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            NFL-62             10/16/01

 

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

 

In what could be called a “Thursday Night Threepack,” the NFL this week kicks off a mini-schedule of three Thursday night national TV games when the Buffalo Bills visit the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

 

Bills quarterback ROB JOHNSON, with the NFL’s highest third-down completion percentage (73.3), will face his former team.  He goes against Jaguars quarterback MARK BRUNELL, who has a 53-35 (.602) record as a starter.

 

The 2001 Thursday night NFL lineup:

 

DATE	TEAMS	NETWORK/TIME	RUNDOWN
Oct. 18	Buffalo at Jacksonville	ESPN, 8:30 PM ET	Two teams seeking to upright their seasons.
Oct. 25	Indianapolis at Kansas City	ESPN, 8:30 PM ET	Manning against tough Chiefs pass defense.
Nov. 29	Philadelphia at Kansas City	ESPN, 8:30 PM ET	Chiefs’ Vermeil faces his old team.

 

November 22 is another big Thursday for the NFL this year.  It’s the annual Thanksgiving Day NFL doubleheader:

 

DATE	TEAMS	NETWORK/TIME	RUNDOWN
Nov. 22	Green Bay at Detroit	FOX, 12:30 PM ET	Throwback to the old days – Packers-Lions on Thanksgiving.
Nov. 22	Denver at Dallas	CBS, 4:05 PM ET	Thanksgiving at Texas Stadium.  Something always seems to happen!