This is directly from the Fox Sports public relations department:
NFL ON FOX KICKS-OFF 15th SEASON ON SEPT. 7th
Super Bowl Champion New York Giants & NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys Make 10 Appearances Each on
2008 NFL on FOX Broadcast Schedule
All NFL on FOX Games Broadcast in High Definition for the First Time Ever
New York — The 15th season of the NFL on FOX premieres Sunday, Sept. 7 with doubleheader coverage of seven games anchored by the NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys in the national window against the 10-6 Cleveland Browns on the banks of Lake Erie. Early in the day, Week 1 action showcases several of the NFL’s biggest stars as Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints host Jeff Garcia and the NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while Matt Hasselbeck and the NFC West Champions Seattle Seahawks visit the Buffalo Bills.
At present, FOX Sports is scheduled to broadcast 109 regular-season games, including nine doubleheader Sundays and the traditional Thanksgiving Day game which this year features Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren leading his Seahawks to Dallas for a much-anticipated holiday showdown against Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and the Cowboys at 4:15 PM ET.
Other key matchups on the NFL on FOX schedule include rematches of last season’s NFC divisional playoffs when the Green Bay Packers travel to the Emerald City to face-off with the Seahawks on Sunday Oct. 12 and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and the World Champion New York Giants host Romo and the Dallas Cowboys at the Meadowlands on Sunday Nov. 2. Another pivotal clash between two storied dynasties anchors FOX’s Sunday Dec. 7 doubleheader when the Cowboys meet the AFC North Champion Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field at 4:15 PM ET.
Each week, coverage begins with FOX NFL SUNDAY (12:00-1:00 PM ET/9:00-10:00 AM PT), America’s most-watched pregame show for 14 straight years. Curt Menefee returns as host alongside veterans Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson, Pam Oliver, insider Jay Glazer and comedian Frank Caliendo. Since its premiere in September 1994, FOX NFL SUNDAY has won 19 Emmy Awards for its production and personalities, including four for Outstanding Studio Show.
In 2007, FOX Sports was crowned the No. 1 NFL network, out-rating all other NFL rightsholders including the league’s prime-time over-the-air package, a first for any Sunday afternoon broadcaster. The NFL on FOX scored its most-watched season in 12 years (averaging 17.1 million viewers) and highest-rated (10.7/23 average household rating/share) since 1999. The NFC package on FOX out-rated the AFC package for the 13th straight season.
For several seasons, FOX Sports has presented an unmatched offering of NFL games in high definition. This year, for the first time ever, all NFL on FOX games are produced and broadcast in state-of-the-art HD beginning with three preseason broadcasts in August straight through coverage of the NFC’s postseason.
The 2008 NFL on FOX season includes 58 games featuring last season’s NFC playoff teams, including 10 games each featuring the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants, the NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys and the NFC North Champion Green Bay Packers. The NFC West Champion Seattle Seahawks play 13 times while the NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NFC Wild Card Washington Redskins each have 12 scheduled games. FOX Sports’ 2008 regular season schedule also includes two games featuring the AFC Champion New England Patriots.
Once the playoff teams are determined, the NFL on FOX presents exclusive live postseason coverage, including an NFC Wild Card Game on Sunday, Jan. 4, the NFC Divisional Playoffs, Saturday, Jan. 10 and Sunday, Jan. 11, and the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 18.
The NFL on FOX’s 15th season of coverage begins with three prime-time preseason contests, the first of which kicks-off under the lights of Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday, August 14 (8:00 PM ET), when the Carolina Panthers visit Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles. FOX Sports’ second preseason game takes place on Saturday, August 16 (8:00 PM ET) when the Oakland Raiders travel to Tennessee to take on the Titans. FOX Sports’ final preseason broadcast comes on Thursday, August 21 (8:00 PM ET) at historic Solider Field when the San Francisco 49ers visit the Chicago Bears.
David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of the NFL on FOX. Bill Brown is Senior Producer and George Greenberg is Creative Director. Scott Ackerson is the Coordinating Producer of FOX NFL SUNDAY.
Following is a complete list of games on the 2008 NFL on FOX regular and postseason broadcas
t schedules.
2008 NFL ON FOX NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES ET)
Sunday, September 7
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles
4:15 PM Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Carolina Panthers at San Diego Chargers
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, September 14
1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
New York Giants at St. Louis Rams
New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins
4:05 PM San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, September 21
1:00 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears
Arizona Cardinals at Washington Redskins
Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings
4:05 PM New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers
St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, September 28
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
Arizona Cardinals at New Yo
rk Jets
San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Minnesota Vikings at Tennessee Titans
4:15 PM Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
Sunday, October 5
1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers
Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants
Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles
4:05 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos
Sunday, October 12
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
St. Louis Rams at Washington Redskins
4:15 PM Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, October 19
1:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Rams
4:05 PM Detroit Lions at Houston Texans
Sunday, October 26
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys
Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions
St. Louis Rams at New England Patriots
Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
4:15 PM New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, November 2
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs
Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams
Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans
4:15 PM Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks
Atlanta Falcons at Oakland Raiders
Sunday, November 9
1:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks at Miami Dolphins
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings
St. Louis Rams at New York Jets
4:05 PM Carolina Panthers at Oakland Raiders
Sunday, November 16*
1:00 PM Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers
Philadelphia Eagles at Cincinnati Bengals
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4:05 PM St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, November 23*
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens
San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings at Jacksonville Jaguars
Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams
4:15 PM New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals
Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks
Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day)
4:15 PM Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys
Sunday, November 30*
1:00 PM San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New York Giants at Washington Redskins
4:05 PM Atlanta Falcons at San Diego Chargers
Sunday, December 7*
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
4:15 PM Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers
St. Louis Ram
s at Arizona Cardinals
Sunday, December 14*
1:00 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts
Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville Jaguars
San Francisco 49ers at Miami Dolphins
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams
4:05 PM Minnesota Vikings at Arizona Cardinals
Sunday, December 21*
(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins
Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions
Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
4:15 PM TBD
Sunday, December 28*
(FOX NFL SUNDAY & CBS Doubleheader)
1:00 PM Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Chicago Bears at Houston Texans
St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
4:15 PM Washington Redskins at San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
Sunday, January 4, 2009
NFC Wild Card Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
NFC Divisional Playoff Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
Sunday, January 11, 2009
NFC Divisional Playoff Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
NFC Championship Game (teams, site & time to be determined)
* NFL on FOX games scheduled in Weeks 11-17 are part of the NFL’s flexible schedule plan. After consultation with FOX Sports, the NFL will determine start times on these dates, with a game or games likely moving to the late afternoon broadcast window.
