Schedule release 2020 2020 HIGHLIGHTS 2020 SCHEDULE The Las Vegas Raiders will open the season at the Carolina Panthers, marking first time the Raiders have played the club PRESEASON in the season opener since the Panthers became an expansion Aug. 13-17 at Seattle Seahawks TBD TBD franchise in 1995. Aug. 20-24 at San Francisco 49ers TBD TBD Aug. 27-30 ARIZONA CARDINALS TBD TBD The Raiders will open their home schedule at Allegiant Stadium against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football in Sept. 3-4 LOS ANGELES RAMS TBD TBD Week 2. The Silver and Black will host a club-record four primetime games REGULAR SEASON in 2020. Sun., Sept. 13 at Carolina Panthers 10:00 a.m. CBS Mon., Sept. 21 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS* 5:15 p.m. ESPN The Raiders will open the season with two consecutive games against the NFC for just the seventh time in team history, with the Sun., Sept. 27 at New England Patriots 10:00 a.m. CBS last occurrence also coming against the NFC South in 2016. Sun., Oct. 4 BUFFALO BILLS 1:25 p.m. CBS Sun., Oct. 11 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. CBS The Raiders will have three of their remaining four regular season BYE WEEK contests at home for the first time since 1997. Sun., Oct. 25 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS** 5:20 p.m. NBC The Raiders have three straight home games in December (Weeks Sun., Nov. 1 at Cleveland Browns 10:00 a.m. FOX 14-16) for the first time since 1975 and just the second time since Sun., Nov. 8 at Los Angeles Chargers 1:05 p.m. FOX the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. Sun., Nov. 15 DENVER BRONCOS 1:05 p.m. CBS The Raiders will host two primetime games against AFC West Sun., Nov. 22 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS** 5:20 p.m. NBC rivals (SNF - Nov. 22 vs. Kansas City Chiefs and TNF - Dec. 17 vs. Sun., Nov. 29 at Atlanta Falcons 10:00 a.m. CBS Los Angeles Chargers) in consecutive seasons. Sun., Dec. 6 at New York Jets 10:00 a.m. CBS The Raiders will host three playoff teams from the 2019 season, Sun., Dec. 13 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 1:05 p.m. CBS including two primetime matchups against the New Orleans Saints Thu., Dec. 17 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS*** 5:20 p.m. FOX on Monday Night Football and against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sat. or Sun., Dec. 26/27 MIAMI DOLPHINS TBD TBD Sunday Night Football. Sun., Jan. 3 at Denver Broncos 1:25 p.m. CBS The Raiders will play the Chargers on Thursday Night Football in consecutive seasons, marking the eighth time in club history that * - Monday Night Football on ESPN with simulcast on ABC. the two teams have faced off on TNF in the all-time series. ** - Sunday Night games in Weeks 5-16 subject to change. The Silver and Black will host Kansas City on Sunday Night Football *** - NFL Network and Amazon simulcast subject to change for the first time since 2005, marking the sixth time in club history they have played the Chiefs on SNF. POSTSEASON The Raiders have two back-to-back road trips in 2020 (Nov. 1 at Jan. 9-10, 2021 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs Cleveland and Nov. 8 at Los Angeles Chargers; Nov. 29 at Atlanta Jan. 16-17, 2021 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs and Dec. 6 at New York Jets). Jan. 24, 2021 AFC and NFC Championships For the first time in seven years, the Raiders will not travel to play Jan. 31, 2021 Pro Bowl Kansas City in the month of December or later during the regular Feb. 7, 2021 Super Bowl LV, Tampa Bay, Fla. season. This year will mark the seventh-straight season the Raiders will finish the regular season on the road, as they travel to Denver in PRIMETIME RAIDERS Week 17 to conclude the year in consecutive seasons. It marks The Raiders will appear in four primetime games this season, all the fourth time in team history the Raiders will finish its season of which will be played at home in Allegiant Stadium. The team's in Denver. four appearances in the primetime slot at home marks a new fran- chise record for a single season. The Silver and Black will kickoff their primetime slate on Monday Night Football in Week 2 against the New Orleans Saints, followed by two contests on Sunday Night Football against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs in Weeks 7 and 9, and will then conclude with a Thurs- day Night matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15. Those games are highlighted below. Date/Opp. Opponent Time (PT) Mon., Sept. 21 New Orleans Saints* 5:15 p.m. Sun., Oct. 25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers** 5:20 p.m. Sun., Nov. 22 Kansas City Chiefs** 5:20 p.m. Thu., Dec. 17 Los Angeles Chargers*** 5:20 p.m. * - Monday Night Football ** - Sunday Night Football *** - Thursday Night Football Will Kiss, Senior Director of Media Relations - (510) 780-3020 | Evert Geerlings, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3014 Katie Agostin, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3038 | Cam Russo, Media Relations Assistant - (510) 780-3247 RAIDERS.COM/MEDIA • @RAIDERSPR • RAIDERS.COM • @RAIDERS 2020 SCHEDULE NOTES RAIDERS VS. ‘20 OppONENTS LAS VEGAS VS. NFC SOUTH Below is a look at some key information on the Raiders’ 13 Las Vegas will face off against the NFC South this season, opponents for the 2020 season. marking the first time since 2016 that they have played the division. Last season, the NFC South saw the New Orleans claim the third seed in the conference after posting a 13-3 Opponent First met Last met Series record (.813) record en route to their third-straight division crown. The Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both fin- Atlanta 12/5/71 9/16/16 7-7 ished with a record of 7-9 (.438), while the Carolina Pan- Buffalo 11/13/60 10/29/17 21-18 thers finished at 5-11 (.313). The Raiders hold a 23-18-1 Carolina 11/2/97 11/27/16 3-3 combined all-time record against Atlanta, Carolina, New Cleveland 11/26/70 11/22/15 6-6 Orleans and Tampa Bay. Denver 10/2/60 12/29/19 64-53-2 Indianapolis 11/28/71 9/29/19 9-7 RAIDERS VS. NFC SOUTH IN 2016 Kansas City 9/16/60 12/1/19 52-65-2 LA Chargers 11/27/60 12/22/19 64-54-2 Date Opponent Result Miami 10/9/66 9/24/18 17-17-1 9/11/16 at New Orleans W, 35-34 New England 10/16/60 11/19/17 14-17-1 9/18/16 vs. Atlanta L, 28-35 10/30/16 at Tampa Bay W, 30-24 (OT) New Orleans 11/7/71 9/11/16 6-6-1 11/27/16 vs. Carolina W, 35-32 New York Jets 10/28/60 11/24/19 23-18-2 Tampa Bay 11/28/76 10/30/16 7-2 • The Raiders have faced the Chargers 120 times, the most of any opponent. They have faced the Broncos and Chiefs each 119 times, as they only played each team once dur- ing the strike-shortened 1982 season. SILVER AND BLACK IN PRIME TIME • The Raiders will host all four of their primetime games in 2020: Monday Night Football contest against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 21, an NBC Sunday Night Football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 25, an NBC Sunday Night Football matchup against the division-rival Kansas City Chiefs on Nov. 22, and a Thursday Night Football contest against the Los Angeles Chargers on Dec. 17. • The Silver and Black's primetime slate in 2020 marks the most appearances since their five contests in 2017. Additionally, their four contests at home mark the most primetime games hosted by the Raiders in franchise history. • This will mark the Raiders’ 71st contest on Monday Night Football and fifth consecutive year after opening the 2019 season on Mon- day night at home against the Denver Broncos. The Silver and Black took last year's Monday Night Football contest, which marked their second straight season opening the season on Monday Night Football. This year's matchup against the New Orleans Saints will be on ESPN with simulcast on ABC. • The Raiders hold a 40-29-1 all-time record in Monday Night Football contests. • The Raiders will appear on Sunday Night Football two times in 2020, marking their first appearance since 2017 when they had three contests on SNF. • Since 1978, the Raiders hold a 19-20 all-time record in Sunday night contests. Las Vegas holds a 1-0 record against Tampa Bay and 1-4 record against the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. • The Thursday Night Football contest against the Chargers will mark the eighth between the two clubs on Thursday. Las Vegas has played no other team more on Thursday than the Chargers, holding a 6-1 record. In last year's Thursday night matchup, the Raiders defeated the Chargers 26-24 to earn their third consecu- tive contest on TNF. The Thursday Night Football contest against the Chargers will be televised on FOX with a simulcast on NFL Network and streamed live on Amazon. • On Thursdays, the Raiders are 11-11 all-time, including a 3-4 record on Thanksgiving Days. 2020 SCHEDULE NOTES 2020 OppONENT InfORMATION Last overall Last meeting in 2019 2019 Home 2019 record meeting/result city/result rank/off.