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FOR USE AS DESIRED NFL-26 4/28/05

NFL PRESEASON DATES & TIMES ANNOUNCED

The dates and kickoff times of a 66-game NFL preseason schedule were announced today, beginning with the American Bowl between the and in , Japan on Saturday, August 6.

The American Bowl – televised live at 5:00 AM ET on ESPN2 and re-aired at 6:00 PM ET on ESPN -- is the first of 11 national preseason telecasts carried by NFL broadcast partners ABC, CBS, FOX and ESPN.

With NFL Network airing 55 games either live or on tape delay, every snap of every NFL preseason game will be available to fans this summer.

The 2005 preseason schedule was announced in March, without dates and times, which now have been determined.

The complete 2005 NFL preseason schedule:

2005 NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE

HALL OF FAME WEEKEND – AUGUST 6-8

Saturday, August 6 (American Bowl)

National TV Local Eastern 1. Atlanta vs Indianapolis (Tokyo) ESPN2 6:00p 5:00a ESPN (Re-air) 6:00p

Monday, August 8 (Hall of Fame Game)

2. Chicago vs Miami (Canton, OH) ABC 7:00p (CT) 8:00p

WEEK 1 – AUGUST 11-15

Thursday, August 11

3. San Diego at Green Bay ESPN 7:00p (CT) 8:00p

Friday, August 12

4. Detroit at 7:00p (ET) 7:00p 5. New England at Cincinnati 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 6. Chicago at St. Louis 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 7. Kansas City at Minnesota 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 8. Seattle at New Orleans 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 9. Tampa Bay at Tennessee 7:00p (CT) 8:00p

Saturday, August 13

10. Baltimore at Atlanta 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 11. Miami at Jacksonville 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 12. Buffalo at Indianapolis 7:00p (EST) 8:00p 13. Denver at Houston 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 14. at Cleveland 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 15. Washington at Carolina 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 16. Dallas at Arizona 7:00p (MST) 10:00p 17. Oakland at San Francisco 7:00p (PT) 10:00p

Monday, August 15

18. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh ESPN 8:00p (ET) 8:00p

WEEK 2 – AUGUST 18-22

Thursday, August 18

19. New Orleans at New England FOX 8:00p (ET) 8:00p

Friday, August 19

20. Minnesota at New York Jets CBS 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 21. Tennessee at Atlanta 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 22. Cincinnati at Washington 8:00p (ET) 8:00p

Saturday, August 20

23. Cleveland at Detroit 1:00p (ET) 1:00p 24. Green Bay at Buffalo 6:00p (ET) 6:00p 25. Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 26. Miami at Pittsburgh 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 27. Carolina at New York Giants 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 28. Chicago at Indianapolis 7:00p (EST) 8:00p 29. Oakland at Houston 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 30. Philadelphia at Baltimore 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 31. Arizona at Kansas City 7:30p (CT) 8:30p 32. San Francisco at Denver 7:00p (MT) 9:00p

Sunday, August 21

33. St. Louis at San Diego 1:00p (PT) 4:00p

Monday, August 22

34. Dallas at Seattle ABC 5:00p (PT) 8:00p

WEEK 3 – AUGUST 25-29

Thursday, August 25

35. Atlanta at Jacksonville ESPN 8:00p (ET) 8:00p

Friday, August 26

36. Pittsburgh at Washington FOX 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 37. Cincinnati at Philadelphia 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 38. Baltimore at New Orleans 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 39. Buffalo at Chicago 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 40. Carolina at Cleveland 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 41. New England at Green Bay 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 42. New York Jets at New York Giants 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 43. San Diego at Minnesota 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 44. Arizona at Oakland 6:30p (PT) 9:30p 45. Tennessee at San Francisco 7:00p (PT) 10:00p

Saturday, August 27

46. Indianapolis at Denver CBS 6:00p (MT) 8:00p 47. Tampa Bay at Miami 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 48. Houston at Dallas 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 49. Seattle at Kansas City 7:30p (CT) 8:30p

Monday, August 29

50. St. Louis at Detroit ABC 8:00p (ET) 8:00p

WEEK 4 – SEPTEMBER 1-2

Thursday, September 1

51. Atlanta at Miami 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 52. Houston at Tampa Bay 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 53. New York Jets at Philadelphia 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 54. Cleveland at Chicago 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 55. Green Bay at Tennessee 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 56. Jacksonville at Dallas 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 57. New York Giants at New England 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 58. Pittsburgh at Carolina 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 59. Washington at Baltimore 8:00p (ET) 8:00p 60. New Orleans at Oakland 6:00p (PT) 9:00p 61. San Francisco at San Diego 7:00p (PT) 10:00p

Friday, September 2

62. Detroit at Buffalo 7:00p (ET) 7:00p 63. Indianapolis at Cincinnati 7:30p (ET) 7:30p 64. Kansas City at St. Louis 7:00p (CT) 8:00p 65. Minnesota at Seattle 6:00p (PT) 9:00p 66. Denver at Arizona 7:00p (MST) 10:00p 2005 PRESEASON TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULE BY DIVISION

AFC AFC EAST Buffalo Miami New England NY Jets at Indianapolis vs Chicago (HOF, ABC) at Cincinnati Detroit Green Bay at Jacksonville New Orleans (FOX) Minnesota (CBS) at Chicago at Pittsburgh at Green Bay at New York Giants Detroit Tampa Bay New York Giants at Philadelphia Atlanta AFC NORTH Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh at Atlanta New England New York Giants Philadelphia (ESPN) Philadelphia at Washington at Detroit Miami at New Orleans at Philadelphia Carolina at Washington (FOX) Washington Indianapolis at Chicago at Carolina

AFC SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee Denver vs Atlanta (Tokyo, ESPN2) Miami Tampa Bay Oakland Buffalo at Tampa Bay at Atlanta at Dallas Chicago Atlanta (ESPN) at San Francisco at Tampa Bay at Denver (CBS) at Dallas Green Bay at Cincinnati

AFC WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego at Houston at Minnesota at San Francisco at Green Bay (ESPN) San Francisco Arizona at Houston St. Louis Indianapolis (CBS) Seattle Arizona at Minnesota at Arizona at St. Louis New Orleans San Francisco

NFC

NFC EAST Dallas NY Giants Philadelphia Washington at Arizona at Cleveland at Pittsburgh (ESPN) at Carolina at Seattle (ABC) Carolina at Baltimore Cincinnati Houston New York Jets Cincinnati Pittsburgh (FOX) Jacksonville at New England New York Jets at Baltimore

NFC NORTH Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota vs Miami (HOF, ABC) at New York Jets San Diego (ESPN) Kansas City at St. Louis Cleveland at Buffalo at New York Jets (CBS) at Indianapolis St. Louis (ABC) New England San Diego Buffalo at Buffalo at Tennessee at Seattle Cleveland

NFC SOUTH Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay vs Ind. (Tokyo, ESPN2) Washington Seattle at Tennessee Baltimore at NY Giants at New England (FOX) Jacksonville Tennessee at Cleveland Baltimore at Miami at Jacksonville (ESPN) Pittsburgh at Oakland Houston at Miami

NFC WEST Arizona St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Dallas Chicago Oakland at New Orleans at Kansas City at San Diego at Denver Dallas (ABC) at Oakland at Detroit (ABC) Tennessee at Kansas City Denver Kansas City at San Diego Minnesota