The NFL’s slate of 11 nationally televised preseason games will feature the entire 2009 playoff field, one of the highlights of the 65-game 2010 NFL preseason schedule announced.
Two of those clubs – the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys – will kick off the preseason in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Sunday, August 8 (NBC, 8:00 PM ET) in Canton, Ohio.
The New Meadowlands Stadium will open in primetime on Monday, August 16 (ESPN, 8:00 PM ET), when the New York Jets host the New York Giants in the first game at the teams’ new stadium.
The Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints will be showcased on national TV when the club faces the AFC West champion San Diego Chargers at the Louisiana Superdome on Friday, August 27 (CBS, 8:00 PM ET).
Here is the week-by-week schedule of games:
WEEK 1 – AUGUST 12-16
Carolina at Baltimore (ESPN, 8/12)
NY Giants at NY Jets (ESPN, 8/16)
Buffalo at Washington
Chicago at San Diego
Cleveland at Green Bay
Denver at Cincinnati
Detroit at Pittsburgh
Houston at Arizona
Jacksonville at Philadelphia
Kansas City at Atlanta
Minnesota at St. Louis
New Orleans at New England
Oakland at Dallas
San Francisco at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Seattle
Tampa Bay at Miami
WEEK 2 – AUGUST 19-23
New England at Atlanta (FOX, 8/19)
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (FOX, 8/20)
Minnesota at San Francisco (NBC, 8/22)
Arizona at Tennessee (ESPN, 8/23)
Baltimore at Washington
Dallas at San Diego
Detroit at Denver
Green Bay at Seattle
Houston at New Orleans
Indianapolis at Buffalo (Toronto)
Kansas City at Tampa Bay
Miami at Jacksonville
NY Jets at Carolina
Oakland at Chicago
Pittsburgh at NY Giants
St. Louis at Cleveland
WEEK 3 – AUGUST 26-29
Indianapolis at Green Bay (ESPN, 8/26)
San Diego at New Orleans (CBS, 8/27)
Dallas at Houston (CBS, 8/28)
Pittsburgh at Denver (FOX, 8/29)
Arizona at Chicago
Atlanta at Miami
Cincinnati at Buffalo
Cleveland at Detroit
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay
NY Giants at Baltimore
Philadelphia at Kansas City
St. Louis at New England
San Francisco at Oakland
Seattle at Minnesota
Tennessee at Carolina
Washington at NY Jets
WEEK 4 – SEPTEMBER 2-3
Atlanta at Jacksonville
Baltimore at St. Louis
Buffalo at Detroit
Carolina at Pittsburgh
Chicago at Cleveland
Cincinnati at Indianapolis
Denver at Minnesota
Green Bay at Kansas City
Miami at Dallas
New England at NY Giants
New Orleans at Tennessee
NY Jets at Philadelphia
San Diego at San Francisco
Seattle at Oakland
Tampa Bay at Houston
Washington at Arizona
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