The NFL has finalized its 65-game 2016 preseason schedule, which includes a slate of eight nationally televised preseason games, including **one featuring the Vikings**, the league announced Thursday.
The 2016 preseason will kick off on Sunday, Aug. 7 (ESPN, 7 p.m. CT) in Canton, Ohio, when the Green Bay Packers face the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL/Hall of Fame Game.
The Vikings will debut U.S. Bank Stadium in front of a national audience by hosting the San Diego Chargers in Preseason Week 3 in a game scheduled to be broadcast by FOX at noon (CT) on Sunday, Aug. 28.
The Rams will make their return to Los Angeles in Preseason Week 1 when they host the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, Aug. 13 (ESPN, 7 p.m. CT) at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Following is the complete 2016 NFL preseason national television, week-by-week and team-by-team schedule:
2016 NFL PRESEASON NATIONAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(All times Central)
NFL/Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio:
Sunday, August 7
Green Bay vs. Indianapolis
ESPN (7 p.m.)
Preseason Week 1 (August 11-15)
Saturday, August 13
Dallas at Los Angeles
ESPN (7 p.m.)
Preseason Week 3 (August 25-28)
Thursday, August 25
Atlanta at Miami
NBC (7 p.m.)
Friday, August 26
Cleveland at Tampa Bay
CBS (7 p.m.)
Saturday, August 27
Tennessee at Oakland
CBS (7 p.m.)
Sunday, August 28
San Diego at Minnesota
FOX (noon)
Sunday, August 28
Arizona at Houston
FOX (3 p.m.)
Sunday, August 28
Cincinnati at Jacksonville
NBC (7 p.m.)
2016 PRESEASON WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULE
(All times Central)
NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – AUGUST 7
Green Bay vs. Indianapolis (ESPN, Aug. 7)
WEEK 1 – AUGUST 11-15
Dallas at Los Angeles (ESPN, Aug. 13)
Carolina at Baltimore
Cleveland at Green Bay
Denver at Chicago
Detroit at Pittsburgh
Houston at San Francisco
Indianapolis at Buffalo
Jacksonville at NY Jets
Miami at NY Giants
Minnesota at Cincinnati
New Orleans at New England
Oakland at Arizona
San Diego at Tennessee
Seattle at Kansas City
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia
Washington at Atlanta
WEEK 2 – AUGUST 18-22
Arizona at San Diego
Atlanta at Cleveland
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Carolina at Tennessee
Chicago at New England
Cincinnati at Detroit
Kansas City at Los Angeles
Miami at Dallas
Minnesota at Seattle
New Orleans at Houston
NY Giants at Buffalo
NY Jets at Washington
Oakland at Green Bay
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
San Francisco at Denver
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville
WEEK 3 – AUGUST 25-28
Atlanta at Miami (NBC, Aug. 25)
Cleveland at Tampa Bay (CBS, Aug. 26)
Tennessee at Oakland (CBS, Aug. 27)
San Diego at Minnesota (FOX, Aug. 28)
Arizona at Houston (FOX, Aug. 28)
Cincinnati at Jacksonville (NBC, Aug. 28)
Buffalo at Washington
Dallas at Seattle
Detroit at Baltimore
Green Bay at San Francisco
Kansas City at Chicago
Los Angeles at Denver
New England at Carolina
NY Giants at NY Jets
Philadelphia at Indianapolis
Pittsburgh at New Orleans
WEEK 4 – SEPTEMBER 1-2
Baltimore at New Orleans
Buffalo at Detroit
Chicago at Cleveland
Denver at Arizona
Green Bay at Kansas City
Houston at Dallas
Indianapolis at Cincinnati
Jacksonville at Atlanta
Los Angeles at Minnesota
New England at N.Y. Giants
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh at Carolina
San Francisco at San Diego
Seattle at Oakland
Tennessee at Miami
Washington at Tampa Bay
2016 PRESEASON TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULE
AFC East
Buffalo
Indianapolis
N.Y. Giants
at Washington
at Detroit
Miami
at N.Y. Giants
at Dallas
Atlanta (NBC)
Tennessee
New England
New Orleans
Chicago
at Carolina
at N.Y. Giants
N.Y. Jets
Jacksonville
at Washington
N.Y. Giants
at Philadelphia
AFC North
Baltimore
Carolina
at Indianapolis
Detroit
at New Orleans
Cincinnati
Minnesota
at Detroit
at Jacksonville (NBC)
Indianapolis
Cleveland
at Green Bay
Atlanta
at Tampa Bay (CBS)
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Philadelphia
at New Orleans
at Carolina
AFC South
Houston
at San Francisco
New Orleans
Arizona (FOX)
at Dallas
Indianapolis
vs. Green Bay* (ESPN)
at Buffalo
Baltimore
Philadelphia
at Cincinnati
Jacksonville
at N.Y. Jets
Tampa Bay
Cincinnati (NBC)
at Atlanta
Tennessee
San Diego
Carolina
at Oakland (CBS)
at Miami
AFC West
Denver
at Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
at Arizona
Kansas City
Seattle
at Los Angeles
at Chicago
Green Bay
Oakland
at Arizona
at Green Bay
Tennessee (CBS)
Seattle
San Diego
at Tennessee
Arizona
at Minnesota (FOX)
San Francisco
NFC East
Dallas
at Los Angeles (ESPN)
Miami
at Seattle
Houston
N.Y. Giants
Miami
at Buffalo
at N.Y. Jets
New England
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
at Pittsburgh
at Indianapolis
N.Y. Jets
Washington
at Atlanta
N.Y. Jets
Buffalo
at Tampa Bay
NFC North
Chicago
Denver
at New England
Kansas City
at Cleveland
Detroit
at Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
at Baltimore
Buffalo
Green Bay
vs. Indianapolis* (ESPN)
Cleveland
Oakland
at San Francisco
at Kansas City
Minnesota
at Cincinnati
at Seattle
San Diego (FOX)
Los Angeles
NFC South
Atlanta
Washington
at Cleveland
at Miami (NBC)
Jacksonville
Carolina
at Baltimore
at Tennessee
New England
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
at New England
at Houston
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
at Philadelphia
at Jacksonville
Cleveland (CBS)
Washington
AFC West
Arizona
Oakland
at San Diego
at Houston (FOX)
Denver
Los Angeles
Dallas (ESPN)
Kansas City
at Denver
at Minnesota
San Francisco
Houston
at Denver
Green Bay
at San Diego
Seattle
at Kansas City
Minnesota
Dallas
at Oakland
*NFL/Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio
