Eagles sked is here

-Courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles today announced their 2008 schedule.

The Eagles will begin the regular season at Lincoln Financial Field for the first time since 2004 when they face the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, September 7. The Eagles last hosted the Rams on opening day in 2001.

They are slated to play five nationally-televised primetime contests in 2008, including a Thanksgiving night game at home vs. the Arizona Cardinals on NFL Network. The game will mark the Eagles first appearance on Thanksgiving Day since November 23, 1989, when they shutout the Cowboys, 27-0, in Dallas. Overall, the Eagles have a 3-1 record on Thanksgiving, including a 12-0 shutout at Detroit on November 28, 1968. The Eagles last hosted a Thanksgiving Day game in 1940, when they were shutout, 7-0, by Pittsburgh at Shibe Park. One year earlier, the Eagles defeated the Steelers, 17-14, at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia.

The 2008 schedule also features two Sunday Night Football games on NBC (at Chicago on September 28 and vs. the New York Giants on November 9) and two Monday Night Football contests on ESPN (at Dallas on September 15 and vs. Cleveland on December 15).


Philadelphia closes the regular season with three NFC East opponents in the month of December. They travel to New York to face the Giants on December 7 and to Washington to square off against the Redskins on December 21, before concluding their regular season campaign at home for the fifth straight year, as they host the Dallas Cowboys on December 28.


CBS Radio is the official radio broadcast partner of the Eagles. In 2008, all games will be simulcast on WYSP (94.1 FM) and WIP (610 AM). For more information on tickets and other Eagles events in 2008, please log on to philadelphiaeagles.com.


Philadelphia Eagles 2008 Schedule


PRESEASON
Date Opponent Time Network
Friday, August 8 at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm ETN/6ABC

Thursday, August 14 Carolina 8:00 pm FOX*

Friday, August 22 at New England 7:30 pm ETN/6ABC

Thursday, August 28 NY Jets 6:30 pm ETN/6ABC


REGULAR SEASON
Date Opponent Time Network

Sunday, September 7 St. Louis 1:00 pm FOX

Monday, September 15 at Dallas 8:30 pm ESPN*

Sunday, September 21 Pittsburgh 4:15 pm CBS*

Sunday, September 28 at Chicago 8:15 pm NBC*

Sunday, October 5 Washington 1:00 pm FOX

Sunday, October 12 at San Francisco 4:15 pm FOX

Sunday, October 19 BYE

Sunday, October 26 Atlanta 1:00 pm FOX

Sunday, November 2 at Seattle 4:15 pm FOX

Sunday, November 9 NY Giants 8:15 pm NBC*

Sunday, November 16 at Cincinnati 1:00 pm+ FOX

Sunday, November 23 at Baltimore 1:00 pm+ FOX

Thursday, November 27 Arizona 8:00 pm+ NFLN*

Sunday, December 7 at NY Giants 1:00 pm+ FOX

Monday, December 15 Cleveland 8:30 pm+ ESPN*

Sunday, December 21 at Washington 1:00 pm+ FOX

Sunday, December 28 Dallas 1:00 pm+ FOX

(all times are eastern)

* nationally televised game

+ game time subject to change due to flex scheduling

All Eagles games are simulcast on WYSP (94.1 FM) and WIP (610 AM)


PLAYOFFS

Wild Card Playoffs (NBC/CBS/FOX) … January 3-4

Divisional Playoff Games (CBS/FOX)… January 10-11

AFC/NFC Championship Games (CBS/FOX)… January 18

Super Bowl 43, Tampa, FL (NBC) … February 1

AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, HI (NBC)… February 8