Three upcoming 2026 NFL international games: Madrid, Munich and Mexico City

Quick answer: As of 2 November 2026 (ET), three 2026 NFL international games remain upcoming. Cincinnati Bengals vs. Atlanta Falcons is scheduled for Sunday, 8 November, at 9:30 a.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. Madrid time at Bernabéu Stadium. New England Patriots vs. Detroit Lions is scheduled for Sunday, 15 November, at 9:30 a.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. Munich time at FC Bayern Munich Arena. Minnesota Vikings vs. San Francisco 49ers is scheduled for Sunday, 22 November, at 8:20 p.m. ET / 7:20 p.m. Mexico time at Estadio Banorte. The official NFL game pages list NFL Network for U.S. viewers in Madrid, FOX for Munich and NBC for Mexico City. For international streaming, the NFL identifies NFL Game Pass International on DAZN as the general route, subject to local availability and broadcast restrictions. Named local outlets outside the United States remain TBD unless a country-specific official listing confirms them. For Mexico, the NFL has announced a broadcast partnership with TelevisaUnivision and access on Canal 5 and Canal 9, but that announcement does not establish the complete distribution plan for this particular game.

Scope and last verified

This guide covers only the three 2026 regular-season international games that were still ahead at the last verification: 2 November 2026 (ET). It uses the NFL’s official operations and schedule pages, NFL Support’s international viewing guidance, the NFL’s Ways to Watch by Country page, and the NFL’s official Mexico City announcement. It does not add a UTC time, infer unannounced rights, or treat ticket information as broadcast information.

The 2026 international schedule contains nine games across seven countries and eight stadiums, but six had already occurred by the access date. The Melbourne opener is listed as completed, with the 49ers defeating the Rams 27–7; it is a schedule-status cross-check, not a future viewing reference. This site is independent and is not affiliated with the NCAA, any conference, team, or broadcaster.

Recheck times and viewing information before publication or viewing. Rights can change, and NFL Support says availability varies by country and that broadcast restrictions may apply.

At a glance

The NFL operations schedule supplies both an ET listing and a host-city local listing for each fixture. The reviewed schedule does not include a UTC column, so no UTC time is shown.

The three games

Bengals–Falcons in Madrid — 8 November

Cincinnati and Atlanta are scheduled to meet in Week 9 on 8 November at Madrid’s Bernabéu Stadium. The NFL lists kickoff as 9:30 a.m. ET and 3:30 p.m. Madrid time. The date and local time are supplied by the NFL operations schedule; the official pages checked does not identify a separate Madrid broadcaster for this game.

For a viewer outside the United States, the safest official starting point is the NFL’s general international guidance: check NFL Game Pass International on DAZN, then confirm availability for the viewer’s country and the specific game. The NFL expressly says that international availability can vary and that broadcast restrictions may apply. It would be inaccurate to turn the general DAZN route into a guarantee that the Madrid game is available identically in every territory.

For viewers in the United States, the official pages checked does not publish a game-specific U.S. outlet for Bengals–Falcons. NFL Network is the confirmed U.S. route on the official NFL game page. NFL+ and any Spain-specific partner remain TBD unless a later official country listing confirms them.

Patriots–Lions in Munich — 15 November

New England and Detroit are scheduled to play in Week 10 on 15 November at FC Bayern Munich Arena. The listed kickoff is 9:30 a.m. ET and 3:30 p.m. Munich time. As with Madrid, the official NFL game page lists FOX for U.S. viewers. A named Germany outlet remains TBD until a country-specific listing confirms it.

Use the NFL’s official Ways to Watch by Country page for the viewer’s territory and check NFL Game Pass International on DAZN where applicable. The page provides country filters, including Germany, the U.K., Spain and other markets, but the official source record says the retrieved content did not expose specific 2026 broadcaster entries. It is therefore a place to recheck, not evidence for an unnamed outlet.

A U.S. television or streaming outlet for this particular game is TBD in the reviewed sources. The same applies to any claim about a free-to-air German channel, a particular pay-TV package, an NFL Network simulcast, or a required price. None of those details should be filled in by assumption.

Vikings–49ers in Mexico City — 22 November

Minnesota and San Francisco are scheduled for Week 11 on 22 November at Estadio Banorte in Mexico City. The NFL lists kickoff as 8:20 p.m. ET and 7:20 p.m. Mexico time. This is the only one of the three games for which the reviewed material includes a country-specific partnership announcement: the NFL says its long-standing broadcast partnership with TelevisaUnivision was extended and describes access on Canal 5 and Canal 9.

That announcement confirms an important Mexico viewing route, but it should not be stretched beyond what it says. It does not establish the complete distribution plan for Vikings–49ers across every platform or territory. The availability of a particular online stream, app, pay-TV service, or international feed is therefore TBD unless confirmed by a later official game- and territory-specific notice.

Viewers outside Mexico should not assume that Canal 5 or Canal 9 is available in their country. The NFL’s general guidance directs international fans to the country-by-country Ways to Watch page and identifies NFL Game Pass International via DAZN as the international streaming route, subject to local availability and restrictions.

Converting the listed times without overclaiming

The NFL gives readers two useful clocks: ET, the U.S. Eastern Time listing, and the host-city local time. Madrid and Munich are each listed at 3:30 p.m. local time, while Mexico City is listed at 7:20 p.m. local time.

If you are planning around the kickoff, use the host-city time when you are in or near the game’s venue and use the ET time when following U.S. coverage. If you live elsewhere, convert from one of those published reference times with a current, reliable time-zone tool immediately before the game. Do not rely on a fixed “hours ahead” rule: seasonal clock changes and local daylight-saving rules can affect the difference between ET and another location.

The official NFL schedule does not publish UTC timestamps. The calendar controls use UTC instants calculated from the confirmed ET date and kickoff with IANA America/New_York, then display those instants in the selected zone. The calculated values are not official NFL UTC listings: Madrid is 14:30Z on November 8, Munich is 14:30Z on November 15, and Mexico City is 01:20Z on November 23 after the November 22 local kickoff. Any third-city conversion is likewise a reader’s calculation. Check the date as well as the clock, particularly when converting from a U.S. listing to a location far east or west of the host city.

A planning routine is:

Start with the official ET or host-city time in the table above.

Confirm the date in your own calendar and time-zone setting.

Recheck the NFL schedule close to game day for any published update.

Open the official viewing page for your country before kickoff, rather than assuming a prior week’s outlet applies.

Legal viewing routes and what they do—and do not—confirm

The clearest game-specific viewing notice concerns the 18 October London game, not these three games. It says that, for that fixture, U.S. TV was NFL Network; U.S. NFL+ subscribers could watch live on supported phones and tablets; in London the game was on Sky Sports and NFL Game Pass on DAZN; and outside the U.S. availability was through NFL Game Pass International on DAZN, subject to local availability and restrictions.

That notice is not proof that the same lineup applies to Madrid, Munich or Mexico City. The official London viewing guidance warns against claiming NFL Network, DAZN, Sky Sports, NFL+, free-to-air or local-partner coverage for these games without a game- and territory-specific announcement. The defensible general statement is that NFL Game Pass International on DAZN is identified as the international streaming route, with the stated limits.

For Mexico, the NFL’s announcement supplies the additional country-specific information that TelevisaUnivision’s partnership includes access on Canal 5 and Canal 9. Treat those as the official Mexico access details supported by the NFL announcement, while recognizing that the complete plan for Vikings–49ers remains TBD.

The official Ways to Watch by Country page is the appropriate place to check for a later update. It includes country filters and is designed for territory-specific guidance. Because the country page did not show exposed 2026 entries for the three games at the last verification, this guide links to it without inventing an outlet.

Territory, device and subscription limits

A viewing route is not necessarily universal. NFL Support says international viewing varies by country and that broadcast restrictions can apply. A service named in one territory may not be offered in another, and the same service may have different rights or requirements depending on the viewer’s location. This is why a U.S. NFL+ reference from the London notice cannot be repurposed as a confirmed option for all three upcoming games.

The NFL’s London viewing guidance confirms only one device-specific point: for the 18 October London game, U.S. NFL+ subscribers could watch live on supported phones and tablets. It does not establish supported devices for Madrid, Munich or Mexico City, nor does it confirm a subscription tier, price, trial, simultaneous-stream policy, blackout rule, or account requirement for these games. Those details are TBD and should be checked in the relevant official service before purchase or kickoff.

Do not assume that having a DAZN account automatically provides NFL Game Pass International access in every country. The NFL’s wording makes local availability and restrictions part of the route. Likewise, do not assume that a channel listed for Mexico can be watched from another country, or that a country filter’s presence means the game is already assigned to a named outlet.

Use legal services and official broadcaster listings available in your territory. This guide does not include betting links or unauthorized stream links.

What is still TBD

The following items are unresolved in the official pages checked and should remain labeled TBD until an official source confirms them:

A complete non-U.S. territory broadcast or streaming assignment for each of the Madrid, Munich and Mexico City games; NFL Network, FOX and NBC are confirmed for U.S. viewers.

Game-specific local outlets in Spain and Germany.

The complete Mexico City distribution plan beyond the NFL’s TelevisaUnivision, Canal 5 and Canal 9 announcement.

Confirmed game-by-game entries on the NFL’s country viewing page for every relevant territory.

UTC timestamps and converted times for countries not named in the NFL schedule.

Subscription prices, package names, supported devices, account requirements, blackout rules and any free-access conditions for these fixtures.

This is not a gap to fill with precedent from another international game. The NFL’s detailed London viewing notice is not a substitute for a game- and territory-specific listing for these three fixtures.

Reader checklist

Before setting an alarm, confirm the date and local time using the table and NFL schedule. Before choosing a service, open the NFL’s Ways to Watch by Country page and look for a game-specific listing. If considering NFL Game Pass International on DAZN, verify availability in your country and that the relevant game is included under the displayed restrictions. In Mexico, check the latest official information concerning Canal 5 and Canal 9; the partnership announcement does not describe every platform.

Finally, check again near kickoff. The guide was last verified on 2 November 2026; rights announcements, technical requirements and local listings can change.

Sources

NFL Operations — 2026 International Games slate — official slate, matchups, venues and ET/host-city times.

NFL game page — Bengals at Falcons, Madrid — official U.S. NFL Network listing.

NFL game page — Patriots at Lions, Munich — official U.S. FOX listing.

NFL game page — Vikings at 49ers, Mexico City — official U.S. NBC listing.

NFL.com — 2026 Week 1 schedule — official schedule-status cross-check for the completed Melbourne opener.

NFL Support — How to Watch NFL International Series Games — official viewing guidance, territory limits and the detailed London example.

NFL.com — Ways to Watch by Country — official country-filtered viewing page to recheck for later announcements.

NFL.com — Multiyear return to Mexico City starting in 2026 — official TelevisaUnivision partnership announcement and Canal 5/Canal 9 access reference.