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            NFL-26              5/22/02

NFL PRESEASON DATES & TIMES ANNOUNCED

 The dates and kickoff times for a 66-game NFL preseason schedule were announced today, beginning with an American Bowl between San Francisco and Washington in Osaka, Japan on August 3.

 The Osaka game -- at 10:00 PM ET on ESPN – is the first of 11 national preseason telecasts and will be followed two nights later by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Monday night, August 5 featuring the debut of the expansion Houston Texans against the New York Giants in Canton, Ohio (ABC, 8:00 PM ET).

 

The 2002 preseason schedule was announced last November, without dates and times, which have now been determined.

 

The complete 2002 NFL preseason schedule:

 

2002 NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE
(All times local)

 HALL OF FAME WEEKEND – AUGUST 3-5

 

Saturday, August 3

San Francisco vs. Washington                                                               (ESPN)       10:00p (ET)

American Bowl, Osaka, Japan

 

Monday, August 5

Houston vs. New York Giants                                                                   (ABC)          8:00p (ET)

Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio

                                   

WEEK 1 – AUGUST 8-12

Thursday, August 8

New York Jets at Pittsburgh                                                                    (ESPN)         8:00p (ET)

 

Friday, August 9

Cincinnati at Buffalo                                                                                                    7:30p (ET)

Detroit at Baltimore                                                                                                     8:00p (ET)

Jacksonville at Atlanta                                                                                                 7:30p (ET)

Oakland at Dallas                                                                                                       8:00p (CT)

 

Saturday, August 10

Arizona at San Diego                                                                                                  7:00p (PT)

Cleveland at Minnesota                                                                                              7:00p (CT)

Denver at Chicago (Champaign, IL)                                                                            7:00p (CT)

Green Bay at Philadelphia                                                                                          7:30p (ET)

Houston at New Orleans                                                                                             7:00p (CT)

Indianapolis at Seattle                                                                                                 7:00p (PT)

Kansas City at San Francisco                                                                                     6:00p (PT)

New England at New York Giants                                                                                8:00p (ET)

St. Louis at Tennessee                                                                                                                        7:00p (CT)

Washington at Carolina                                                                                               8:00p (ET)

 

Monday, August 12

Miami at Tampa Bay                                                                               (ESPN)         8:00p (ET)

WEEK 2 – AUGUST 15-19

 

Thursday, August 15

Oakland at Tennessee                                                                                                     (ESPN)        7:00p (CT)

New Orleans at Miami                                                                                                  7:00p (ET)

New York Jets at Baltimore                                                                                          8:00p (ET)

 

Friday, August 16

Chicago at St. Louis                                                                                 (FOX)          7:00p (CT)

Minnesota at Buffalo                                                                                                   7:30p (ET)

Seattle at San Diego                                                                                                   8:00p (PT)

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville                                                                                          7:00p (ET)

 

Saturday, August 17

Philadelphia at New England                                                                    (CBS)          8:00p (ET)

Cincinnati at Indianapolis                                                                                          7:00p (EST)

Dallas at Carolina                                                                                                        8:00p (ET)

Detroit at Cleveland                                                                                                    8:00p (ET)

Green Bay at Arizona                                                                                               7:00p (MST)

Houston at Kansas City                                                                                               7:30p (CT)

New York Giants at Atlanta                                                                                          4:00p (ET)

 

Sunday, August 18

Pittsburgh at Washington                                                                                            8:00p (ET)

 

Monday, August 19

San Francisco at Denver                                                                         (ABC)         6:00p (MT)

 

WEEK 3 – AUGUST 22-26

 

Thursday, August 22

San Diego at St. Louis                                                                             (CBS)          8:00p (CT)

 

Friday, August 23

Baltimore at Philadelphia                                                                         (FOX)          8:00p (ET)

Carolina at New England                                                                                             8:00p (ET)

Jacksonville at Chicago (Champaign, IL)                                                                    7:00p (CT)

Tennessee at Minnesota                                                                                            7:00p (CT)

 

Saturday, August 24

Atlanta at Dallas                                                                                                          7:00p (CT)

Buffalo at Indianapolis                                                                                               7:00p (EST)

Denver at Arizona                                                                                                     7:00p (MST)

Kansas City at Seattle                                                                                                 7:00p (PT)

Miami at Houston                                                                                                        7:00p (CT)

New Orleans at Cincinnati                                                                                           7:30p (ET)

New York Giants at New York Jets                                                                               8:00p (ET)

Pittsburgh at Detroit                                                                                                  12:30p (ET)

San Francisco at Oakland                                                                                           6:00p (PT)

Washington at Tampa Bay                                                                                          8:00p (ET)

 

Monday, August 26

Cleveland at Green Bay                                                                           (ABC)          7:00p (CT)

  

WEEK 4 – AUGUST 28-30

 

Wednesday, August 28

San Diego at San Francisco                                                                                       6:00p (PT)

 

Thursday, August 29

Arizona at Oakland                                                                                                      6:00p (PT)

Atlanta at Cincinnati                                                                                                    7:30p (ET)

Baltimore at New York Giants                                                                                      8:00p (ET)

Buffalo at Detroit                                                                                                         8:00p (ET)

Chicago at Miami                                                                                                         7:00p (ET)

Dallas at Jacksonville                                                                                                  8:00p (ET)

Minnesota at Pittsburgh                                                                                              7:30p (ET)

New England at Washington                                                                                       8:00p (ET)

Seattle at Denver                                                                                                        7:00p (MT)

 

Friday, August 30

Carolina at Cleveland                                                                                                  8:00p (ET)

Indianapolis at New Orleans                                                                                        6:00p (CT)

Philadelphia at New York Jets                                                                                     7:30p (ET)

St. Louis at Kansas City                                                                                              7:30p (CT)

Tampa Bay at Houston                                                                                                                        7:00p (CT)

Tennessee at Green Bay                                                                                            7:00p (CT)

 

The expansion Texans are the NFL’s 32nd team, thus creating the league’s first realignment since 1970:

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE – 2002

 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE