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1996 NFL Schedules

1996 TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES

(All times local. All games Sunday unless otherwise noted. Home
games uppercased.)

[NFC]

ARIZONA CARDINALS

Sept. 1 at Indianapolis 12:00
8 MIAMI 5:00
15 at New England 1:00
22 at New Orleans 12:00
29 ST. LOUIS 1:00
Oct. 6 Open date
13 at Dallas 12:00
20 TAMPA BAY 1:00
27 NEW YORK JETS 2:00
Nov. 3 at New York Giants 1:00
10 at Washington 1:00
17 NEW YORK GIANTS 2:00
24 PHILADELPHIA 2:00
Dec. 1 at Minnesota 12:00
8 DALLAS 2:00
15 WASHINGTON 2:00
22 at Philadelphia 1:00

ATLANTA FALCONS

Sept. 1 at Carolina 1:00
8 MINNESOTA 1:00
15 OPEN DATE
22 PHILADELPHIA 8:00
29 at San Francisco 1:00
Oct. 6 at Detroit 1:00
13 HOUSTON 1:00
20 at Dallas 12:00
27 PITTSBURGH 1:00
Nov. 3 CAROLINA 1:00
10 at St. Louis 12:00
17 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
24 at Cincinnati 1:00
Dec. 2 SAN FRANCISCO
(Mon.) 9:00
8 at New Orleans 12:00
15 ST. LOUIS 1:00
22 at Jacksonville 1:00

CAROLINA PANTHERS

Sept. 1 ATLANTA 1:00
8 at New Orleans 12:00
15 OPEN DATE
22 SAN FRANCISCO 1:00
29 at Jacksonville 1:00
Oct. 6 at Minnesota 12:00
13 ST. LOUIS 1:00
20 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
27 at Philadelphia 1:00
Nov. 3 at Atlanta 1:00
10 NEW YORK GIANTS 8:00
17 at St. Louis 12:00
24 at Houston 12:00
Dec. 1 TAMPA BAY 1:00
8 at San Francisco 1:00
15 BALTIMORE 1:00
22 PITTSBURGH 1:00

CHICAGO BEARS

Sept. 2 DALLAS (Mon.) 8:00
8 at Washington 1:00
15 MINNESOTA 12:00
22 at Detroit 4:00
29 OAKLAND 12:00
Oct. 6 GREEN BAY 12:00
13 at New Orleans 12:00
20 OPEN DATE
28 at Minnesota
(Mon.) 8:00
Nov. 3 TAMPA BAY 12:00
10 at Denver 2:00
17 at Kansas City 12:00
24 DETROIT 12:00
Dec. 1 at Green Bay 12:00
8 ST. LOUIS 12:00
14 SAN DIEGO (Sat.) 3:00
22 at Tampa Bay 1:00

DALLAS COWBOYS

Sept. 2 at Chicago (Mon.) 8:00
8 NEW YORK GIANTS 3:00
15 INDIANAPOLIS 3:00
22 at Buffalo 4:00
30 at Philadelphia
(Mon.) 9:00
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
13 ARIZONA 12:00
20 ATLANTA 12:00
27 at Miami 4:00
Nov. 3 PHILADELPHIA 12:00
10 at San Francisco 1:00
18 GREEN BAY (Mon.) 8:00
24 at New York Giants 4:00
28 WASHINGTON (Thurs.)3:00
Dec. 8 at Arizona 2:00
15 NEW ENGLAND 12:00
22 at Washington 4:00

DETROIT LIONS

Sept. 1 at Minnesota 12:00
8 TAMPA BAY 1:00
15 at Philadelphia 1:00
22 CHICAGO 4:00
29 at Tampa Bay 1:00
Oct. 6 ATLANTA 1:00
13 at Oakland 1:00
20 OPEN DATE
27 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00
Nov. 3 at Green Bay 12:00
11 at San Diego (Mon.)6:00
17 SEATTLE 1:00
24 at Chicago 12:00
28 KANSAS CITY
(Thurs.) 12:30
Dec. 8 MINNESOTA 8:00
15 GREEN BAY 1:00
23 at San Francisco
(Mon.) 6:00

GREEN BAY PACKERS

Sept. 1 at Tampa Bay 4:00
9 PHILADELPHIA (Mon.)8:00
15 SAN DIEGO 12:00
22 at Minnesota 12:00
29 at Seattle 1:00
Oct. 6 at Chicago 12:00
14 SAN FRANCISCO
(Mon.) 8:00
20 OPEN DATE
27 TAMPA BAY 12:00
Nov. 3 DETROIT 12:00
10 at Kansas City 12:00
18 at Dallas (Mon.) 8:00
24 at St. Louis 7:00
Dec. 1 CHICAGO 12:00
8 DENVER 12:00
15 at Detroit 1:00
22 MINNESOTA 12:00

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Sept. 1 DETROIT 12:00
8 at Atlanta 1:00
15 at Chicago 12:00
22 GREEN BAY 12:00
29 at New York Giants 1:00
Oct. 6 CAROLINA 12:00
13 at Tampa Bay 1:00
20 OPEN DATE
28 CHICAGO (Mon.) 8:00
Nov. 3 KANSAS CITY 12:00
10 at Seattle 1:00
17 at Oakland 5:00
24 DENVER 12:00
Dec. 1 ARIZONA 12:00
8 at Detroit 8:00
15 TAMPA BAY 12:00
22 at Green Bay 12:00

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

Sept. 1 at San Francisco 1:00
8 CAROLINA 12:00
15 at Cincinnati 1:00
22 ARIZONA 12:00
29 at Baltimore 1:00
Oct. 6 JACKSONVILLE 3:00
13 CHICAGO 12:00
20 at Carolina 1:00
27 OPEN DATE
Nov. 3 SAN FRANCISCO 7:00
10 HOUSTON 12:00
17 at Atlanta 1:00
24 at Tampa Bay 1:00
Dec. 1 ST. LOUIS 3:00
8 ATLANTA 12:00
15 at New York Giants 1:00
21 at St. Louis (Sat.)3:00

NEW YORK GIANTS

Sept. 1 BUFFALO 8:00
8 at Dallas 3:00
15 WASHINGTON 4:00
22 at New York Jets 1:00
29 MINNESOTA 1:00
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
13 PHILADELPHIA 4:00
20 at Washington 1:00
27 at Detroit 1:00
Nov. 3 ARIZONA 1:00
10 at Carolina 8:00
17 at Arizona 2:00
24 DALLAS 4:00
Dec. 1 at Philadelphia 1:00
8 at Miami 1:00
15 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
21 NEW ENGLAND (Sat.)12:30

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Sept. 1 at Washington 1:00
9 at Green Bay (Mon.)8:00
15 DETROIT 1:00
22 at Atlanta 8:00
30 DALLAS (Mon.) 9:00
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
13 at New York Giants 4:00
20 MIAMI 1:00
27 CAROLINA 1:00
Nov. 3 at Dallas 12:00
10 BUFFALO 1:00
17 WASHINGTON 1:00
24 at Arizona 2:00
Dec. 1 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00
5 at Indianapolis
(Thurs.) 8:00
14 at New York Jets
(Sat.) 12:30
22 ARIZONA 1:00

ST. LOUIS RAMS

Sept. 1 CINCINNATI 12:00
8 at San Francisco 1:00
15 OPEN DATE
22 WASHINGTON 12:00
29 at Arizona 1:00
Oct. 6 SAN FRANCISCO 3:00
13 at Carolina 1:00
20 JACKSONVILLE 3:00
27 at Baltimore 1:00
Nov. 3 at Pittsburgh 1:00
10 ATLANTA 12:00
17 CAROLINA 12:00
24 GREEN BAY 7:00
Dec. 1 at New Orleans 3:00
8 at Chicago 12:00
15 at Atlanta 1:00
21 NEW ORLEANS (Sat.) 3:00

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

Sept. 1 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
8 ST. LOUIS 1:00
15 OPEN DATE
22 at Carolina 1:00
29 ATLANTA 1:00
Oct. 6 at St. Louis 3:00
14 at Green Bay (Mon.)8:00
20 CINCINNATI 1:00
27 at Houston 12:00
Nov. 3 at New Orleans 7:00
10 DALLAS 1:00
17 BALTIMORE 1:00
24 at Washington 1:00
Dec. 2 at Atlanta (Mon.) 9:00
8 CAROLINA 1:00
15 at Pittsburgh 1:00
23 DETROIT (Mon.) 6:00

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Sept. 1 GREEN BAY 4:00
8 at Detroit 1:00
15 at Denver 6:00
22 SEATTLE 1:00
29 DETROIT 1:00
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
13 MINNESOTA 1:00
20 at Arizona 1:00
27 at Green Bay 12:00
Nov. 3 at Chicago 12:00
10 OAKLAND 1:00
17 at San Diego 1:00
24 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
Dec. 1 at Carolina 1:00
8 WASHINGTON 1:00
15 at Minnesota 12:00
22 CHICAGO 1:00

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

Sept. 1 PHILADELPHIA 1:00
8 CHICAGO 1:00
15 at New York Giants 4:00
22 at St. Louis 12:00
29 NEW YORK JETS 8:00
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
13 at New England 1:00
20 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00
27 INDIANAPOLIS 1:00
Nov. 3 at Buffalo 4:00
10 ARIZONA 1:00
17 at Philadelphia 1:00
24 SAN FRANCISCO 1:00
28 at Dallas (Thurs.) 3:00
Dec. 8 at Tampa Bay 1:00
15 at Arizona 2:00
22 DALLAS 4:00

1996 TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES

(All times local. All games Sunday unless otherwise noted. Home
games uppercased.)

AFC

BALTIMORE RAVENS

Sept. 1 OAKLAND 1:00
8 at Pittsburgh 1:00
15 at Houston 12:00
22 OPEN DATE
29 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
Oct. 6 NEW ENGLAND 1:00
13 at Indianapolis 7:00
20 at Denver 2:00
27 ST. LOUIS 1:00
Nov. 3 CINCINNATI 1:00
10 at Jacksonville 4:00
17 at San Francisco 1:00
24 JACKSONVILLE 1:00
Dec. 1 PITTSBURGH 1:00
8 at Cincinnati 1:00
15 at Carolina 1:00
22 HOUSTON 1:00

BUFFALO BILLS

Sept. 1 at New York Giants 8:00
8 NEW ENGLAND 1:00
16 at Pittsburgh(Mon.)9:00
22 DALLAS 4:00
29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 INDIANAPOLIS 4:00
13 MIAMI 1:00
20 at New York Jets 4:00
27 at New England 8:00
Nov. 3 WASHINGTON 4:00
10 at Philadelphia 1:00
17 CINCINNATI 1:00
24 NEW YORK JETS 1:00
Dec. 1 at Indianapolis 1:00
8 at Seattle 1:00
16 at Miami (Mon.) 9:00
22 KANSAS CITY 1:00

CINCINNATI BENGALS

Sept. 1 at St. Louis 12:00
8 at San Diego 1:00
15 NEW ORLEANS 1:00
22 OPEN DATE
29 DENVER 1:00
Oct. 6 HOUSTON 8:00
13 at Pittsburgh 1:00
20 at San Francisco 1:00
27 JACKSONVILLE 1:00
Nov. 3 at Baltimore 1:00
10 PITTSBURGH 1:00
17 at Buffalo 1:00
24 ATLANTA 1:00
Dec. 1 at Jacksonville 1:00
8 BALTIMORE 1:00
15 at Houston 12:00
22 INDIANAPOLIS 1:00

DENVER BRONCOS

Sept. 1 NEW YORK JETS 2:00
8 at Seattle 1:00
15 TAMPA BAY 6:00
22 at Kansas City 12:00
29 at Cincinnati 1:00
Oct. 6 SAN DIEGO 2:00
13 OPEN DATE
20 BALTIMORE 2:00
27 KANSAS CITY 2:00
Nov. 4 at Oakland (Mon.) 6:00
10 CHICAGO 2:00
17 at New England 1:00
24 at Minnesota 12:00
Dec. 1 SEATTLE 2:00
8 at Green Bay 12:00
15 OAKLAND 2:00
22 at San Diego 5:00

HOUSTON OILERS

Sept. 1 KANSAS CITY 12:00
8 at Jacksonville 1:00
15 BALTIMORE 12:00
22 OPEN DATE
29 at Pittsburgh 1:00
Oct. 6 at Cincinnati 8:00
13 at Atlanta 1:00
20 PITTSBURGH 3:00
27 SAN FRANCISCO 12:00
Nov. 3 at Seattle 1:00
10 at New Orleans 12:00
17 MIAMI 3:00
24 CAROLINA 12:00
Dec. 1 at New York Jets 4:00
8 JACKSONVILLE 12:00
15 CINCINNATI 12:00
22 at Baltimore 1:00

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Sept. 1 ARIZONA 12:00
8 at New York Jets 1:00
15 at Dallas 3:00
23 MIAMI (Mon.) 8:00
29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 at Buffalo 4:00
13 BALTIMORE 7:00
20 NEW ENGLAND 12:00
27 at Washington 1:00
Nov. 3 SAN DIEGO 1:00
10 at Miami 1:00
17 NEW YORK JETS 1:00
24 at New England 1:00
Dec. 1 BUFFALO 1:00
5 PHILADELPHIA
(Thurs.) 8:00
15 at Kansas City 12:00
22 at Cincinnati 1:00

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

Sept. 1 PITTSBURGH 1:00
8 HOUSTON 1:00
15 at Oakland 1:00
22 at New England 4:00
29 CAROLINA 1:00
Oct. 6 at New Orleans 3:00
13 NEW YORK JETS 1:00
20 at St. Louis 3:00
27 at Cincinnati 1:00
Nov. 3 OPEN DATE
10 BALTIMORE 4:00
17 at Pittsburgh 1:00
24 at Baltimore 1:00
Dec. 1 CINCINNATI 1:00
8 at Houston 12:00
15 SEATTLE 8:00
22 ATLANTA 1:00

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

Sept. 1 at Houston 12:00
8 OAKLAND 12:00
15 at Seattle 1:00
22 DENVER 12:00
29 at San Diego 1:00
Oct. 7 PITTSBURGH (Mon.) 8:00
13 OPEN DATE
17 SEATTLE (Thurs.) 7:00
27 at Denver 2:00
Nov. 3 at Minnesota 12:00
10 GREEN BAY 12:00
17 CHICAGO 12:00
24 SAN DIEGO 12:00
28 at Detroit
(Thurs.) 12:30
Dec. 9 at Oakland (Mon.) 6:00
15 INDIANAPOLIS 12:00
22 at Buffalo 1:00

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Sept. 1 NEW ENGLAND 4:00
8 at Arizona 5:00
15 NEW YORK JETS 1:00
23 at Indianapolis
(Mon.) 8:00
29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 SEATTLE 1:00
13 at Buffalo 1:00
20 at Philadelphia 1:00
27 DALLAS 4:00
Nov. 3 at New England 4:00
10 INDIANAPOLIS 1:00
17 at Houston 3:00
25 PITTSBURGH (Mon.) 9:00
Dec. 1 at Oakland 1:00
8 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00
16 BUFFALO (Mon.) 9:00
22 at New York Jets 1:00

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Sept. 1 at Miami 4:00
8 at Buffalo 1:00
15 ARIZONA 1:00
22 JACKSONVILLE 4:00
29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 at Baltimore 1:00
13 WASHINGTON 1:00
20 at Indianapolis 12:00
27 BUFFALO 8:00
Nov. 3 MIAMI 4:00
10 at New York Jets 1:00
17 DENVER 1:00
24 INDIANAPOLIS 1:00
Dec. 1 at San Diego 5:00
8 NEW YORK JETS 4:00
15 at Dallas 12:00
21 at New York Giants
(Sat.) 12:30

NEW YORK JETS

Sept. 1 at Denver 2:00
8 INDIANAPOLIS 1:00
15 at Miami 1:00
22 NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00
29 at Washington 8:00
Oct. 6 OAKLAND 1:00
13 at Jacksonville 1:00
20 BUFFALO 4:00
27 at Arizona 2:00
Nov. 3 OPEN DATE
10 NEW ENGLAND 1:00
17 at Indianapolis 1:00
24 at Buffalo 1:00
Dec. 1 HOUSTON 4:00
8 at New England 4:00
14 PHILADELPHIA
(Sat.) 12:30
22 MIAMI 1:00

OAKLAND RAIDERS

Sept. 1 at Baltimore 1:00
8 at Kansas City 12:00
15 JACKSONVILLE 1:00
22 SAN DIEGO 1:00
29 at Chicago 12:00
Oct. 6 at New York Jets 1:00
13 DETROIT 1:00
21 at San Diego (Mon.)6:00
27 OPEN DATE
Nov. 4 DENVER (Mon.) 6:00
10 at Tampa Bay 1:00
17 MINNESOTA 5:00
24 at Seattle 1:00
Dec. 1 MIAMI 1:00
9 KANSAS CITY (Mon.) 6:00
15 at Denver 2:00
22 SEATTLE 1:00

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Sept. 1 at Jacksonville 1:00
8 BALTIMORE 1:00
16 BUFFALO (Mon.) 9:00
22 OPEN DATE
29 HOUSTON 1:00
Oct. 7 at Kansas City
(Mon.) 8:00
13 CINCINNATI 1:00
20 at Houston 3:00
27 at Atlanta 1:00
Nov. 3 ST. LOUIS 1:00
10 at Cincinnati 1:00
17 JACKSONVILLE 1:00
25 at Miami (Mon.) 9:00
Dec. 1 at Baltimore 1:00
8 SAN DIEGO 1:00
15 SAN FRANCISCO 1:00
22 at Carolina 1:00

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

Sept. 1 SEATTLE 1:00
8 CINCINNATI 1:00
15 at Green Bay 12:00
22 at Oakland 1:00
29 KANSAS CITY 1:00
Oct. 6 at Denver 2:00
13 OPEN DATE
21 OAKLAND (Mon.) 6:00
27 at Seattle 1:00
Nov. 3 at Indianapolis 1:00
11 DETROIT (Mon.) 6:00
17 TAMPA BAY 1:00
24 at Kansas City 12:00
Dec. 1 NEW ENGLAND 5:00
8 at Pittsburgh 1:00
14 at Chicago (Sat.) 3:00
22 DENVER 5:00

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Sept. 1 at San Diego 1:00
8 DENVER 1:00
15 KANSAS CITY 1:00
22 at Tampa Bay 1:00
29 GREEN BAY 1:00
Oct. 6 at Miami 1:00
13 OPEN DATE
17 at Kansas City
(Thurs.) 7:00
27 SAN DIEGO 1:00
Nov. 3 HOUSTON 1:00
10 MINNESOTA 1:00
17 at Detroit 1:00
24 OAKLAND 1:00
Dec. 1 at Denver 2:00
8 BUFFALO 1:00
15 at Jacksonville 8:00
22 at Oakland 1:00

1996 WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULES
(All times local.)

WEEK 1

Sunday, Sept. 1

Arizona at Indianapolis 12:00
Atlanta at Carolina 1:00
Cincinnati at St. Louis 12:00
Detroit at Minnesota 12:00
Green Bay at Tampa Bay 4:00
Kansas City at Houston 12:00
New England at Miami 4:00
New Orleans at San Francisco 1:00
New York Jets at Denver 2:00
Oakland at Baltimore 1:00
Philadelphia at Washington 1:00
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 1:00
Seattle at San Diego 1:00
Buffalo at New York Giants 8:00

Monday, Sept. 2

Dallas at Chicago 8:00

WEEK 2

Sunday, Sept. 8

Baltimore at Pittsburgh 1:00
Carolina at New Orleans 12:00
Chicago at Washington 1:00
Cincinnati at San Diego 1:00
Denver at Seattle 1:00
Houston at Jacksonville 1:00
Indianapolis at New York Jets 1:00
Minnesota at Atlanta 1:00
New England at Buffalo 1:00
New York Giants at Dallas 3:00
Oakland at Kansas City 12:00
St. Louis at San Francisco 1:00
Tampa Bay at Detroit 1:00
Miami at Arizona 5:00
Monday, Sept. 9
Philadelphia at Green Bay 8:00

WEEK 3

Sunday, Sept. 15

Arizona at New England 1:00
Baltimore at Houston 12:00
Detroit at Philadelphia 1:00
Indianapolis at Dallas 3:00
Jacksonville at Oakland 1:00
Kansas City at Seattle 1:00
Minnesota at Chicago 12:00
New Orleans at Cincinnati 1:00
New York Jets at Miami 1:00
San Diego at Green Bay 12:00
Washington at New York Giants 4:00
Tampa Bay at Denver 6:00

Monday, Sept. 16

Buffalo at Pittsburgh 9:00

Open date: Atlanta, Carolina, St. Louis, San Francisco

WEEK 4

Sunday, Sept. 22

Arizona at New Orleans 12:00
Chicago at Detroit 4:00
Dallas at Buffalo 4:00
Denver at Kansas City 12:00
Green Bay at Minnesota 12:00
Jacksonville at New England 4:00
New York Giants at New York Jets 1:00
San Diego at Oakland 1:00
San Francisco at Carolina 1:00
Seattle at Tampa Bay 1:00
Washington at St. Louis 12:00
Philadelphia at Atlanta 8:00

Monday, Sept. 23

Miami at Indianapolis 8:00

Open date: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Pittsburgh

WEEK 5

Sunday, Sept. 29

Atlanta at San Francisco 1:00
Carolina at Jacksonville 1:00
Denver at Cincinnati 1:00
Detroit at Tampa Bay 1:00
Green Bay at Seattle 1:00
Houston at Pittsburgh 1:00
Kansas City at San Diego 1:00
Minnesota at New York Giants 1:00
New Orleans at Baltimore 1:00
Oakland at Chicago 12:00
St. Louis at Arizona 1:00
New York Jets at Washington 8:00

Monday, Sept. 30

Dallas at Philadelphia 9:00

Open date: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Miami, New England

WEEK 6

Sunday, Oct. 6

Atlanta at Detroit 1:00
Carolina at Minnesota 12:00
Green Bay at Chicago 12:00
Indianapolis at Buffalo 4:00
Jacksonville at New Orleans 3:00
New England at Baltimore 1:00
Oakland at New York Jets 1:00
San Diego at Denver 2:00
San Francisco at St. Louis 3:00
Seattle at Miami 1:00
Houston at Cincinnati 8:00

Monday, Oct. 7

Pittsburgh at Kansas City 8:00

Open date: Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Tampa
Bay, Washington

WEEK 7

Sunday, Oct. 13

Arizona at Dallas 12:00
Chicago at New Orleans 12:00
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 1:00
Detroit at Oakland 1:00
Houston at Atlanta 1:00
Miami at Buffalo 1:00
Minnesota at Tampa Bay 1:00
New York Jets at Jacksonville 1:00
Philadelphia at New York Giants 4:00
St. Louis at Carolina 1:00
Washington at New England 1:00
Baltimore at Indianapolis 7:00

Monday, Oct. 14

San Francisco at Green Bay 8:00

Open date: Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct. 17

Seattle at Kansas City 7:00

Sunday, Oct. 20

Atlanta at Dallas 12:00
Baltimore at Denver 2:00
Buffalo at New York Jets 4:00
Cincinnati at San Francisco 1:00
Jacksonville at St. Louis 3:00
Miami at Philadelphia 1:00
New England at Indianapolis 12:00
New Orleans at Carolina 1:00
New York Giants at Washington 1:00
Pittsburgh at Houston 3:00
Tampa Bay at Arizona 1:00

Monday, Oct. 21

Oakland at San Diego 6:00

Open date: Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota

WEEK 9

Sunday, Oct. 27

Carolina at Philadelphia 1:00
Dallas at Miami 4:00
Indianapolis at Washington 1:00
Jacksonville at Cincinnati 1:00
Kansas City at Denver 2:00
New York Giants at Detroit 1:00
New York Jets at Arizona 2:00
Pittsburgh at Atlanta 1:00
St. Louis at Baltimore 1:00
San Diego at Seattle 1:00
San Francisco at Houston 12:00
Tampa Bay at Green Bay 12:00
Buffalo at New England 8:00

Monday, Oct. 28

Chicago at Minnesota 8:00

Open date: New Orleans, Oakland

WEEK 10

Sunday, Nov. 3

Arizona at New York Giants 1:00
Carolina at Atlanta 1:00
Cincinnati at Baltimore 1:00
Detroit at Green Bay 12:00
Houston at Seattle 1:00
Kansas City at Minnesota 12:00
Miami at New England 4:00
Philadelphia at Dallas 12:00
St. Louis at Pittsburgh 1:00
San Diego at Indianapolis 1:00
Tampa Bay at Chicago 12:00
Washington at Buffalo 4:00
San Francisco at New Orleans 7:00

Monday, Nov. 4

Denver at Oakland 6:00

Open date: Jacksonville, New York Jets

WEEK 11

Sunday, Nov. 10

Arizona at Washington 1:00
Atlanta at St. Louis 12:00
Baltimore at Jacksonville 4:00
Buffalo at Philadelphia 1:00
Chicago at Denver 2:00
Dallas at San Francisco 1:00
Green Bay at Kansas City 12:00
Houston at New Orleans 12:00
Indianapolis at Miami 1:00
Minnesota at Seattle 1:00
New England at New York Jets 1:00
Oakland at Tampa Bay 1:00
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 1:00
New York Giants at Carolina 8:00

Monday, Nov. 11

Detroit at San Diego 6:00

WEEK 12

Sunday, Nov. 17

Baltimore at San Francisco 1:00
Carolina at St. Louis 12:00
Chicago at Kansas City 12:00
Cincinnati at Buffalo 1:00
Denver at New England 1:00
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh 1:00
Miami at Houston 3:00
New Orleans at Atlanta 1:00
New York Giants at Arizona 2:00
New York Jets at Indianapolis 1:00
Seattle at Detroit 1:00
Tampa Bay at San Diego 1:00
Washington at Philadelphia 1:00
Minnesota at Oakland 5:00

Monday, Nov. 18

Green Bay at Dallas 8:00

WEEK 13

Sunday, Nov. 24

Atlanta at Cincinnati 1:00
Carolina at Houston 12:00
Dallas at New York Giants 4:00
Denver at Minnesota 12:00
Detroit at Chicago 12:00
Indianapolis at New England 1:00
Jacksonville at Baltimore 1:00
New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00
New York Jets at Buffalo 1:00
Oakland at Seattle 1:00
Philadelphia at Arizona 2:00
San Diego at Kansas City 12:00
San Francisco at Washington 1:00
Green Bay at St. Louis 7:00

Monday, Nov. 25

Pittsburgh at Miami 9:00

WEEK 14

Thursday, Nov. 28

Kansas City at Detroit 12:30
Washington at Dallas 3:00

Sunday, Dec. 1

Arizona at Minnesota 12:00
Buffalo at Indianapolis 1:00
Chicago at Green Bay 12:00
Cincinnati at Jacksonville 1:00
Houston at New York Jets 4:00
Miami at Oakland 1:00
New York Giants at Philadelphia 1:00
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 1:00
St. Louis at New Orleans 3:00
Seattle at Denver 2:00
Tampa Bay at Carolina 1:00
New England at San Diego 5:00

Monday, Dec. 2
San Francisco at Atlanta 9:00

WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 5

Philadelphia at Indianapolis 8:00

Sunday, Dec. 8

Atlanta at New Orleans 12:00
Baltimore at Cincinnati 1:00
Buffalo at Seattle 1:00
Carolina at San Francisco 1:00
Dallas at Arizona 2:00
Denver at Green Bay 12:00
Jacksonville at Houston 12:00
New York Giants at Miami 1:00
New York Jets at New England 4:00
St. Louis at Chicago 12:00
San Diego at Pittsburgh 1:00
Washington at Tampa Bay 1:00
Minnesota at Detroit 8:00

Monday, Dec. 9

Kansas City at Oakland 6:00

WEEK 16

Saturday, Dec. 14

Philadelphia at New York Jets 12:30
San Diego at Chicago 3:00

Sunday, Dec. 15

Baltimore at Carolina 1:00
Cincinnati at Houston 12:00
Green Bay at Detroit 1:00
Indianapolis at Kansas City 12:00
New England at Dallas 12:00
New Orleans at New York Giants 1:00
Oakland at Denver 2:00
St. Louis at Atlanta 1:00
San Francisco at Pittsburgh 1:00
Tampa Bay at Minnesota 12:00
Washington at Arizona 2:00
Seattle at Jacksonville 8:00

Monday, Dec. 16

Buffalo at Miami 9:00

WEEK 17

Saturday, Dec. 21

New England at New York Giants 12:30
New Orleans at St. Louis 3:00

Sunday, Dec. 22

Arizona at Philadelphia 1:00
Atlanta at Jacksonville 1:00
Chicago at Tampa Bay 1:00
Dallas at Washington 4:00
Houston at Baltimore 1:00
Indianapolis at Cincinnati 1:00
Kansas City at Buffalo 1:00
Miami at New York Jets 1:00
Minnesota at Green Bay 12:00
Pittsburgh at Carolina 1:00
Seattle at Oakland 1:00
Denver at San Diego 5:00

Monday, Dec. 23

Detroit at San Francisco 6:00

1996 NATIONALLY TELEVISED NFL GAMES

Sunday, Sept. 1
Buffalo at New York Giants 8:00 TNT

Monday, Sept. 2
Dallas at Chicago 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Sept. 8
Miami at Arizona 5:00 TNT

Monday, Sept. 9
Philadelphia at Green Bay 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Sept. 15
Tampa Bay at Denver 6:00 TNT

Monday, Sept. 16
Buffalo at Pittsburgh 9:00 ABC

Sunday, Sept. 22
Philadelphia at Atlanta 8:00 TNT

Monday, Sept. 23
Miami at Indianapolis 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Sept. 29
New York Jets at Washington 8:00 TNT

Monday, Sept. 30
Dallas at Philadelphia 9:00 ABC

Sunday, Oct. 6
Houston at Cincinnati 8:00 TNT

Monday, Oct. 7
Pittsburgh at Kansas City 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Oct. 13
Baltimore at Indianapolis 7:00 TNT

Monday, Oct. 14
San Francisco at Green Bay 8:00 ABC

Thursday, Oct. 17
Seattle at Kansas City 7:00 TNT

Monday, Oct. 21
Oakland at San Diego 6:00 ABC

Sunday, Oct. 27
Buffalo at New England 8:00 TNT

Monday, Oct. 28
Chicago at Minnesota 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Nov. 3
San Francisco at New Orleans 7:00 ESPN

Monday, Nov. 4
Denver at Oakland 6:00 ABC

Sunday, Nov. 10
New York Giants at Carolina 8:00 ESPN

Monday, Nov. 11
Detroit at San Diego 6:00 ABC

Sunday, Nov. 17
Minnesota at Oakland 5:00 ESPN

Monday, Nov. 18
Green Bay at Dallas 8:00 ABC

Sunday, Nov. 24
Green Bay at St. Louis 7:00 ESPN

Monday, Nov. 25
Pittsburgh at Miami 9:00 ABC

Thursday, Nov. 28
Kansas City at Detroit 12:30 NBC
Washington at Dallas 3:00 FOX

Sunday, Dec. 1
New England at San Diego 5:00 ESPN

Monday, Dec. 2
San Francisco at Atlanta 9:00 ABC

Thursday, Dec. 5
Philadelphia at Indianapolis 8:00 ESPN

Sunday, Dec. 8
Minnesota at Detroit 8:00 ESPN

Monday, Dec. 9
Kansas City at Oakland 6:00 ABC

Sunday, Dec. 15
Seattle at Jacksonville 8:00 ESPN

Monday, Dec. 16
Buffalo at Miami 9:00 ABC

Saturday, Dec. 21
New England at New York Giants 12:30 NBC
New Orleans at St. Louis 3:00 FOX

Sunday, Dec. 22
Denver at San Diego 5:00 ESPN

Monday, Dec. 23
Detroit at San Francisco 6:00 ABC

POSTSEASON SCHEDULE

Saturday, Dec. 28
AFC and NFC wild-card playoffs (ABC)

Sunday, Dec. 29
AFC and NFC wild-card playoffs (NBC, FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 4
AFC and NFC divisional playoffs (NBC, FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 5
AFC and NFC divisional playoffs (NBC, FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 12
AFC and NFC Championship Games (NBC, FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 26
Super Bowl XXXI, at Superdome, New Orleans (FOX)

Sunday, Feb. 2
Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu (ABC)

COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Football player's wrapped hands holding helmet]