2011 NFL Network Thursday Night Football Schedule

NFL Network has the late season schedule with 9 games mostly on Thursday nights and one on Saturday night. Here’s the schedule.

NFL Network 2011 Thursday Night Football Schedule

Week 10: Thursday, November 10 at 8:00 PM ET
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers

Week 11: Thursday, November 17 at 8:00 PM ET
New York Jets at Denver Broncos

Week 12: Thursday, November 24 at 8:00 PM ET
San Francisco 49ers at Baltimore Ravens (Thanksgiving)

Week 13: Thursday, December 1 at 8:00 PM ET
Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks

Week 14: Thursday, December 8 at 8:00 PM ET
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 15: Thursday, December 15 at 8:00 PM ET
Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons

Week 15: Saturday, December 17 at 8:00 PM ET
Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 16: Thursday, December 22 at 8:00 PM ET
Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts

For the entire 2011 NFL schedule, visit www.NFL.com.

NFL Network games also will be carried on free, over-the-air television in the city of the visiting team and in the city where the game is played if it is sold out 72 hours in advance of kickoff.

And this is what NFL Network is saying about the schedule.

NFL NETWORK 2011 PRIMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL<!– SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Raiders-Chargers AFC West Clash Kicks Off Eight-Game Schedule on Nov. 10
Harbaugh Brothers Meet for First Time in First-Ever Thanksgiving Game in Baltimore
Philadelphia Eagles & 2010 Comeback Player of Year Michael Vick Take on NFC West Champion Seahawks

NFL Network today announced its eight-game, regular-season primetime Thursday Night Football schedule which features seven 2010 playoff teams (Eagles, Steelers, Falcons, Colts, Jets, Ravens and Seahawks), including five which won division crowns and both AFC Championship Game teams (Jets and Steelers). The schedule consists of seven Thursday night games and one Saturday night telecast. Game times for the contests are 8:00 PM ET.

This year marks the sixth season of live regular season primetime games on NFL Network. Last year’s edition of Thursday Night Football was the most-watched in the network’s history with an average of 5.7 million cable viewers per game, highlighted by two of the network’s four most-watched games ever with Cowboys-Cardinals on Christmas Day (7.8 million viewers) and Bengals-Jets on Thanksgiving Day (7.1 million viewers).

Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers, Thursday, Nov. 10 – The sixth season of Thursday Night Football opens with a divisional game between long-standing rivals, Oakland and San Diego. The Raiders defeated 2010 passing leader Philip Rivers and the Chargers in both of the meetings between the two teams in 2010.

New York Jets at Denver Broncos, Thursday, Nov. 17 – The New York Jets travel to Denver for the second consecutive year to take on the Broncos, and look for a repeat of their Week 6 victory last year. This game features two of the premier defensive minds in the game in New York head coach Rex Ryan and Denver head coach John Fox, and two first-round quarterbacks in Mark Sanchez (Jets) and Tim Tebow (Broncos).

San Francisco 49ers at Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, Nov. 24 – The first-ever Thanksgiving game in Baltimore is a family affair as the Harbaugh brothers face each other for the first time as rookie NFL head coach Jim Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers travel to Baltimore to face head coach John Harbaugh and the Ravens. It also marks the first time in NFL history where siblings have faced each other as head coaches. This game also includes 2011 Pro Bowl linebackers Ray Lewis (Ravens) and Patrick Willis (49ers).

Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Dec. 1 – A pair of 2010 playoff teams meet at Qwest Field in Seattle. The 2010 AP Comeback Player of the Year award winner Michael Vick and the Eagles make their second consecutive appearance on Thursday Night Football, while the Seahawks will make their first appearance on NFL Network since 2006.

Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers, Thursday, Dec. 8 – AFC North division rivals Cleveland and Pittsburgh meet for the third time on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football. The defending AFC champion Steelers aim for their eighth consecutive home victory against the Browns.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons, Thursday, Dec. 15 – After posting their best record since 2007 with Maurice Jones-Drew compiling 1,324 yards rushing, the Jacksonville Jaguars hope to make a run to the playoffs in a late-season game against the 2010 NFC South champion Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome.

Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Saturday, Dec. 17 – The Dallas Cowboys become one of two teams (Pittsburgh Steelers) to appear on every season of Thursday Night Football with a road game against Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman and the young Buccaneers on a special Saturday night edition.

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts, Thursday, Dec. 22 – The Thursday Night Football schedule concludes with an AFC South division game featuring top quarterbacks Matt Schaub (Houston) and Peyton Manning (Indianapolis). The 2010 rushing champion Arian Foster looks to repeat last year’s performance when he scored four touchdowns in two games against the Colts.

Each NFL Network game telecast will feature a live, two-hour pregame show. In addition, a one-hour postgame show will wrap up the action with interviews, highlights and press conferences.

NFL.com LIVE again will offer complementary Thursday Night Football game coverage including select live video, statistics and interactive applications. NFL.com LIVE coverage in 2007 and 2008 earned Sports Emmy nominations for outstanding new approaches in coverage. Additionally, Thursday Night Football games are available to fans live on their mobile phones with NFL Mobile Only From Verizon

And that is it for the NFL schedules.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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