Baltimore Ravens 2026 Uniform Schedule: White Noise, Purple Rising, and Darkness Falls Dates Confirmed

Baltimore has now named all three of its Next Flight theme games. The all-white White Noise look debuts in Week 2 against the Saints, Sunday, September 20 at 1:00. The all-purple Purple Rising uniform, with the new Purple Rising helmet, gets Thursday Night Football in Week 9 against the Jaguars, November 5 at 8:15. And the all-black Darkness Falls set, with the matte black Darkness helmet and its red-eyed raven, debuts on Monday Night Football in Week 10 against the Chargers, November 16 at 8:15. White Noise was announced August 24; the other two landed September 1. Here is the full Baltimore Ravens 2026 uniform schedule, week by week, with the three confirmed dates first and the remaining open questions labelled as open.

The Full 2026 Ravens Uniform Schedule, Week by Week

Eight home games at M&T Bank Stadium, nine on the road, and a Week 13 bye. The Rio game is a road game, for a reason explained below.

The three starred games are the confirmed uniform assignments on that grid. Baltimore has not published a full game-by-game uniform schedule beyond its theme games, so everything else follows the standard rule, purple at home and white on the road, with Week 3 left genuinely open.

The Three Theme Games

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White Noise: Week 2 vs. Saints (Sunday, September 20)

The Ravens broke their summer-long silence with White Noise, an all-white home look — white helmet with the purple raven wing and a gold facemask, white jersey with the purple Baltimore wordmark, white pants, white to the floor — debuting Sunday, September 20 at 1:00 against New Orleans, under the tagline "every decibel counts."

Our verdict: this might end up the best look in the entire Next Flight collection. All-white uniforms live or die on whether the accent colors carry the design, and this one carries. The purple pops harder against white than it ever has against black, and the helmet — that clean white shell with the gold cage — is the single best piece in it. A white-out at home in the September sun is exactly the stage this deserves. If Baltimore was only going to name one date all summer, they named the right look.

It is worth being precise about what this is: a home game in white. Baltimore's road whites are the standard set; White Noise is the Next Flight alternate treatment, worn by choice at M&T Bank Stadium, which means the Saints will have to answer in color.

Purple Rising: Week 9 vs. Jaguars (Thursday, November 5, 8:15)

The all-purple combination gets the Thursday night window: purple jersey, purple pants, and the new Purple Rising helmet carrying the franchise's primary logo. This is the one the whole Next Flight program was built around. The Ravens wore essentially one helmet for thirty seasons, and the Purple Rising shell is the first real alternative, so putting it under the lights on a standalone Thursday against Jacksonville is the right way to introduce it. The team is pairing the night with its Salute to Service promotion.

Our read: monochrome purple is a look very few teams can pull off, and Baltimore is one of them, because nobody else owns the color. Whether the Purple Rising helmet reads as an upgrade on television, rather than just as a change, is the question this game answers.

Darkness Falls: Week 10 vs. Chargers (Monday, November 16, 8:15)

The black set debuts on Monday Night Football: black jersey, black pants, and the matte black Darkness helmet with two-tone talon stripes and the front-facing raven mark with the glowing red eyes. It is the most aggressive piece in the collection, and Baltimore gave it the most aggressive slot, a Monday nighter at home in the middle of November.

The matchup helps. The Chargers have already published their side of this game: white jersey with powder blue pants, per the Chargers 2026 uniform schedule. Black to the floor on one sideline, white and powder on the other, under the lights. That is a genuinely well-designed television game, and it is the one we would circle if you only watch one Ravens home game for the uniforms.

Week 3 in Rio Is the Most Interesting Game on the Calendar

Baltimore plays Dallas at the Maracanã on Sunday, September 27, and two facts stack up to make it the one road date where the Ravens could wear colour.

First, Dallas is the designated home team. NFL.com lists the game as Ravens at Cowboys. Baltimore's own schedule page renders it as "vs", which is how this gets miscounted, but Baltimore is the visitor and the game does not count as one of their eight home dates.

Second, Dallas wears white at home. The Cowboys are the one club in the NFL that does this by tradition, which is precisely why a trip to face them is the rare road game where the visiting team gets to choose a coloured jersey. Philadelphia has used it for Kelly Green; the Chargers used it last season for a gold jersey in Tampa under the same logic.

So Baltimore could wear purple in Brazil, in a 4:25 national window, against a white-clad Dallas team. Nothing has been announced and we are not putting it on the grid, but it is the single most likely place on this schedule for something other than the default. Our Cowboys 2026 uniform schedule has the other side of it.

The Next Flight Collection

Baltimore launched Next Flight in April 2026, a full uniform refresh rather than a single alternate, and it is the biggest change to how this team looks since the franchise's early years. It includes a matte black Darkness helmet and a Purple Rising helmet, which is the part that matters most, because the Ravens had worn essentially one helmet for their entire existence.

We graded the whole collection when it dropped: Ravens 2026 uniforms reviewed.

The schedule arrived in two pieces. White Noise got its game on August 24, the Week 2 home date against New Orleans. Then on September 1 the Ravens published the rest of the theme-game plan, naming Purple Rising for Week 9 and Darkness Falls for Week 10, which matches how Baltimore has handled it in previous seasons: a primetime alternate plan announced before the opener.

A Warning About What You Will Find Searching for It

If you go looking, you will still find a Ravens page announcing "Darkness Falls" for a Monday nighter against Detroit and "Purple Rising" for Thanksgiving against Cincinnati. That page is from 2025. It refers to the 30th season celebration, it puts Thanksgiving on November 27, which is a Friday in 2026, and there is no Ravens-Lions game on the 2026 schedule at all. The 2026 dates are the ones above: Purple Rising against Jacksonville on November 5, Darkness Falls against the Chargers on November 16.

What Is Still Open

The theme games are set, but Baltimore has not said which helmet goes with the standard purple home set in Weeks 4, 7, 14, 16 and 18, or whether the Purple Rising or Darkness shells make additional appearances outside their named nights. Historically the Ravens have held the alternate helmets to their theme games, so the default read is the classic purple helmet everywhere else. Week 3 in Rio remains the one road date where a colored jersey is possible. If any of it gets named, it goes on this page the day it does.

Purple at M&T Bank Stadium (6 Games)

Weeks 4, 7, 9, 14, 16 and 18. Tennessee, Cincinnati, Jacksonville on Thursday as the all-purple Purple Rising game, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh to close. Week 2 against New Orleans comes off this list as the White Noise game, and Week 10 against the Chargers comes off it as the Darkness Falls game.

The purple is the whole identity. It is the only one in the league, nobody can take it, and the fact that Baltimore built a modern helmet program around deepening it rather than escaping it is the smartest thing about Next Flight.

White on the Road (7 Games, Plus Rio)

Weeks 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12 and 15, plus Week 3 in Brazil if they stay with the default. The Week 5 Sunday nighter in Atlanta is the one with the biggest audience.

Purple in Cincinnati (Week 17)

The Thursday night game on New Year's Eve is the one road date where Baltimore wears purple, and it is the Bengals' decision: Cincinnati has confirmed the White Bengal alternate for that game, and with the home team in white the visitor wears its color. Purple against white tiger stripes in prime time is the best-looking road game on the Ravens' schedule.

How the Ravens Rotation Works in 2026

1. Purple at home, white on the road, unless the team designates otherwise.
2. Three theme games are confirmed: White Noise in Week 2, Purple Rising in Week 9, and Darkness Falls in Week 10. Both new Next Flight helmets debut on their named nights.
3. Rio is a road game, and it is the one road date where purple is genuinely possible, because Dallas wears white at home.
4. The "Darkness Falls vs. Lions" schedule you may find in search results is the 2025 article. The 2026 Darkness Falls game is Monday, November 16 against the Chargers.
5. Pants and helmet combinations are a week-of call, as they are for every club.

The Bottom Line

Baltimore spent real money and real design effort on Next Flight, and every piece of it now has a date. White Noise opens the home schedule in Week 2, Purple Rising takes the Thursday night in Week 9, and Darkness Falls gets Monday night in Week 10 against a Chargers team that will be in white and powder blue. That is three national-window showcases for three different helmets, which is exactly how you launch a collection.

The date worth circling is Week 3 in Rio. A purple jersey against a white Dallas team, in a stadium that size, in the afternoon national window, would be the best-looking game Baltimore plays all year. They just have to decide to do it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What jersey are the Ravens wearing today?

Purple if Baltimore is at M&T Bank Stadium, white if they are on the road, with three confirmed exceptions: Week 2 against the Saints is the all-white White Noise game, Week 9 against the Jaguars is the all-purple Purple Rising game, and Week 10 against the Chargers is the all-black Darkness Falls game.

What is the Ravens White Noise uniform?

An all-white home look from the Next Flight collection — white helmet with a gold facemask, white jersey, white pants — that Baltimore debuts in Week 2 against New Orleans on September 20, 2026. It is the first 2026 uniform date the team has confirmed.

What jerseys are the Ravens wearing this week?

Same rule. Check whether Baltimore is home or away in the grid above. Home is purple, away is white.

What uniform did the Ravens wear last week?

For the uniform we logged in their most recent game, see the NFL uniform tracker, which we update through the week.

When do the Ravens wear the black uniform in 2026?

Monday, November 16, in Week 10 against the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football, 8:15 kickoff. The team calls it Darkness Falls: black jersey, black pants, and the matte black Darkness helmet with the red-eyed raven. It was announced on September 1, 2026.

When do the Ravens wear the Purple Rising uniform in 2026?

Thursday, November 5, in Week 9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football, 8:15 kickoff. It is the all-purple combination with the new Purple Rising helmet, and the night doubles as the team's Salute to Service game.

Are the Ravens wearing Darkness Falls uniforms against the Lions?

No. That announcement is from the 2025 season and Baltimore does not play Detroit in 2026. The 2026 Darkness Falls game is Monday, November 16 against the Chargers.

What is the Ravens Next Flight collection?

A full uniform refresh launched in April 2026, including a matte black Darkness helmet and a Purple Rising helmet. We reviewed it in full: Ravens 2026 uniforms reviewed.

Are the Ravens the home team in Rio de Janeiro?

No. Dallas is the designated home team for the Week 3 game at the Maracanã on September 27. Baltimore's schedule page shows it as "vs", but NFL.com lists it as Ravens at Cowboys.

Could the Ravens wear purple on the road in 2026?

Realistically only in Week 3 against Dallas, because the Cowboys wear white at home. Nothing has been announced.

How many uniforms do the Ravens have in 2026?

Five looks with games assigned: the purple home set, the white road set, the all-white White Noise look in Week 2, the all-purple Purple Rising look with its new helmet in Week 9, and the all-black Darkness Falls look with the matte black helmet in Week 10.

More NFL Coverage

• Ravens 2026 Uniforms Reviewed — our grades on the Next Flight collection
• Steelers 2026 Uniform Schedule — the twice-a-year AFC North opponent
• Browns 2026 Uniform Schedule — Weeks 6 and 16
• Cowboys 2026 Uniform Schedule — the white-at-home club, and the Rio wrinkle
• NFL Uniform Tracker 2026 — what all 32 teams wear, game by game

Schedule via the Baltimore Ravens and NFL.com. White Noise announced by the Ravens on August 24, 2026; Purple Rising and Darkness Falls announced on September 1, 2026; theme-game graphic courtesy of the team. All other uniform assignments follow the standard NFL home-and-away rotation. ColorWay Sports is an independent design site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any NFL club or the National Football League.