While not the celebrated "NFL Kickoff" that officially opens the regular season, the Hall of Fame Game and Week 1 of the 2015 NFL Preseason schedule help those of us that are long overdue for some gridiron action. All of the basic details about each game are shown just below in our schedule grid:
2015 NFL Preseason: HoF Game & Week 1 Schedule
2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings will be the first two teams into training camp and the first two teams to put toe to leather when they meet on Saturday August 9th, 2015. It probably wont be that great of a game but it will be exciting because it means football is back.
NFL Preseason: Week 1 Schedule 2015
Thursday, August 13th 2015
- 7:30 PM ET Saints at Ravens
- 7:30 PM ET Jets at Lions
- 7:30 PM ET Packers at Patriots
- 8:00 PM ET Redskins at Browns
- 8:00 PM ET Dolphins at Bears
- 10:00 PM ET Cowboys at Chargers
Friday, August 14th 2015
- 7:00 PM ET Titans at Falcons
- 7:00 PM ET Panthers at Bills
- 7:30 PM ET Giants at Bengals
- 7:30 PM ET Steelers at Jaguars
- 10:00 PM ET Rams at Raiders
- 10:00 PM ET Broncos at Seahawks
Saturday, August 15th 2015
- 8:00 PM ET Buccaneers at Vikings
- 8:00 PM ET 49ers at Texans
- 9:00 PM ET Chiefs at Cardinals
Sunday, August 16th 2015
- 1:00 PM ET Colts at Eagles
All 32 teams including the Giants and Bills will be hitting the field for Week 1 of the 2015 NFL preseason starting with six games on Thursday, August 7th, two of which will be shown live nationally on the NFL Network. Following up Thursday's action will be six more games on Friday, August 8th and four more games on Saturday, August 9th.
All games are set to start between 7pm and 10pm ET and only a few will be shown live (noted in schedule above) however it would be wise to check your local TV listings as in-market games are usually shown on local network affiliates. It is also worth noting that the NFL Network will broadcast all 65 NFL preseason games even if they are not live.
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