NFL annouces 'Opening Weekend', Thanksgiving Schedule - Broncos host Turkey Day Night Game
by John Bena on Mar 23, 2009 3:42 PM MDT
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The NFL announced today its 2009 Kickoff Weekend primetime television schedule - including a Monday night "AFL 50th" doubleheader - and the Thanksgiving Day national TV tripleheader.
For the first time in 46 seasons and only the third time in club history, the Denver Broncos will host a Thanksgiving game when they play the New York Giants on Thursday, Nov. 26, at 6:20 p.m. MST at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The game will be televised on NFL Network.
A few notes on Denver's Thanksgiving game against the Giants:
* - The Broncos last played at home on Thanksgiving on Nov. 28, 1963, when they lost 26-10 to Oakland at Bears Stadium.
* - The Broncos will be making their 11th all-time appearance on Thanksgiving in 2009. The club is 3-7 all-time on Thanksgiving, posting an 0-2 mark at home and a 3-5 record on the road.
* - Denver is set to play on Thanksgiving for the third time in the last five seasons in 2009. The Broncos last played on Thanksgiving on Nov. 23, 2006, when Kansas City defeated them 19-10 at Arrowhead Stadium.
* - The Broncos' game against the Giants marks the fourth consecutive season that the club will make an appearance on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football. Denver is 1-2 all-time on the program.
* - Denver played in NFL Network's first-ever regular-season game broadcast on Nov. 23, 2006 (19-10 loss at Kansas City on Thanksgiving), and also appeared on the network's Thursday Night Football telecast in 2007 (31-13 loss at Houston on Dec. 13, 2007) and 2008 (34-30 win at Cleveland on Nov. 6, 2008).
* - With their Thanksgiving game against the Giants, the Broncos will play on a Thursday for the fifth consecutive season. They are 2-2 during that stretch and own a 4-9 all-time record on Thursdays (0-3 home / 4-6 road). Denver will host a Thursday game for the first time since Sept. 6, 1979, when it lost 13-9 to the Los Angeles Rams at Mile High Stadium.
BRONCOS ALL-TIME ON THANKSGIVING
(3-7 overall record / 0-2 home / 3-5 road)
at Kansas City 19, Denver 10, Nov. 23, 2006
Denver 24, at Dallas 21, Nov. 24, 2005 (OT)
Denver 26, at Dallas 24, Nov. 22, 2001
at Detroit 40, Denver 27, Nov. 22, 1990
at Detroit 17, Denver 14, Nov. 23, 1978
Denver 31, at Detroit 27, Nov. 28, 1974
at Kansas City 31, Denver 17, Nov. 27, 1969
at San Diego 24, Denver 20, Nov. 23, 1967
Oakland 26, at Denver 10, Nov. 28, 1963
New York Titans 46, at Denver 45, Nov. 22, 1962
In a tradition that began in 2004, the Super Bowl champion annually hosts the NFL Thursday night season kickoff the following year. This September 10 at 8:30 PM ET on NBC, the Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers will host the AFC South champion Tennessee Titans, who had an NFL-best 13-3 record last season.
The Sunday night primetime game (8:30 PM ET) on NBC will feature a division matchup as the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears. Green Bay and Chicago have won seven of the past eight NFC North titles.
On Monday night, September 14, ESPN will host a Monday Night Football doubleheader that will be part of the NFL's celebration of the 50th anniversary season of the American Football League. The four clubs competing that night began playing in the inaugural 1960 AFL season. The first game (7:00 PM ET) will send the Buffalo Bills to Foxboro to visit the New England Patriots, the decade's winningest team (102-42 since 2000). The MNF nightcap (10:15 PM ET) will be an AFC West battle as the Oakland Raiders host the three-time defending AFC West champion San Diego Chargers.
Continuing an innovation introduced in 2006, the NFL will serve up three nationally-televised games on Thanksgiving Day.
The early game (FOX, 12:30 PM ET) will be an NFC North meeting of the Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions. The second game (CBS, 4:15 PM ET) features the Oakland Raiders visiting the Dallas Cowboys in the Raiders' first Thanksgiving game since 1970.
The Thanksgiving primetime game will be at 8:20 PM ET on NFL Network with the defending NFC East champion New York Giants visiting the Denver Broncos, marking the first Thanksgiving contest in Denver since 1963.
The announcement of the Kickoff Weekend and Thanksgiving games was made Monday by NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL at the NFL Annual Meeting in Dana Point, California.
The rest of the 2009 regular-season schedule will be completed and announced in April.
The 2009 Kickoff Weekend national primetime and Thanksgiving Day television games:
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KICKOFF WEEKEND |
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DATE |
DAY |
OPPONENTS |
NETWORK |
TIME (ET) |
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September 10 |
Thursday |
Tennessee at Pittsburgh |
NBC |
8:30 PM |
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September 13 |
Sunday |
Chicago at Green Bay |
NBC |
8:30 PM |
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September 14 |
Monday |
Buffalo at New England |
ESPN |
7:00 PM |
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San Diego at Oakland |
ESPN |
10:15 PM |
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THANKSGIVING |
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DATE |
DAY |
OPPONENTS |
NETWORK |
TIME (ET) |
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November 26 |
Thursday |
Green Bay at Detroit |
FOX |
12:30 PM |
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Oakland at Dallas |
CBS |
4:15 PM |
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New York Giants at Denver |
NFL Network |
8:20 PM |
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Man, I hate Thurday night games, but at least I can watch the Broncos from home
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"McDaniels must go!" - Broncoman
And is it me, but why oh why do we have to suffer with Detroit and Dallas games
every Thansgiving, in fact, I think Detroit desereves to be banned from national TV for at least three years for last years debacle.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"McDaniels must go!" - Broncoman
It's a tradition that needs
to die, indeed.
Though it wouldn’t be a Thanksgiving without a real turkey of a game/team, I guess.
I hate Thursday night games, because I never get to watch them...I hate the NFL Network.
What I want the Broncos to do before the start of next season:
1) Improve the defense drastically.
2) Improve terms with Jay Cutler.
3) Talk Jay into firing Bus Cook as his agent.
4) Sign Torry Holt to a 1 year deal.
Let's go BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow that 1963 game must of been exciting 91 points
Someone should see if we can find a press clipping or story on that game.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"McDaniels must go!" - Broncoman
Here is the Box Score from that 1962 Turkey Day game vs the Titans
click on the link
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196211220den.htm
"If Denver beats us, I'll walk back to Detroit" - Alex Karras
by Denver Diehard on Mar 23, 2009 7:08 PM MDT up reply actions
The AFC getting alot of love opening weekend.
3 of the 4 games involve AFC teams in conference matchups. I guess we know what sells.
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There should
be a local broadcast of the game in NYC and Denver.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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Local broadcast
of the NFL Network’s feed, that is.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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Probably the biggest reason why I got rid of Time Warner and got me direcTV.
of course the Sunday Ticket doesn’t hurt either.
Now if they would just put all the preseason games on the Sunday Ticket so I could watch all of them.
by Chuck "DeadDrunk" Breedlove on Mar 23, 2009 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm with you!
BOO the T.W.
However, this does give us an excuse (if needed) to slip out to the local sports bar Thanksgiving night for a night cap the Bronco Way.
My roots are in Denver and my branches in Nebraska.
by Blackshirt4Broncos on Mar 23, 2009 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Great.
What’s supposed to be a nice evening with family on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 will surely become a day full of nervous drinking and daddy yelling obsenities (good and bad, I’m sure) at the TV from the dinner table.
"Talking tough is easy when it's other people's evil and you're judging what they do or don't believe. It seems to me you'd have to have a hole you're own to point a finger at somebody else's sheet" -- Mike Cooley
In my case...
…it will likely be my daughter and me at my fahter-in-law’s place. He has the NFLN, and a terrific, giant leather couch. (My wife will skip the game).
Few things as nice as cuddling with a second grader in front of a Broncos game.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Mar 23, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Sit on the BIG couch, HT!
We don’t want you sitting on a GIANT couch whilst the Broncos play the G-Men… One might be inclined to question your loyalties, and we can’t have that for one of our resident “footballologists”
Just kidding…..
… but really… make sure to sit on the BIG couch.
13-3 BABY!
~Davus.X~
Est. 1967
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 42 years
Newest Resident of La-La-Land! Mike Clark for President!
13-3 BABY!
I refer you to my attorneys...
…namely TrinidadJack and Bradley, who are quick to point out that I used “a giant” as opposed to “a giants” couch. I also demonstrated good faith because the “g” is not capitalized (I don’t capitalize “raiders”, but do capitalize all other teams), further indicating that I meant “giant” as in “big”.
I was in no way refering to the NYG’s. I categoricaly deny that I would sit on a team couch other than a Broncos couch.
If this causes anyone a problem, then I want to be traded. Wait, I’ve got Cook on the other line…
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Mar 23, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Tell Bus I said "Hey"
and that he can drop Cutler off at Broncos HQ on his way out of town… I-70 or I-25 would be his best bet for an expedient egress once we have our QB back.
Oh… and I’ll acquiesce this round of semantics to you. I do believe you’ve fully covered any counter I could have made.
You may sit on the giant couch :P
~Davus.X~
Est. 1967
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 42 years
Newest Resident of La-La-Land! Mike Clark for President!
13-3 BABY!
I want to see bus on 36 between Boulder and Lyons
http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 23, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmm... that's kind of a deserted stretch of hiway, Jon...
Please don’t inform me of your plans…
Plausible Deniability is a good thing, sometimes LOL
~Davus.X~
Est. 1967
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 42 years
Newest Resident of La-La-Land! Mike Clark for President!
13-3 BABY!
Actually
My dream would be for bus to be tied standing up in the middle of the feild at the 40 yard line for the opening kickoff at the first game. That would truly be entertainment in my opinion(as well as justice).
by broncosorbust on Mar 23, 2009 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
well
as someone who traveled that highway back and forth for 2 1/2 years i can find some places for bus
http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 23, 2009 8:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I want to see him on Pena...
By himse;f, crying, flting the hell out of Denver and NEVER retruning!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Our client was quoted out of context!
Furthermore, to the best of our current recollection our client is not now, nor has he ever had any intercourse with any member of that organization.
In the future, please refer any other questions you may have concerning this matter to our offices and mark them, “Attention: waste basket” to expedite speedy and accurate handling.
Thank you.
If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!
by Trinidad Jack on Mar 23, 2009 5:27 PM MDT up reply actions
ROFL!!! Duly noted...
~Davus.X~
Est. 1967
Bleeding Orange and Blue for 42 years
Newest Resident of La-La-Land! Mike Clark for President!
13-3 BABY!
What's With The Raiders Love???
The get to be on both the opening MNF broadcast and the Thanksgiving special. You’d think the NFL would want to showcase better teams…
Don't we like seeing
the Raiders humiliate themselves on national tv?
Have a good time all the time...that's my motto. - Viv Savage
yes
http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif
"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 23, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
everyone hates the faders (not just Broncos fans)...
everyone likes seeing them humiliate themselves on national tv.
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
by PosterNutbag on Mar 23, 2009 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
As well as those close-ups of Al Davis when his team is losing.
2007-08 MVP: Kobe Bryant
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
If I am not mistaken....
wasn’t the last time the Giants visited Invesco, the first game ever played there? As I recall, the Broncos won, but Ed McCaffrey broke his leg…
"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy
Mom is going to be pissed when I'm not there for Turkey Day dinner.
Sorry Mom!
"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!
Sweet!
This’ll be great. My brother is a big fan of the Giants. I’m (obviously) a big Broncos fan. And despite the fact that neither of us have the NFL Network where we dwell, we’ll have a place to watch it (relatives have NFLN). Plus, Thanksgiving dinner is always early for the family, which means I’ll have plenty of time to get all jacked up for this contest. This shall be epic!
We’ll just have to somehow avoid fisticuffs . . . which shouldn’t be a problem, just so long as he doesn’t mention Super Bowl XXI. He usually refrains, thankfully.
"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields
Well, that's one primetime game so far
I wonder if we will wear the alternates for that game. That would be cool for a night game. Does anyone know when the whole schedule is released? I hope SD has to go to DEN late in the season instead of us going there.
2007-08 MVP: Kobe Bryant
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
Wife and I
will be visiting her sister and brother-in-law (both Broncos fans) in Vegas for Thanksgiving…and they have NFLN! I might have to put a little action down on the game while I’m there*
*Disco_Stu’s comments are not an endorsement of gambling, drinking, or any other such behavior.
~Uffdah
Oh, come on dude.
Whatever happens in Vegas . . .
"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields
Is this right?
So, the Thanksgiving night game is only aired by subscription to a network that just lost another two carriers? I’ll have Direct TV and this won’t affect me, but I think it’s a lousy precedent. The NFL has considered how to make performances of the games a PPV option, and this is a step in a very bad direction. Just my opinion
Hillis in '09
im in los angeles but ima try to make this game. i no the hotel where the isitors stay at so hopefully i can talk trash to some of the giants players.
i did that to leodis mckelvin on the bills last year. lol. nice guy tho.
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