Now a fixture of the NFL international calendar, the Indianapolis Colts host the Washington Commanders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this October, the first of three London games this autumn.
The NFL’s London season opens at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 4 October 2026, the Indianapolis Colts hosting the Washington Commanders in the first of three games the league stages in the city this autumn.
The NFL has played regular season games in London since 2007, when Wembley took the first of them, and the fixture has grown from a curiosity into a permanent part of the league’s calendar. Wembley was the exclusive home until 2015, Twickenham was added in 2016, and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium followed as the first purpose-built NFL venue anywhere outside the United States. The stadium hosts a minimum of two games a year under a long-term agreement with the league, and London is now the only city outside America with a standing place in the regular season.
Purpose-built is meant literally. An artificial field sits beneath the grass one, and the stadium carries dedicated locker rooms, broadcast, media and medical facilities built to the same specification as any NFL ground. Nothing has to be adapted or trucked in, which was not true of the early Wembley years.
The home designation belongs to the Colts, who give up a home date in Indianapolis to play here. Kick-off is in the afternoon local time, timed for an American morning audience, and the league has staged games in the city every season since 2007 bar one.