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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 3-5Saturday, August 3San Francisco vs. Washington (ESPN) 10:00p (ET) American Bowl, Osaka, Japan
Monday, August 5Houston vs. New York Giants (ABC) 8:00p (ET) Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio
WEEK 1 – AUGUST 8-12
Thursday, August 8New York Jets at Pittsburgh (ESPN) 8:00p (ET)
Friday, August 9Cincinnati 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 10Arizona 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 12Miami at Tampa Bay (ESPN) 8:00p (ET)
Thursday, August 15Oakland at Tennessee (ESPN) 7:00p (CT) New Orleans at Miami 7:00p (ET) New York Jets at Baltimore 8:00p (ET)
Friday, August 16Chicago at St. Louis (FOX) 7:00p (CT) Minnesota at Buffalo 7:30p (ET) Seattle at San Diego 8:00p (PT)
Saturday, August 17Philadelphia 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) Tampa Bay at Jacksonville TBD
Sunday, August 18Pittsburgh at Washington 8:00p (ET)
Monday, August 19San Francisco at Denver (ABC) 6:00p (MT)
WEEK 3 – AUGUST 22-26
Thursday, August 22San Diego at St. Louis (CBS) 8:00p (CT)
Friday, August 23Baltimore 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 24Atlanta 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 26Cleveland at Green Bay (ABC) 7:00p (CT)
WEEK 4 – AUGUST 28-30
Wednesday, August 28San Diego at San Francisco 6:00p (PT)
Thursday, August 29Arizona 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 30Carolina 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
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