2026 Garfield High School football schedule, first glance
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Check out our first glance at the 2026 Garfield football team, including a loaded non-conference schedule.
There are no duds when it comes to Garfield's nonleague schedule as the G-Men take on a longtime rival (Crestwood) and two small-school powers (Springfield Local and Warren JFK).
The G-Men's Thursday night opener against the Eagles will mark the eighth straight season they've squared off (Garfield has won five of seven), though they've never played in Week 1 before.
While the G-Men have faced the Eagles every year since 2019, they haven't played the Red Devils (their Week 2 opponent) since that same season. Garfield won a 21-20 thriller in Mantua in 2019 after topping the Red Devils in overtime the year prior.
The G-Men's Week 3 opponent, the Tigers, have been one of the area's most consistent winners, not having a losing season since 2015. Garfield topped Springfield 40-21 a year ago.
The G-Men will have to wait a little longer before facing their leading Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier rivals: Liberty (Week 7) and Crestview (Week 9). Garfield won back-to-back league titles in 2023 and 2024 before the Rebels snapped that streak a season ago. The Leopards are coming off a 9-3 season and lost by a single point to the G-Men in 2025.
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2026 Garfield G-Men football schedule
Warren JFK (Aug. 20, 7 p.m.)
@ Crestwood (Aug. 28, 7 p.m.)
@ Springfield (Sept. 4, 7 p.m.)
LaBrae (Sept. 11, 7 p.m.)*
@ Champion (Sept. 18, 7 p.m.)*
@ Southeast (Sept. 25, 7 p.m.)*
Liberty (Oct. 2, 7 p.m.)*
Newton Falls (Oct. 9, 7 p.m.)*
@ Crestview (Oct. 16, 7 p.m.)*
@ Brookfield (Oct. 23, 7 p.m.)*
Contact Jonah L. Rosenblum at jrosenblum@recordpub.com and follow him on Twitter at @JLRSports.
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