Seahawks vs Patriots Open NFL Season, Super Bowl Rematch — SkimNews
Get the Sports newsletter
Daily sports — scores, transfers, the storylines from the leagues you actually follow. Free.
- NFL season opens Wednesday (01:20 BST, Thursday local) with the Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots at Lumen Field, a rematch of Super Bowl 60 won by Seattle 213 days earlier
- Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots are tied at the top with six Super Bowl titles each, followed by the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers with five; 12 franchises have never won the Lombardi Trophy
- Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and Green Bay Packers are the oldest NFL franchises, all founded in the 1920s, while the Houston Texans are the newest, debuting in 2002
- Jacksonville Jaguars lead all franchises with 14 London games since 2013 and will play back-to-back weeks there in October; the Miami Dolphins rank third overseas with seven games
- The NFL scheduled nine international games for 2026, including a maiden Australia trip — 49ers vs Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on opening weekend — and a Cowboys-Ravens matchup at Rio's Maracanã in late September
- AT&T Stadium in Dallas leads average NFL attendance, while Chicago's element-exposed Soldier Field is the only stadium averaging under 60,000
Why it matters: With nine international games in 2026 spanning London, Melbourne, and Rio, the NFL is expanding well beyond its established UK foothold, where the Jaguars' 14 appearances since 2013 have set the template. For UK-based fans, the guide supplies concrete criteria — East Coast teams sit roughly 3,000 miles from Lancashire versus 5,263 for the LA clubs — turning team selection from gut feel into measurable comparison.
Ask SkimNews
