FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-78
12/28/98
1999 OPPONENTS DETERMINED
The opponents for all 1999 regular season NFL games have been determined and a complete list of each team’s matchups was issued today by the NFL.
The official schedule, with playing dates and times, will be announced next spring.
The 1999 regular season will begin with NFL Kickoff ’99 Weekend on September 12-13, and conclude on January 3, 2000.
Wild Card Playoff Weekend will be Saturday and Sunday, January 8-9; Divisional Playoff Games on the weekend of January 15-16; and the AFC and NFC Championship Games on Sunday, January 23.
Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia will be played on Sunday, January 30, one week after the championship games.
The annual AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii is set for Sunday, February 6.
The annual preseason Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio will be played for the first time on a Monday night, August 9, between the expansion Cleveland Browns (AFC) and Dallas Cowboys (NFC).
In 1999, each team will play eight home-and-home games with the other teams in its division, except for teams in the six-team AFC Central, which will each have 10 divisional games.
Each team in all divisions except the AFC Central will play four non-division conference opponents. Teams that finished first and second in the AFC Central in 1998 will play two non-division conference opponents, and teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth (Cleveland) will each play three non-division opponents.
Each team in all divisions except the AFC Central will play four games against teams of a division of the other conference. Teams that finished first and second in the AFC Central in 1998 will play four games against teams of a division in the other conference, and teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth (Cleveland) will play three games against teams of a division of the other conference.
Interconference games next season will match the AFC East against the NFC East, the AFC Central against the NFC West, and the AFC West against the NFC Central.
1999 OPPONENTS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
EAST
| 1. | New York Jets | Home: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, Miami, New England, Jacksonville, Seattle, Arizona, Washington |
Away: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, Miami, New England, Denver, Oakland, Dallas, New York Giants | ||
| 2. | Miami | Home: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, New England, New York Jets, San Diego, Tennessee, Arizona, Philadelphia |
Away: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, New England, New York Jets, Denver, Oakland, Dallas, Washington | ||
| 3. | Buffalo | Home: |
Indianapolis, Miami, New England, New York Jets, Oakland, Pittsburgh, New York Giants, Philadelphia |
Away: |
Indianapolis, Miami, New England, New York Jets, Baltimore, Seattle, Arizona, Washington | ||
| 4. | New England | Home: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, Miami, New York Jets, Baltimore, Denver, Dallas, New York Giants |
Away: |
Buffalo, Indianapolis, Miami, New York Jets, Cleveland, Kansas City, Arizona, Philadelphia | ||
| 5. | Indianapolis | Home: |
Buffalo, Miami, New England, New York Jets, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Dallas, Washington |
Away: |
Buffalo, Miami, New England, New York Jets, Cleveland, San Diego, New York Giants, Philadelphia |
1999 OPPONENTS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
CENTRAL
| 1. | Jacksonville | Home: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco |
Away: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, New York Jets, Atlanta, Carolina | ||
| 2. | Tennessee | Home: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Atlanta, St. Louis |
Away: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Miami, New Orleans, San Francisco | ||
| 3. | Pittsburgh | Home: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Seattle, Atlanta, Carolina |
Away: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Buffalo, Kansas City, San Francisco | ||
| 4. | Baltimore | Home: |
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Buffalo, Kansas City, New Orleans |
Away: |
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, New England, Atlanta, St. Louis | ||
| 5. | Cincinnati | Home: |
Baltimore, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, San Diego, St. Louis, San Francisco |
Away: |
Baltimore, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Seattle, Carolina | ||
| 6. | Cleveland | Home: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Indianapolis, New England, Carolina |
Away: |
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, San Diego, New Orleans, St. Louis |
1999 OPPONENTS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
WEST
| 1. | Denver | Home: |
Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, Miami, New York Jets, Green Bay, Minnesota |
Away: |
Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, Jacksonville, New England, Detroit, Tampa Bay | ||
| 2. | Oakland | Home: |
Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Miami, New York Jets, Chicago, Tampa Bay |
Away: |
Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, Buffalo, Tennessee, Green Bay, Minnesota | ||
| 3. | Seattle | Home: |
Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Detroit, Tampa Bay |
Away: |
Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, New York Jets, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Green Bay | ||
| 4. | Kansas City | Home: |
Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, New England, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Minnesota |
Away: |
Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Chicago, Tampa Bay | ||
| 5. | San Diego | Home: |
Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, Seattle, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Chicago, Green Bay |
Away: |
Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, Seattle, Cincinnati, Miami, Detroit, Minnesota |
1999 OPPONENTS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
EAST
| 1. | Dallas | Home: |
Arizona, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Green Bay, Miami, New York Jets |
Away: |
Arizona, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Minnesota, New Orleans, Indianapolis, New England | ||
| 2. | Arizona | Home: |
Dallas, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, San Francisco, Buffalo, New England |
Away: |
Dallas, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Green Bay, Miami, New York Jets | ||
| 3. | New York Giants | Home: |
Arizona, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, Minnesota, New Orleans, Indianapolis, New York Jets |
Away: |
Arizona, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, New England | ||
| 4. | Washington | Home: |
Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Carolina, Chicago, Buffalo, Miami |
Away: |
Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Indianapolis, New York Jets | ||
| 5. | Philadelphia | Home: |
Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Washington, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New England |
Away: |
Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Washington, Carolina, Chicago, Buffalo, Miami |
1999 OPPONENTS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
CENTRAL
| 1. | Minnesota | Home: |
Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tampa Bay, Dallas, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego |
Away: |
Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, New York Giants, Denver, Kansas City | ||
| 2. | Green Bay | Home: |
Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Carolina, Oakland, Seattle |
Away: |
Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Dallas, San Francisco, Denver, San Diego | ||
| 3. | Tampa Bay | Home: |
Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, Atlanta, New York Giants, Denver, Kansas City |
Away: |
Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Oakland, Seattle | ||
| 4. | Detroit | Home: |
Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Washington, Denver, San Diego |
Away: |
Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Carolina, Kansas City, Seattle | ||
| 5. | Chicago | Home: |
Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Seattle |
Away: |
Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Washington, Oakland, San Diego |
1999 OPPONENTS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
WEST
| 1. | Atlanta | Home: |
Carolina, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Arizona, Minnesota, Baltimore, Jacksonville |
Away: |
Carolina, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Tennessee | ||
| 2. | San Francisco | Home: |
Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington, Pittsburgh, Tennessee |
Away: |
Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, St. Louis, Arizona, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Jacksonville | ||
| 3. | New Orleans | Home: |
Atlanta, Carolina, St. Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Tennessee |
Away: |
Atlanta, Carolina, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, New York Giants, Baltimore, Jacksonville | ||
| 4. | Carolina | Home: |
Atlanta, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Jacksonville |
Away: |
Atlanta, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Green Bay, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburgh | ||
| 5. | St. Louis | Home: |
Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, San Francisco, Chicago, New York Giants, Baltimore, Cleveland |
Away: |
Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Tennessee |