{"id":905887,"date":"2026-05-15T05:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/eagles-scheduled-to-play-on-christmas-eve\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:12:04","slug":"eagles-scheduled-to-play-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/eagles-scheduled-to-play-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles scheduled to play on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/#content\"><span>Skip to main content<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<nav id=\"sticky-nav\" aria-label=\"Sticky Nav\"><\/nav>\n<div><main id=\"content\"><\/p>\n<div class>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Hopefully no coal in Philadelphia\u2019s stocking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2026-05-14T15:06:24+00:00\">May 14, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p>Make it two holiday games (and both against NFL teams from Texas) for the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/philadelphia-eagles-schedule\/175557\/eagles-2026-schedule-begins-with-a-home-game\">playing the Dallas Cowboys at AT&#038;T Stadium on Thanksgiving<\/a><\/strong>, the Birds will later host the Houston Texans on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kickoff for this Week 16 Thursday Night Football matchup is set for 8:15 PM Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>This 2026 Eagles schedule update comes via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OzzyNFL\/status\/2054929052297732402\">@OzzyNFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles and Texans last met during a 2022 Thursday Night Football game that took place at the same time as the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros were playing in the World Series. The Eagles picked up a win but the Phils did not.<\/p>\n<p>This game will mark the first time that the Eagles are going up against C.J. Stroud. It\u2019s also the first time they\u2019re taking on former Eagles linebacker DeMeco Ryans since he became the Texans\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles are 6-0 all-time against the Texans dating back to the first time they played in 2002. We\u2019ll see if they can make it 7-0 while Santa Claus is flying around the world.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The entire\u2019 Eagles 2026 schedule will be revealed on Thursday night. Until then, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/philadelphia-eagles-schedule\/175439\/eagles-schedule-2026-tracking-leaks-and-rumors\">follow along with our leaks tracker<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Are you excited or annoyed by the holiday games? Scroll down to the comments and weigh in! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<article aria-label=\"Post: How do you feel about Eagles games on holidays?\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sbnation.com\/users\/VVGisj9lAF\/Brandon%20Lee%20Gowton\"><\/p>\n<p><img title=\"Football\" alt=\"Football Brandon Lee Gowton\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/profile_images\/634501\/bald-eagle_1_600x450.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<form>\n<div>\n<h2>Football Bleeding Green Nation<\/h2>\n<p><span>A daily roundup of Philadelphia Eagles news<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Loading comments<\/p>\n<p>Getting the conversation ready&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/philadelphia-eagles-schedule\/175568\/eagles-scheduled-to-play-on-christmas-eve\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Brandon Lee Gowton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip to main content Hopefully no coal in Philadelphia\u2019s stocking. May 14, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC Make it two holiday games (and both against NFL teams from Texas) for the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2026 season. After playing the Dallas Cowboys at AT&amp;T Stadium on Thanksgiving , the Birds will later host the Houston Texans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3577,3790,22977],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-905887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eagles","8":"category-football","9":"category-scheduled"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}