2026 Amarillo-area Football Schedule Released

Amarillo Globe-News published the 2026 Amarillo-area high school football schedule on Aug. 5, giving Panhandle teams and fans a full regular-season map before kickoff later this month. The schedule lays out opponents week by week for programs across the region, including Palo Duro, Bushland, Randall and Canyon. The regular season begins on Thursday, Aug. 27, with more area teams opening the following night, according to the published schedule. (amarillo.com) The release gives readers a single place to track rivalry dates, district stretches and travel-heavy road swings before Week 1. (bluewaterhealthyliving.com) It also lands with the Texas high school football season less than four weeks away, as Lubbock-area coverage from the same publisher noted this week. (amarillo.com) ### Which date starts the Amarillo-area regular season? Thursday, Aug. 27, is the first day of regular-season play for some Amarillo-area teams, according to the week-by-week schedule published by Amarillo Globe-News. Most schools in the Texas Panhandle are then set to begin on Friday, Aug. 28. Friday, Aug. 28, includes one of the early spotlight games in the area: Amarillo High against Palo Duro. (amarillo.com) The schedule roundup highlighted that matchup as one of the more notable openers on the first full Friday of the season. ### Which Amarillo-area teams are specifically included? Palo Duro, Bushland, Randall and Canyon are among the teams named in the published Amarillo-area schedule package. (amarillo.com) Amarillo Globe-News described the list as a complete week-by-week schedule for the 2026 season. Bushland’s posted 2026 slate includes non-district games against Seminole, Canadian, Dumas, Lubbock Christian and Hereford before district play continues into October and November. (bluewaterhealthyliving.com) Palo Duro’s 2026 schedule listing includes Amarillo, Caprock, Tascosa and Dumas before district games later in the fall. ### What does Palo Duro’s path look like? Palo Duro opens Aug. 28 against Amarillo and then faces Caprock on Sept. 3, Tascosa on Sept. 11 and Dumas on Sept. 18, according to published 2026 schedule listings. (bluewaterhealthyliving.com) Its later schedule includes district opponents such as Cooper, Coronado and Lubbock-Cooper. Nov. 5 is listed as Palo Duro’s final regular-season game, with Lubbock-Cooper on the schedule that night. Independent schedule listings and school schedule PDFs both show Palo Duro’s season running into the first week of November. (amarillo.com) ### What stands out on Bushland’s schedule? Bushland’s 2026 schedule begins Aug. 28 against Seminole and continues Sept. 4 at Canadian, followed by Dumas on Sept. 11 and Lubbock Christian on Sept. 18. The Falcons then host Hereford on Sept. 25 before moving into district play. (on3.com) Oct. 16 brings Bushland against Shallowater, and Nov. 6 lists Dalhart as the regular-season finale. Those dates place Bushland’s district run deep into the fall, with road games at Slaton, Denver City and Brownfield mixed in. ### Where is the full week-by-week schedule posted? (on3.com) Amarillo.com carries the full 2026 Amarillo-area week-by-week football schedule published Aug. 5 by Amarillo Globe-News. The same story also appeared in syndicated form on MSN and other republished outlets. (prepsfb.com) The next dates on that calendar are Aug. 27 and Aug. 28, when the Amarillo-area regular season opens and teams including Palo Duro and Bushland begin play. (bluewaterhealthyliving.com) (amarillo.com) (on3.com)