NBC Previews Sunday Night Football For Week 6 of the 2012 NFL Season

NBC has Green Bay taking on Houston on Sunday Night Football. The Packers still reeling from the Monday Night Football loss to Seattle and last Sunday’s game in Indianapolis will try to get back on track against the Houston Texans. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be on hand at Reliant Stadium to call the action.

Football Night in America begins everything from the NBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios in New York.

Here’s the preview from NBC Sports.

AARON RODGERS AND GREEN BAY PACKERS TRAVEL TO HOUSTON TO TAKE ON MATT SCHAUB AND UNDEFEATED TEXANS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL”

Texans First Ever Appearance on Sunday Night Football
Coverage Begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET
Sunday Night Football Extra to Live Stream Packers-Texans on NBCSports.com

NEW YORK – October 10, 2012 – NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers (2-3) travel to Houston to take on Matt Schaub and the Texans (5-0) on Sunday Night Football. The game will be the Texans first-ever appearance on Sunday Night Football, coverage begins with Football Night in America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

Calling Packers-Texans is six-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 27th season as the voice of the NFL’s premier primetime package; 13-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his three seasons in the Sunday Night Football booth; and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, who, last year in her first season with SNF, won the inaugural Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Reporter.

Football Night in America is hosted by 23-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Costas will be joined on site by Michaels, Collinsworth and Hines Ward, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, Super Bowl MVP and newest addition to NBC Sports’ NFL team.

Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC’s Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday night. Patrick is joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network and NBCSports.com. Alex Flanagan will report from Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif., on the Giants-Niners game.

That’s it.

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