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FOX SPORTS UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR 22ND NFL SEASON
FOX NFL Season Opens with NFL's Oldest Rivalry, Packers at Bears
Television's No. 1 Show, AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK, Kicks Off with Cowboys at Eagles in Week 2
Sundays Begin with FOX NFL SUNDAY, America's Most-Watched NFL Pregame Show for 21 Straight Seasons
New York & Los Angeles - Coming off another season as the home to the highest-rated and most-watched NFL program, FOX Sports today presents its schedule for the 2015 season, the network's 22nd covering the National Football League.
FOX NFL coverage is scheduled to broadcast 101 regular-season games, including nine installments of AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK, which is on track to be television's most-watched program for the sixth straight year. AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK kicks off in Week 2 with a classic NFC East matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles from Lincoln Financial Field. Other clashes featured on AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK this season include Green Bay at San Francisco (Week 4); Dallas at the New York Giants (Week 7); Seattle at Dallas (Week 8); San Francisco at Seattle (Week 11); Philadelphia at the defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots (Week 13); Dallas at Green Bay (Week 14); Green Bay at Arizona (Week 16); and Seattle at Arizona (Week 17).
The 2015 FOX NFL regular season opens with the league's oldest rivalry on Sunday, Sept. 13, as the Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers (1:00 PM ET). Other games that day include the two-time defending NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks at the St. Louis Rams; the NFC South Champion Carolina Panthers at the Jacksonville Jaguars; the New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals; and Detroit Lions at San Diego Chargers.
FOX NFL broadcasts its traditional Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday, Nov. 26, as the Detroit Lions host the Philadelphia Eagles at 12:30 PM ET. FOX also carries one game from across the pond this season, as the Lions face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Nov. 1 (9:30 AM ET), kicking off a FOX NFL tripleheader which also includes five regional games at 1:00 PM ET, followed by AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK - Seattle at Dallas - at 4:25 PM ET.
This year's FOX NFL schedule features nine appearances each by Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks and Aaron Rodgers' NFC North Champion Green Bay Packers. Also featured nine times on FOX this season are Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys, and Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles, who, following off-season acquisitions like DeMarco Murray, Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow, are one of the most interesting stories heading into 2015.
Each week, coverage begins with FOX NFL SUNDAY (12:00-1:00 PM ET/9:00-10:00 AM PT), America's most-watched pregame show for 21 straight seasons. Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee return as co-hosts alongside analysts Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson and Michael Strahan. Bradshaw, Menefee, Long, Johnson and Strahan are joined by NFL insider Jay Glazer and NFL rules analyst Mike Pereira. Since its premiere in September 1994, FOX NFL SUNDAY has won 20 Emmy Awards for its production and personalities, including four for Outstanding Studio Show.
Once playoff teams are determined, FOX NFL presents exclusive live postseason coverage, including an NFC Wild Card Game, the NFC Divisional Playoffs and the NFC Championship Game.
The 2015 FOX NFL season kicks off with a pair of exciting preseason matchups beginning Sunday, Aug. 23 (8:00 PM ET), as the Tennessee Titans host the St. Louis Rams. On Sunday, Aug. 30 (4:00 PM ET), J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans make the short trip east to face Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints, visiting the city as it commemorates on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The 2014 FOX NFL regular season marked FOX Sports' second most-watched since the network began broadcasting NFL games in 1994, with an average audience of 20.7 million viewers. AMERICA'S GAME OF THE WEEK, which last season averaged a sensational 15.5/29 with 26.9 million viewers, is poised to retain its crown as the most-watched show in television for the sixth straight season upon the television season's conclusion in May. FOX Sports' five most-watched NFL seasons have all come within the last five years, and last year's NFL on FOX schedule averaged +8% higher rating over its performance five years ago and +34% higher than its delivery 10 years ago.
2015 FOX NFL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES ET)
Sunday, September 13
1:00 PM Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars
4:05 PM New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions at San Diego Chargers
Sunday, September 20
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants
St. Louis Rams at Washington Redskins
Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers
4:25 PM Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Texans
4:05 PM San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals
Sunday, October 4
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New York Giants at Buffalo Bills
4:25 PM Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers
St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals
Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos
Sunday, October 11
1:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Bears at Kansas City Chiefs
Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals
Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons
4:05 PM Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions
Sunday, October 18
1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
Washington Redskins at New York Jets
Arizona Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers
4:05 PM Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, October 25
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington Redskins
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints at Indianapolis Colts
Atlanta Falcons at Tennessee Titans
4:25 PM Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Sunday, November 1
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
9:30 AM Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs (London)
1:00 PM Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
New York Giants at New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns
4:25 PM Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys
Sunday, November 8
1:00 PM St. Louis Rams at Minnesota Vikings
Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers
Washington Redskins at New England Patriots
4:05 PM New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, November 15
1:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans
Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams
4:05 PM Minnesota Vikings at Oakland Raiders
Sunday, November 22
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings
Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers
Dallas Cowboys at Miami Dolphins
St. Louis Rams at Baltimore Ravens
4:25 PM San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Thursday, November 26
12:30 PM Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions
Sunday, November 29
1:00 PM New York Giants at Washington Redskins
Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons
St. Louis Rams at Cincinnati Bengals
New Orleans Saints at Houston Texans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts
4:05 PM Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, December 6
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams
4:25 PM Philadelphia Eagles at New England Patriots
Sunday, December 13
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Washington Redskins at Chicago Bears
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Detroit Lions at St. Louis Rams
San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns
4:25 PM Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers
Sunday, December 20
1:00 PM Carolina Panthers at New York Giants
Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars
4:05 PM Cleveland Browns at Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay Packers at Oakland Raiders
Sunday, December 27
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions
New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills
4:25 PM Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, January 3
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
4:25 PM Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, January 10, 2016
NFC Wild Card Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
Sunday, January 17, 2016
NFC Divisional Playoff Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
Sunday, January 24, 2016
NFC Championship Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
* FOX NFL games scheduled in Weeks 5-10 are part of the NFL's flexible schedule plan. During this period, flexible schedule can be used in no more than two weeks by shifting a Sunday afternoon game into prime time and moving the Sunday night game to an afternoon start time.
** FOX NFL games scheduled in Weeks 11 - 17 are part of the NFL's flexible schedule plan. After consultation with FOX Sports, the NFL will determine start times on these dates, with a game or games possibly moving to the late afternoon broadcast window.
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