To make up for the one game lost due to the NFL lockout, NBC will get a make up game and that will be played this Sunday night between the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will be in the booth to call the game. Michele Tafoya makes her Sunday Night Football debut on the sidelines replacing Andrea Kremer. And the Football Night in America crew of Dan Patrick, Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy along with insiders Peter King of Sports Illustrated and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk will be on hand from the NBC Sports studios in New York City at halftime.
Let’s see what NBC Sports is saying about the game.
COWBOYS HOST CHARGERS ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” THIS SUNDAY AT 8 PM ET
Patrick, Dungy, Harrison, King, Florio Appear at Halftime from “Football Night in America” Studio at 30 Rock
NEW YORK – August 17, 2011 – “Sunday Night Football,” last year’s No. 1 primetime program of the fall television season, kicks off its preseason schedule this Sunday as Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys host Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will have the call from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with Michele Tafoya making her NBC debut handling the sideline reporting duties. Coverage on NBC begins at 8 p.m. ET.
“FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” CREW AT HALFTIME: The critically-acclaimed “Football Night in America” crew of Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King and ProFootballTalk.com’s Mike Florio will be in the 30 Rock studio at halftime to discuss the game and the storylines of the 2011 NFL season.
NBC’s second preseason game features the Oakland Raiders hosting Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Aug. 28 also at 8 p.m. ET.
That is all.
