NFL ON FOX KICKS-OFF SUPER BOWL SEASON SEPT. 12th IN HIGH DEFINITION

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Dallas at Green Bay, St. Louis at Carolina, Green Bay at Philadelphia and

SUPER BOWL XXXIX Among Regular and Postseason Highlights

FOX Sports Becomes First Network to Present Up To 6 Games Each Week in HD

2004 Preseason Schedule Features Thursday and Friday

Prime Time Games on August 19 and 27

The 2004 NFL on FOX season, one that will culminate with the live presentation of SUPER BOWL XXXIX, premieres Sunday, Sept. 12 with doubleheader coverage of seven games, highlighted by Joe Gibbs' return to the Redskins' sidelines when Washington hosts Tampa Bay, and Bill Parcells' Dallas Cowboys against the Minnesota Vikings. In total, FOX Sports broadcasts a 111-game regular season slate, including nine doubleheader Sundays, the traditional Thanksgiving Day game and two special late-season non-Sunday national broadcasts. Each week, coverage begins with FOX NFL SUNDAY (12:00-1:00 PM ET/9:00-10:00 AM PT), America's most watched pregame show for ten straight years, starring co-hosts James Brown and Terry Bradshaw, and analysts Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson.

FOX Sports' 2004 NFL regular and postseason broadcast schedule boasts an unprecedented presentation of high definition programming. Beginning Sept. 12, the network will present up to six games in 720p high definition every week during the regular season. In addition, all nationally televised regular and postseason games, including the NFC Championship Game and SUPER BOWL XXXIX, will be offered in the 720p (progressive) high definition format, which takes 60 razor sharp, complete pictures per second, producing spectacular moving images. No other network has ever produced as many as six NFL games in HD on the same day.

The NFL on FOX' eleventh season boasts 64 games featuring last season's playoff teams, including: the Seattle Seahawks (13); the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers (12); the NFC North champion Green Bay Packers (11); the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles (10); the NFC West champion St. Louis Rams (10); and the Dallas Cowboys (10). FOX' 2004 schedule also includes 12 games featuring the Washington Redskins' crusade for the Lombardi Trophy, back under the direction of the last man to lead the storied franchise to glory, head coach Joe Gibbs.

Once the playoff teams are determined, the NFL on FOX presents exclusive live postseason coverage, including: an NFC Wild Card Game on Sunday, Jan. 9; the NFC Divisional Playoffs, Saturday, Jan. 15 and Sunday, Jan. 16; the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 23 and culminates with SUPER BOWL XXXIX on Sunday, Feb. 7 from ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, FL.

This season's NFL on FOX coverage again kicks off with three regular-season NFL Europe League contests in June leading up to World Bowl 2004, the league's championship game, Saturday, June 12 (12:00 PM ET), live from Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

The NFL on FOX's 2004 preseason schedule features Jeremy Shockey and the re-tuned New York Giants against the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers, led by former Giant defensive coordinator John Fox, on Thursday, August 19 (8:00 PM ET), live from Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte. Eight days later on Friday, August 27 (8:00 PM ET), Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins visit Marshall Faulk and the defending AFC West Champion St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of the NFL on FOX. Bill Brown is Senior Producer. Scott Ackerson is the Coordinating Producer of FOX NFL SUNDAY.

Following is a complete list of games on the 2004 NFL on FOX regular and postseason broadcast schedules:



FOX SPORTS 2004 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULE

(ALL TIMES ET)

Sunday, September 12

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington Redskins

Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams

4:00 PM Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers

Sunday, September 19

1:00 PM Washington Redskins at New York Giants

Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons

San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints

Carolina Panthers at Kansas City Chiefs

4:00 PM Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers



Sunday, September 26

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions

Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons

New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Rams

4:00 PM Green Bay Packers at Indianapolis Colts

San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks

Sunday, October 3

1:00 PM New York Giants at Green Bay Packers

Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears

Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns

4:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

Sunday, October 10

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys

Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texans

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons

4:00 PM Carolina Panthers at Denver Broncos

Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks

Sunday, October 17

1:00 PM Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Redskins at Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets

Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots

Sunday, October 24

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions at New York Giants

St. Louis Rams at Miami Dolphins

Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs

4:00 PM Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers

Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

New Orleans Saints at Oakland Raiders

Sunday, October 31

1:00 PM Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys

Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins

New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills

4:00 PM Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos

Sunday, November 7

1:00 PM Dallas Cowboys at Cincinnati Bengals

Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins at Detroit Lions

Arizona Cardinals at Miami Dolphins

4:00 PM Chicago Bears at New York Giants

New Orleans Saints at San Diego Chargers

Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers

Sunday, November 14

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons

Chicago Bears at Tennessee Titans

Detroit Lions at Jacksonville Jaguars

Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams

4:00 PM Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers

Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers

New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals

Sunday, November 21

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers

Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings

Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore Ravens

St. Louis Rams at Buffalo Bills

4:00 PM Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles

Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants


Thursday, November 25 (Thanksgiving Day)

4:00 PM Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys

Sunday, November 28

1:00 PM Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants

Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers

4:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

Sunday, December 5

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams

Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

4:00 PM Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants at Washington Redskins

Sunday, December 12

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM New York Giants at Baltimore Ravens

Chicago Bears at Jacksonville Jaguars

New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys

Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings

Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

4:00 PM St. Louis Rams at Carolina Panthers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals

Saturday, December 18

5:00 PM Washington Redskins at San Francisco 49ers

Sunday, December 19

1:00 PM Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

Seattle Seahawks at New York Jets

Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions

4:00 PM New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals

Friday, December 24

3:00 PM Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

Sunday, December 26

(FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader)

1:00 PM New York Giants at Cincinnati Bengals

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions

Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

4:00 PM Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks

Sunday, January 2, 2005

1:00 PM Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins

Detroit Lions at Tennessee Titans

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

San Francisco 49ers at New England Patriots

4:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals

Sunday, January 9, 2005

NFC Wild Card Game (teams, site & time to be determined)

Saturday, January 15, 2005

NFC Divisional Playoff Game (teams, site & time to be determined)

Sunday, January 16, 2005

NFC Divisional Playoff Game (teams, site & time to be determined)

Sunday, January 23, 2005

NFC Championship Game (teams, site & time to be determined)

Sunday, February 7, 2005

SUPER BOWL XXXIX

ALLTEL STADIUM, Jacksonville, FL



-- FOX SPORTS --

I am SO GLAD I can talk about this now. It has been killing me!

[Gregg Lengling]

Great news that means we get 11 Packer regular season games in HD....of course now the question is will WITI get their signal on the air in time or will Directv beat them to the punch....either way it's a WinWin affair for us DieHard Packer fans.

[GBK]

why would they they don't have to until 2007.  They'll come up with another winner excuse to do absolutelly nothing on the antenna.  Their parking lot coverage is enough so satisfy Fox that they are broadcasting it... and that's it.  until analog goes off the air that useless station will continue to screw over the consumers.  Maybe some one should call contact 6 and find out if Katrina can do something about this problem :p

[The Law]

SWEET!!

Did you say 11 Packer Games in HD.

SWEET!!

All hail TWC for providing us with this, too (sorry, I had to )

[Tom Snyder]

I'm  harsh on Fox, but credit where credit is due.

This is awesome news, as it represents the one single thing that I've hoped for since the first time I saw HiDef TV back in the early nineties... HD Packer Football.

And now that just bit the bullet and got TWC Local HD, I don't have to anguish for the next 6 months wondering if WITI will get their full power HD signal up in time.

As much as I dislike TWC, it's worth it to me to pay the extra 6 bucks a month. Life is so much less stressful.

And there will be 3 Monday night, and one Sunday night game in guaranteed HD.  The biggest question mark is the lone CBS game.

Yes.. good news indeed.

[Joel S]

So, it is reasonable to think that we "may" have every packer game (reg season) in HD this year?!??!  All 11 on fox, 3 on ABC, 1 on CBS and 1 on ESPNHD??

This is great great news!!

I can't wait for Fall.

[StarvingForHDTV]

Thank God!

[borghe]

wow.. I mean really, wow....

well, if they don't have the tower switched over, I guess I'll just have to crank out the double bowtie... good thing I didn't sell it... hmm.. maybe I should have gotten the rotor on the antenna...

[Paulie]

I cannot find the Fox HD broadcast of the packers game today 9/26/2004.  It is blacked out on the Direct TV HD package.  I cant find the local fox HD braodcast.  Please help....

[tazman]

Supprizingly I was able to watch all of the game Sunday with only minor occasional glitches.  I sure am glad we have OTA and not have to worry about paid providers blacking out a local game on FOX.  Speaking of which.  Now that I have a FTA sat setup.  I had my choice of watching 3 or 4 other FOX NFL games running concurently with the Packer/Colts game on WITI 6.  They were on FTA locals on Gallaxy 10R.  Although not in HD, I still had the option of watching them.  So much for NFL Sunday Ticket.

[cobra01]

Unfortunately, here in Racine, WITI TV6 is a no show and so is the FOX signal from Green Bay.  I purchased NFL Sunday Ticket in hopes of seeing Packer Games in HD, but this year DirecTV has decided to start balcking out the broadcast.  I guess we'll just have to wait until WITI can get their broadcast to reach ALL of their viewing area.