This announced tonight from the National Football League. To accommodate the Oakland A’s in their MLB Postseason quest, the NFL has moved Sunday afternoon’s San Diego at Oakland game from its originally scheduled 1:25 p.m. Pacific start time to later in the evening, at 8:35 p.m. PT. Major League Baseball announced that the A’s will host American League Division Series games on Friday and Saturday.
To allow the Oakland Coliseum field to be converted from baseball to football, the NFL will allow some extra time and move the game to the extremely rare 8:35 p.m. PT start on Sunday.
In addition, the game which was to be aired on CBS with Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts will move to NFL Network. Eagle and Fouts will call the game as scheduled. The game will also be seen in the local markets on over-the-air stations. Westwood One Sports will also pick up the game on radio.
Here’s the official announcement from the NFL.
OCTOBER 6 CHARGERS-RAIDERS GAME MOVED TO SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:35 PM PT
GAME TO AIR ON NFL NETWORK
The Week 5 San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders game on Sunday, October 6 will be played at 8:35 PM PT (11:35 PM ET), the NFL announced today. The game will air on NFL Network and on Westwood One, as well as on over-the-air stations (TBA) locally in San Diego and Oakland.
The Chargers-Raiders game was originally slated for 1:25 PM PT (4:25 PM ET) on CBS. The move was made in response to today’s announcement by Major League Baseball of its ALDS schedule which has the Oakland A’s hosting a game on Saturday, October 5 at 6:07 PM (PT). The Raiders share the Oakland Coliseum with the A’s and the Coliseum requires time to convert back into a football stadium in order to host the game.
Following is the final Week 5 NFL schedule:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 (WEEK 5)
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND 8:25 PM (ET) NFLN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
NEW ORLEANS AT CHICAGO 12:00 PM (CT)
FOX
NEW ENGLAND AT CINCINNATI 1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
DETROIT AT GREEN BAY 12:00 PM (CT)
FOX
SEATTLE AT INDIANAPOLIS 1:00 PM (ET)
FOX
BALTIMORE AT MIAMI 1:00 PM (ET)
CBS
PHILADELPHIA AT N.Y. GIANTS 1:00 PM (ET)
FOX
JACKSONVILLE AT ST. LOUIS 12:00 PM (CT)
CBS
KANSAS CITY AT TENNESSEE 12:00 PM (CT)
CBS
CAROLINA AT ARIZONA 1:05 PM (MT)
FOX
DENVER AT DALLAS 3:25 PM (CT)
CBS
HOUSTON AT SAN FRANCISCO 5:30 PM (PT)
NBC
SAN DIEGO AT OAKLAND 8:35 PM (PT)
NFLN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
N.Y. JETS AT ATLANTA 8:40 PM (ET) ESPN
There you have it.
