Mexico City -- but the Niners' opponent ended up being the Vikings. The NFL’s nine-game international game slate for 2026 is here.
Jacksonville won’t be home much in October. One day, each week of the NFL calendar will have a game on foreign soil. pic.
twitter. com/wntkHtsZ0S — Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) May 13, 2026 That would have been an away game for the Raiders. And the NFL has a rule that every team must host an international game once every eight years.