Denver Broncos 2006 Schedule.

ENGLEWOOD -The National Football League on Thursday released its 2006 schedule, which features the Denver Broncos playing in a total of four nationally televised games.


Denver also has eight regular-season games that are scheduled as potential national double-header contests, the Broncos are slated to receive national-television exposure in 13 games during the 2006 regular season and preseason.

Denver will appear twice on NBC's Sunday Night Football on 9NEWS, visiting the New England Patriots in Week 3 (Sept. 24) and hosting the Oakland Raiders in Week 6 (Oct. 15). The Broncos will play on ESPN's Monday Night Football for the 15th consecutive season, the longest active streak in the NFL, when the club takes on Baltimore at INVESCO Field at Mile High in Week 5 (Oct. 9).

The Broncos are scheduled to play on Thanksgiving Day for the second consecutive year, marking the first time that has occurred since 1963, with a trip to Arrowhead Stadium to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 12 (Nov. 23). That contest will be televised nationally on NFL Network, which also will televise the Broncos' third preseason game against Houston (Aug. 27) at INVESCO Field at Mile High.

Denver kicks off its 47th season of professional football on the road at St. Louis (Sept. 10) in the Edward Jones Dome. The Broncos' home opener is the following week when the Chiefs visit INVESCO Field at Mile High for a 2:15 p.m. MDT kickoff.

The Broncos conclude the regular season with consecutive home games against Cincinnati (Dec. 24) and San Francisco (Dec. 31). Both contests are slated as potential national double-header games.

The Broncos' 2006 schedule features five games against teams that qualified for the 2005 postseason, including contests against Super Bowl XL participants Pittsburgh (Nov. 5, Heinz Field) and Seattle (Dec. 3, INVESCO Field at Mile High). Denver also is scheduled to visit Arizona in Week 15 (Dec. 17) to play the Cardinals in their new stadium, Cardinals Stadium.

With the NFL's new flexible scheduling plan, the Broncos' schedule may include additional prime-time games late in the season. All NFL games scheduled for Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and Week 17 are eligible to be moved to the Sunday night game, which is televised nationally by NBC.

The Broncos' complete schedule is listed below with all kickoff times local at game sites.

(home games in caps; all times local at site of game)

PRESEASON


WEEK DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV
1 Sun. Aug. 11 at Detroit
Ford Field TBA CBS
2 Sun. Aug. 19 TENNESSEE INVESCO Field at Mile High 7 p.m. CBS
3 Sun. Aug. 27 HOUSTON INVESCO Field at Mile High 6 p.m. NFL Network
4 Sun. Aug. 31 at Arizona Cardinals Stadium 7 p.m. CBS



REGULAR SEASON


WEEK DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV
1 Sun. Sept. 10 at St. Louis Edward Jones Dome 11 a.m. CBS
2 Sun. Sept. 17 KANSAS CITY INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. CBS
3 Sun. Sept. 24 at New England Gillette Stadium 6:15 p.m. 9NEWS
4 BYE
5 Mon. Oct. 9 BALTIMORE INVESCO Field at Mile High 6:30 p.m. ESPN
6 Sun. Oct. 15 OAKLAND INVESCO Field at Mile High 6:15 p.m. 9NEWS
7 Sun. Oct. 22 at Cleveland Cleveland Browns Stadium 2:05 p.m. CBS
8 Sun. Oct. 29 INDIANAPOLIS INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. CBS
9 Sun. Nov. 5 at Pittsburgh Heinz Field 2:15 p.m. CBS
10 Sun. Nov. 12 at Oakland McAfee Coliseum 2:05 p.m. CBS
11 Sun. Nov. 19 SAN DIEGO INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. CBS
12 Thu. Nov. 23 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium 6 p.m. NFL Network
13 Sun. Dec. 3 SEATTLE INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. FOX
14 Sun. Dec. 10 at San Diego Qualcomm Stadium 2:15 p.m. CBS
15 Sun. Dec. 17 at Arizona Cardinals Stadium 2:05 p.m. CBS
16 Sun. Dec. 24 CINCINNATI INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. CBS
17 Sun. Dec. 31 SAN FRANCISCO INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. FOX

Chargers announce 2006 schedule

The Chargers learned today that they’ll be on national television twice during the first five weeks of the regular season and will wrap up their 2006 schedule by playing four of their final six games at home.

"Good teams, playoff teams, take care of business at home and they take care of business down the stretch," Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith said. "We're excited about the opportunity to be at home late in the season so that we can share that stretch with our fans."

As previously announced, the Bolts open the season on Monday Night Football against the Raiders in Oakland and the Chargers will appear on NBC’s Sunday Night Football on October 8 when the Pittsburgh Steelers visit Qualcomm Stadium.

"We always look forward to playing on national television," cornerback Drayton Florence said. "We weren't happy with the way things went last year against Pittsburgh, but we're excited to get another shot at them on the big stage. The Oakland game is going to be incredible as well."

The hometown crowd’s first regular-season look at the 2006 squad will come against the Tennessee Titans as Jeff Fisher brings his squad to San Diego on September 17. The game figures to be Philip Rivers’ first regular-season start at Qualcomm Stadium. On the opposing sideline that day will be Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow, who held the same position at North Carolina State when Rivers was a freshman in Raleigh.

San Diego’s bye week comes early in 2006 as the break is scheduled for Week 3, the weekend of September 24. Last fall, the Chargers waited until Week 10 for their bye. Oakland and Denver will also have their bye in Week 3 while Denver is off Week 4. Following their bye, the Bolts’ first trip to the East Coast comes in Week 4 when they travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens on October 1.

The Chargers return home in Week 5 to face the Steelers before hitting the road in Weeks 6 and 7. The Bolts will face the San Francisco 49ers at Monster Park on October 15 and then travel to Kansas City for an AFC West showdown with the Chiefs on October 22. Consecutive home games will follow the road stand as the Bolts host the St. Louis Rams (October 29) and Cleveland Browns (November 5) in Weeks 8 and 9.

Week 10 marks the start of the NFL’s newly-implemented flexible scheduling system, so there is a possibility that the Chargers could be moved into the Sunday night slot during six of the seven final weeks of the season. Flex scheduling will not take place in Week 12 due to the Thanksgiving schedule.

On November 12, the Chargers will travel to Cincinnati to face the reigning AFC North champion Bengals. They’ll remain on the road in Week 11 as they visit the Denver Broncos.

"That's going to be a tough stretch," linebacker Shaun Phillips said. "The Bengals have one of the best offenses in the league, and everyone knows what Denver can do. We'll just take them one at a time and see what happens."

The Chargers will return home Thanksgiving weekend as the Raiders come to San Diego on November 26. A trip to Buffalo to face the Bills on December 3 precedes the Chargers’ second two-game home stand of the season. The Bolts will be at Qualcomm on December 10 and 17 to wrap up their AFC West schedule against the Broncos and Chiefs respectively.

The Bolts’ final road game of the 2006 regular season comes in Week 16 as they head to Seattle for a Christmas Eve contest against the defending NFC champion Seahawks. The Chargers return home to close out their schedule on December 31 against the Arizona Cardinals.

Detroit Lions 2006 Schedule

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - The Detroit Lions announced their 2006 preseason and regular season schedule today. The schedule is highlighted with an opening day tilt at Ford Field against the defending NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks.

For the first time in NFL history, the league will implement a primetime “flexible scheduling” element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved from their timeslots to an 8:15 p.m. ET nationally televised kickoff on NBC. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights or games scheduled the holiday weekend of Week 16.

“What a great way to start the season,” Lions Head Coach Rod Marinelli said. “It certainly won't take us very long to find out how well we stack up against the elite teams in our conference, not when you open the season at home against the NFC Champions (Seattle) and then go on the road to play the division champions (Chicago) the following week.

“Every schedule has its challenges, but the bottom line is for us to be ready to play each and every week.

“It's not about who we play, when we play or where we play. The issue is us - what we do and how we do it. It's about how hard and smart we work. It's about our work and preparation during the off-season program, mini-camps, training camp and throughout the regular season.”

Following the 2006 regular season opener, the Lions travel to Chicago to begin their '06 road schedule against the Bears at Solder Field. This will mark the third straight year the Bears are slated as the Lions opening road game and the third consecutive year the Lions opened the Bears home regular season schedule.

Detroit is scheduled for the Bye Week during Week 8 of the NFL season.

This season marks the fifth year since the NFL realigned the AFC and NFC into four divisions in each conference, and it begins the second rotation of the interconference and intraconference format which first began in 2002. The Lions will face teams from the AFC East, including home games against Buffalo Bills (Sunday, October 15 at 1 p.m. ET) and Miami Dolphins (Thursday, November 23 at 12:30 p.m. ET). The Lions road games against the AFC East opponents are at the New York Jets (Sunday, October 22 at 1 p.m. ET) and New England Patriots (Sunday, December 3 at 1 p.m. ET).

The Lions road game at New England will be the club's first visit to the Patriots' Gillette Stadium.

Along with home-and-home series against NFC North division rivals (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings), the Lions other NFC opponents include home games vs. Seattle in the regular season opener, Atlanta Falcons (Sunday, November 5 at 1 p.m. ET) and San Francisco 49ers (Sunday, November 12 at 1 p.m. ET) Road contests against other NFC opponents include games at the St. Louis Rams (Sunday, October 1 at 1 p.m. ET), Arizona Cardinals (Sunday, November 19 at 4:15 p.m.), and Dallas Cowboys (Sunday, December 31 at 1 p.m. ET) in the regular season finale.

Seattle and San Francisco will be making their first trip to Ford Field this year. Detroit's game at Arizona will mark the first game the Lions will play in the Cardinals new stadium (Cardinals Stadium).

LIONS 67TH THANKSGIVING DAY GAME
The 2006 schedule includes the Lions' 67th Thanksgiving Day Classic against the Miami Dolphins Thursday, November 23 (12:30 p.m. ET). The 67th renewal of the Thanksgiving Day classic will air live nationally on CBS. It will mark the first time the Lions have hosted the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving. Miami has played in five Thanksgiving Day games, four times at Dallas (November 22, 1973, November 25, 1993, November 25, 1999 and November 27, 2003) and once at St. Louis (November 24, 1977), and hold a 4-1 record in those games.

PRESEASON
The Detroit Lions will open their 2006 preseason at Ford Field against the AFC West defending champion Denver Broncos during the NFL's Preseason Week 1 (Friday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m.). Along with the Broncos, the Lions will host the Buffalo Bills (Thursday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET) and travel to Cleveland (Friday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET) and Oakland (August 24-28 TBA) for preseason games. For the third consecutive year, WKBD-TV UPN 50 in Detroit will serve as the Lions preseason television partner, along with a network of statewide television stations.

This year will mark the first preseason match-up between the Lions and the Broncos since 1991, when the Lions claimed a 14-3 victory in the Hall of Fame Game played in Canton, Ohio. In the preseason, the Lions have a record of 1-2 in three games against the Broncos, meeting at Denver in 1967 and twice in Canton for the Hall of Fame Game (1976 and '91).

During Preseason Week 2 (Friday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET), the Lions take to the road to face the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium for the fifth renewal of the Great Lakes Classic. Since the introduction of the annual preseason rivalry in 2002, the Browns own a 3-1 record over Detroit. Overall, the Lions are 20-16-1 against the Browns during the preseason.

Detroit will remain on the road for Preseason Week 3 (August 24-28 TBA) as the Lions travel out west to face the Oakland Raiders at McAfee Coliseum. The Lions and Raiders have met four previous times in the preseason, with the Raiders owning a 3-1 record in the exhibitions series. The last time the two teams met in the preseason was 2000 when the Raiders claimed a 23-17 victory in Oakland.

The Lions will play host to the Buffalo Bills in Preseason Week 4 (Thursday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET) at Ford Field for the final tune-up prior to the start of the 2006 season. Detroit is 15-9-1 in 25 preseason meetings with Buffalo, including a 21-7 victory at Ralph Wilson Stadium last year. This will be the fifth consecutive preseason the two teams have closed out each other's exhibition schedule.

Detroit Lions 2006 Schedule

(***Subject to Change***)
Preseason

Date
Opponent
Location
Time/Result
Network

Friday, August 11 DENVER BRONCOS Ford Field 7:30 p.m. UPN 50
Friday, August 18 @ Cleveland Browns Browns Stadium 7:30 p.m. UPN 50
August 24-28 Oakland Raiders McAfee Coliseum TBA UPN 50
Thursday, August 31 BUFFALO BILLS Ford Field 7:30 p.m. UPN 50
All Times Eastern Time (ET)
Regular Season

Date
Opponent
Location
Time/Result
Network

Sunday, September 10 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Ford Field 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, September 17 @ Chicago Bears Soldier Field 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday September 24 GREEN BAY PACKERS Ford Field FOX

Sunday, October 1 @ St. Louis Rams Qualcomm Stadium 4:05 p.m. FOX
Sunday, October 8 @ Minnesota Vikings The Metrodome 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, October 15 BUFFALO BILLS Ford Field 1:00 p.m. CBS
Sunday, October 22 @ New York Jets The Meadowlands 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, October 29 Bye Week
Sunday, November 5 ATLANTA FALCONS Ford Field 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, November 12 SAN FRANCISCO 49ers Ford Field 1:00 p.m. * FOX
Sunday, November 19 @ Arizona Cardinals Cardinals Stadium 4:05 p.m. * FOX
Thursday, November 23 MIAMI DOLPHINS Ford Field 12:30 p.m. # CBS
Sunday, December 3 @ New England Patriots Gillette Stadium 1:00 p.m. * FOX
Sunday, December 10 MINNESOTA VIKINGS Ford Field 1:00 p.m. * FOX
Sunday, December 17 @ Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field 1:00 p.m. * FOX
Sunday, December 24 CHICAGO BEARS Ford Field 1:00 p.m. FOX
Sunday, December 31 @ Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium 1:00 p.m. * FOX
All Times Eastern Time (ET); Home Games in BOLD CAPS
# Nationally Televised
* FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING: NFL Sunday games during flexible Weeks 10-15 are subject to change 12 days and six days in advance for Week 17. Games are subject to move to different time slots but dates will remain as announced. Flexible scheduling only affects Sunday games and does not affect games during Week 16. >> More on flexible scheduling.

Seattle Seahawks 2006 Schedule

The Seahawks play at Chicago against the Bears on Oct. 1, a Sunday night game on NBC. They also have two Monday night games on ESPN, Nov. 6 against the Oakland Raiders and Nov. 27 against the Green Bay Packers, both at Qwest Field.

The Seahawks also have a Thursday night game on the NFL Network on Dec. 14, when they host the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks will begin the season where they ended the 2005 campaign -- at the Super Bowl in Detroit. The Seahawks will play the Lions on Sept. 10.

The Seahawks' regular-season schedule:

DAY DATE GAME TIME (PT) TV

Sunday Sept. 10 at Detroit Lions 10:00 a.m. FOX

Sunday Sept. 17 Arizona Cardinals 1:05 p.m. FOX

Sunday Sept. 24 N.Y. Giants 1:15 p.m. FOX

Sunday Oct. 1 at Chicago Bears 5:15 p.m. NBC

Sunday Oct. 8 BYE

Sunday Oct. 15 at St. Louis Rams 10:00 a.m. FOX

Sunday Oct. 22 Minnesota Vikings 1:15 p.m. FOX

Sunday Oct. 29 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. FOX

Monday Nov. 6 Oakland Raiders 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Sunday Nov. 12 St. Louis Rams 1:15 p.m. FOX

Sunday Nov. 19 at San Francisco 49ers 1:05 p.m. FOX

Monday Nov. 27 Green Bay Packers 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Sunday Dec. 3 at Denver Broncos 1:15 p.m. FOX

Sunday Dec. 10 at Arizona Cardinals 1:05 p.m. FOX

Thursday Dec. 14 San Francisco 49ers 5:00 p.m. NFL Network

Sunday Dec. 24 San Diego Chargers 1:15 p.m. CBS

Sunday Dec. 31 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10:00 a.m. FOX

Eagles to play Raiders, pay tribute to White

With all the talk of draft picks, free agents and possible retirees in the NFL’s seemingly never-ending (and just begun, believe it or not) offseason, news of actual football was nice to hear.

Last Wednesday, the news came down that the Philadelphia Eagles have been named as to play in the preseason kickoff on August 6 at the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Naturally, the game is mostly secondary to the induction ceremony of this year’s six inductees to the Hall. Here too, the Eagles will play a key role when the late Reggie "Minister of Defense" White is officially inducted into the pantheon of NFL greats.

White became known as perhaps the greatest defensive end ever in a professional career that spanned seventeen seasons, including eight with Philadelphia and six with Green Bay; he holds the all-time record for both franchises (and most likely for a third, the USFL’s Memphis Showboats, whom he played for after college) in career sacks. In his 121 games with the Eagles, White amassed 124 sacks for a gaudy average of just over one per game. He was twice Defensive Player of the Year, thirteen times an All-Pro and thirteen times an Pro Bowler. Upon his retirement, White had tallied 198 sacks (221.5 including USFL stats), then the NFL career record.

The accolades came in droves upon the announcing of inductees, as is usual in such circumstances, and the Minister was worthy of his share. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie stated that White’s "legacy on and off the football field will never be forgotten," while Coach Reid opined, "In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach."

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