FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 7, 2007
**"NFL OPENING KICKOFF 2007 PRESENTED BY SPRINT"
12 PRESEASON WEEK 1 GAMES ON NFL NETWORK; SEVEN IN HIGH DEFINITION
Following last week’s wall-to-wall coverage of the Hall of Fame festivities and the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, NFL Network airs 12 Week 1 preseason contests with seven in high definition (schedule below). This preseason, NFL Network will televise a record 34 games in high definition – up from 19 last year.
NFL Network’s second live game in seven days features Washington at Tennessee Saturday at 8:00 PM ET in high definition. Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs makes his first trip to Tennessee where quarterback Vince Young opens the season as the Titans starter after winning six of his final seven ’06 starts, AP Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, and becoming the first rookie QB to play in a Pro Bowl. Marshall Faulk joins play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes in the booth.
During the 2007 NFL preseason, NFL Network televises 52 games – all but the 13 televised nationally by the NFL’s other network partners (CBS, ESPN, FOX & NBC). NFL Network carries a record eight games live, including a pair of live preseason doubleheaders – an NFL preseason first – on Saturday, August 25 and Thursday, August 30 with 7:00 PM ET and 10:00 PM ET kickoffs.
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NFL NETWORK AIR TIMES FOR 2007 WEEK 1 PRESEASON GAMES
(ALL TIMES EASTERN/BOLD INDICATES LIVE; HD indicates High Definition)
Week 1
Friday, August 10
Cincinnati at Detroit 4 p.m.
Saturday, August 11 St. Louis at Minnesota (HD) 10 AM
New England at Tampa Bay (HD) 1 PM
Washington at Tennessee (Live, HD) 8 PM
Chicago at Houston 12:00 Midnight
Sunday, August 12 Kansas City at Cleveland (HD) 11 AM
Carolina at New York Giants (HD) 2 PM
Green Bay at Pittsburgh (HD) 5 PM
Arizona at Oakland 11 PM
Monday, August 13 Jacksonville at Miami 1 PM
Tuesday, August 14 Atlanta at New York Jets (HD) 1 PM
Wednesday, August 15 Philadelphia at Baltimore 4 PM
In 2007, NFL Network will air nearly 200 football games, including eight regular season NFL games, 52 preseason games, 97 game re-airs, Super Bowl and NFL Classics, plus the Insight Bowl, Texas Bowl and Senior Bowl. NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the first television network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football.
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