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NFL-89             12/20/01

 

MEDIA NOTICE: NFL SCHEDULE, WEEKS 15-17

 

Below is a listing of the NFL schedule for the final three weeks of the 2001 season. 

Please note that some of the day and time listings may be different than in past years. 

This weekend’s schedule (Week 15) features three Saturday national television games starting at 1:30 PM ET (CBS), 5:00 PM ET (FOX), and 9:00 PM ET (ABC).   

Two gametimes on Sunday have been switched: Jacksonville at Minnesota is now at 1:00 PM ET, and Cleveland at Green Bay will be played at 4:15 PM ET.  There is a Sunday night game (ESPN), but no Monday night game this week (Christmas Eve).    

In Week 16, there is a Saturday national TV game at 9:00 PM ET (ABC), a Sunday night game (ESPN), but no Monday night game (New Year’s Eve). 

The final week of the regular season, originally scheduled as Week 2 but postponed due to the terrorist attacks, will be played on Sunday and Monday, January 6-7, with some time changes (see schedule below). 

The 2001 NFL playoffs:  Wild Card Weekend, January 12-13; Divisional Playoffs, January 19-20; Championship Games, January 27; Super Bowl XXXVI, February 3; and Pro Bowl, February 9. 

The schedule for Weeks 15-17 (all times local):

WEEK 15

(OPEN DATE: DENVER)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22

MIAMI AT NEW ENGLAND (CBS)

1:30p

PHILADELPHIA AT SAN FRANCISCO (FOX)

2:00p

 

SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 22  

TENNESSEE AT OAKLAND (ABC)

6:00p

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 

BUFFALO AT ATLANTA

1:00p

CHICAGO AT WASHINGTON

1:00p

CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE

1:00p

CLEVELAND AT GREEN BAY

3:15p

DALLAS AT ARIZONA

2:05p

DETROIT AT PITTSBURGH

1:00p

JACKSONVILLE AT MINNESOTA

12:00p

NEW ORLEANS AT TAMPA BAY

1:00p

ST. LOUIS AT CAROLINA

1:00p

SAN DIEGO AT KANSAS CITY

12:00p

SEATTLE AT NEW YORK GIANTS

1:00p

 

SUNDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 23  

NEW YORK JETS AT INDIANAPOLIS (ESPN)

8:30p

 

WEEK 16

(OPEN DATE: NEW ENGLAND)

SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 29 

BALTIMORE AT TAMPA BAY (ABC)

9:00p

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 

ARIZONA AT CAROLINA

1:00p

ATLANTA AT MIAMI

1:00p

BUFFALO AT NEW YORK JETS

1:00p

CHICAGO AT DETROIT

1:00p

CLEVELAND AT TENNESSEE

12:00p

INDIANAPOLIS AT ST. LOUIS

12:00p

KANSAS CITY AT JACKSONVILLE

1:00p

MINNESOTA AT GREEN BAY

12:00p

NEW YORK GIANTS AT PHILADELPHIA

4:05p

OAKLAND AT DENVER

2:15p

PITTSBURGH AT CINCINNATI

1:00p

SAN FRANCISCO AT DALLAS 

12:00p

SEATTLE AT SAN DIEGO

1:15p

 

SUNDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 30 

WASHINGTON AT NEW ORLEANS (ESPN)

7:30p

 

WEEK 17

(OPEN DATE: SAN DIEGO) 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 

ARIZONA AT WASHINGTON

1:00p

ATLANTA AT ST. LOUIS

3:05p

BUFFALO AT MIAMI

4:15p

CINCINNATI AT TENNESSEE 

12:00p

CLEVELAND AT PITTSBURGH 

1:00p

DALLAS AT DETROIT

1:00p

DENVER AT INDIANAPOLIS

12:00p

GREEN BAY AT NEW YORK GIANTS

1:00p

JACKSONVILLE AT CHICAGO 

12:00p

KANSAS CITY AT SEATTLE 

1:15p

NEW ENGLAND AT CAROLINA

1:00p

NEW YORK JETS AT OAKLAND

1:15p

SAN FRANCISCO AT NEW ORLEANS

12:00p

 

SUNDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 6 

PHILADELPHIA AT TAMPA BAY (ESPN)

8:30p

 

MONDAY, JANUARY 7 

MINNESOTA AT BALTIMORE (ABC)

9:00p

 

NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE 

Wild Card Weekend:

January 12-13

Divisional Playoffs:

January 19-20

Championship Games:

January 27

Super Bowl XXXVI:

February 3

Pro Bowl:

February 9