PATRIOTS CLOSE THE PRESEASON AGAINST THE GIANTS MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2-1) at NEW YORK GIANTS (1-2) MONDAY, AUGUST 30 Thurs., Sept. 2 2010 ¹ New Meadowlands Stadium (82,500) ¹ 7:00 p.m. EDT 12:15 p.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference The New England Patriots will close out the preseason against the New York in the Red Level Press Box Giants for the sixth straight season when they travel to face the Giants in the New 12:40 p.m. Practice Meadowlands Stadium. The game will be the first of two September visits to the New Approx. 2:30 p.m. Player Media Availability Meadowlands Stadium. New England will play at the Jets on Sept. 19. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 The Patriots closed out their history at Giants Stadium (1976-2009) with a 17-10 12:15 p.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference overall record against the New York Jets, a 2-1 record against the Giants in the in the Red Level Press Box regular-season and a 1-3 record against the Giants in preseason play. 12:40 p.m. Practice In last season’s preseason finale, QB Brian Hoyer helped the Patriots overcome a Approx.2:30 p.m. Player Media Availability 21-0 first quarter deficit by going 18-of-25 for 242 yards with a touchdown to rally 6:00 p.m. Patriots Charitable Foundation the Patriots to a 38-27 win over the Giants at Gillette Stadium. Kickoff Gala (Fidelity Investments East Clubhouse) BROADCAST INFORMATION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by the Patriots Preseason Team Walkthrough – No Media Availability Television Network and can be seen in every New England state as well as Eastern THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. The network's flagship station is WBZ-TV Channel 4 in 7:00 p.m. Patriots at New York Giants Boston. Veteran CBS broadcaster Don Criqui provides play-by-play and is joined by three-time NFL Pro Bowler and CBS analyst Randy Cross. Steve Burton will serve FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 as the sideline reporter, while former Patriots QB Scott Zolak will serve as an on- 5:00 p.m. Conf. Call with Bill Belichick field analyst 2010 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio PRESEASON (2-1) Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press Thurs., Aug. 12 New Orleans W 27-24 release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 34th season as the voice of the Thurs., Aug 19 at Atlanta W 28-10 Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti. Thurs., Aug. 26 St. Louis L 35-36 Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 27th season as a tandem. Thurs., Sept. 2 at N.Y. Giants 7:00 WBZ FIRST NFL GAME TO BE BROADCAST IN 3D REGULAR SEASON Verizon’s local FiOS TV customers will be able to watch the game between the Sun., Sept. 12 Cincinnati 1:00 CBS Patriots and Giants in 3D, provided that they have a 3D TV. It will be the first NFL Sun., Sept. 19 at N.Y. Jets 4:15 CBS game broadcast in 3D. “This is the next major step in our development of 3D Sun., Sept. 26 Buffalo 1:00 CBS experiences for our FiOS TV customers,” said Terry Denson, vice president of content Mon., Oct. 4 at Miami 8:30 ESPN strategy and acquisition for Verizon. “Broadcasting the first 3D NFL game delivers on Sun., Oct. 10 BYE WEEK our promise to FiOS customers to provide superior TV offering, including 3D, HD and Sun., Oct. 17 Baltimore 1:00 CBS VOD programming, as well as interactivity that cable can’t match.” Since only a small Sun., Oct. 24 at San Diego 4:15 CBS number of customers own 3D TV sets, Verizon is setting up events for fans to watch Sun., Oct. 31 Minnesota 4:15 FOX the game on a 3D TV. Sun., Nov. 7 at Cleveland 1:00 CBS GILLETTE STADIUM UNVEILS HIGH DEF VIDEO BOARDS Sun., Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh 8:20 NBC The Patriots unveiled new high definition Daktronics LED video boards that were Sun., Nov. 21 Indianapolis 4:15 CBS* installed during the offseason to enhance the in-stadium game day experience. The Thurs., Nov. 25 at Detroit 12:30 CBS two screens--41.5-by-164-feet in the south end zone and 45-by-100-feet in the north Mon., Dec. 6 N.Y. Jets 8:30 ESPN end zone--total five times the size of the original screens. It would take 1,700 Sun., Dec. 12 at Chicago 1:00 CBS* televisions to fill those dimensions using a standard 37” HDTV. The new video boards Sun., Dec. 19 Green Bay 8:20 NBC* also provide much greater resolution, with the ability to display more instant replays Sun., Dec. 26 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS* and an array of graphics, including live statistical updates and out-of-town scores. Sun., Jan. 2 Miami 1:00 CBS* The video boards utilize more than 5 million individual LED pixels that offer superior PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE brightness in direct sunlight, with the capability of showing up to 4.4 trillion shades The Patriots’ media-only website, located at of color. The image clarity also greatly enhances the wide-angle visibility of the http://media.patriots.com, will be updated for screens from inside the stadium. “This type of video board simply didn’t exist eight registered users throughout training camp with all years ago when the stadium was built,” said Patriots President Jonathan Kraft. “The the latest media information, schedules, rosters resolution is incredible. It is amazing to see how far the video technology has come and press releases. The media site will also serve in the past decade.” as the team’s primary credentialing system again MEDIA CONTACTS in 2010. PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 PATRIOTS 2010 MEDIA GUIDE Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relation,[email protected],508-384-9105 The Patriots 2010 Media Guide will be online and Aaron Salkin, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected],508-326-6870 updated throughout the season. Media can access Christy Berkery, Media Relations Assistant, [email protected],508-549-0518 the media guide at www.patriots.com. Jeff Cournoyer, Director of Corporate Communications, [email protected],508-549-0492 PATRIOTS VS. GIANTS SERIES HISTORY MEMORABLE PATRIOTS-GIANTS MATCHUPS The Patriots and Giants will meet for Aug. 15, 1971— The Patriots defeated the Giants 20-14 in the the 20th time in the preseason and for opening preseason game at the old Foxboro Stadium. the sixth straight year in the Dec. 21, 1996— The Patriots rallied from a 22-3 fourth-quarter preseason-finale. deficit to clinch a first-round playoff bye with a 23-22 win at This week’s game will be the Giants Stadium. Patriots first-ever visit to the New Meadowlands Stadium, which made its Aug. 10, 2001— New England began its first Super Bowl debut on Aug. 16 when the Giants championship season with a 14-0 preseason shutout of the defending NFC champion Giants. played the Jets in a Jets home game. The Patriots will make their regular- Dec. 29, 2007— The Patriots defeat the Giants by a thrilling season debut at New Meadowlands 38-35 score to cap off the first 16-0 regular season in NFL Stadium on Sept. 19 when they travel to face the Jets. history. Overall, the Giants hold a 11- February 3, 2008— The Patriots faced the Giants in Super 8 advantage in the preseason Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. The Giants 17-14 win snapped the series. The Patriots claim a 5-3 Patriots perfect season. edge in the regular season play and have won four straight regular- CONNECTIONS season games against the Giants ¾ Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick was a member of the since 1996. The clubs have been Giants’ coaching staff for 12 seasons, filling such roles as frequent preseason opponents special teams and linebackers coach as well as defensive recently, squaring off in the coordinator. He also won two Super Bowl Championships in preseason openers for three 1986 and 1990, respectively. straight years from 2001-03 and resuming the series in 2005 ¾ Belichick and Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin coached when they started to meet in the preseason-finale. together with the Giants from 1988-1990. Coughlin was the Preseason – New York 11, New England 8 team’s wide receivers coach during his tenure. ¾ Patriots C Dan Koppen and Giants G Chris Snee and DE Date Result Score H/A Stadium 08/15/71 W 20-14 H Schaefer Stadium Mathias Kiwanuka were teammates at Boston College for 08/27/72 L 10-31 H Schaefer Stadium the 2001-02 seasons. 08/12/73 L 7-13 H Schaefer Stadium ¾ Kiwanuka was also a defensive teammate at Boston 08/11/74 L 6-21 H Schaefer Stadium College with Patriots DT Ron Brace from 2004-05. 08/10/75 L 14-28 H Schaefer Stadium ¾ Giants LB Zack DeOssie’s father, Steve DeOssie, was a 08/01/76 W ot 13-7 H Schaefer Stadium member of the Patriots defensive corps from 1994-95. 08/06/77 W 19-3 A Giants Stadium ¾ Patriots CB Darius Butler and Giants T William Beatty 08/03/84 L 20-48 H Sullivan Stadium were four-year teammates at the University of Connecticut 08/16/87 L 17-19 H Sullivan Stadium from 2005-08.