NFL Announces 2021 Preseason Schedule Dates, Times
DURHAM NC – The NFL has officially announced their preseason schedule, with the first game set to be played on August 5th for the Hall of Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. The league has trimmed down the number of exhibition games for the 2021 season from four to three after adding an additional regular-season game. Dallas and Pittsburgh will be the only two teams in the NFL that will play four preseason contests.
NATIONAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(All times Eastern)
Thursday, August 5
NFL/Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio:
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys FOX (8:00 PM)
Preseason Week 2
Friday, August 20
Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals ESPN (8:00 PM)
Monday, August 23
Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints ESPN (8:00 PM)
Preseason Week 3
Sunday, August 29
Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals CBS (4:00 PM)
Sunday, August 29
Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons NBC (8:00 PM)
2021 PRESEASON WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULE
(All times Eastern/PM)
NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – AUGUST 5
Pittsburgh vs. Dallas (FOX), 8:00
WEEK 1
Thursday, August 12
Washington at New England, 7:30
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:30
Friday, August 13
Tennessee at Atlanta, 7:00
Buffalo at Detroit, 7:00
Dallas at Arizona, 10:00
Saturday, August 14
Miami at Chicago, 1:00
Denver at Minnesota, 4:00
New Orleans at Baltimore, 7:00
Cleveland at Jacksonville, 7:00
New York Jets at New York Giants, 7:30
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 7:30
Houston at Green Bay, 8:00
Kansas City at San Francisco, 8:30
Seattle at Las Vegas, 9:00
Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams, 10:00
Sunday, August 15
Carolina at Indianapolis, 1:00
WEEK 2
Thursday, August 19
New England at Philadelphia, 7:30
Friday, August 20
Kansas City at Arizona (ESPN), 8:00
Cincinnati at Washington, 8:00
Saturday, August 21
Buffalo at Chicago, 1:00
New York Jets at Green Bay, 4:25
Baltimore at Carolina, 7:00
Atlanta at Miami, 7:00
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7:30
Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 7:30
Houston at Dallas, 8:00
Indianapolis at Minnesota, 8:00
Las Vegas at Los Angeles Rams, 10:00
Denver at Seattle, 10:00
Sunday, August 22
New York Giants at Cleveland, 1:00
San Francisco at Los Angeles Chargers, 7:30
Monday, August 23
Jacksonville at New Orleans (ESPN), 8:00
WEEK 3
Friday, August 27
Indianapolis at Detroit, 7:00
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30
Philadelphia at New York Jets, 7:30
Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:00
Saturday, August 28
Green Bay at Buffalo, 1:00
Baltimore at Washington, 6:00
Chicago at Tennessee, 7:00
Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:00
Arizona at New Orleans, 8:00
Los Angeles Rams at Denver, 9:05
Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle, 10:00
Sunday, August 29
Jacksonville at Dallas, 1:00
Miami at Cincinnati (CBS), 4:00
Las Vegas at San Francisco, 4:00
New England at New York Giants, 6:00
Cleveland at Atlanta (NBC), 8:00
2021 PRESEASON TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULE
AFC
Buffalo
8/13 at Detroit, 7:00
8/21 at Chicago, 1:00
8/28 Green Bay, 1:00
Miami
8/14 at Chicago, 1:00
8/21 Atlanta, 7:00
8/29 at Cincinnati, 4:00
New England
8/12 Washington, 7:30
8/19 at Philadelphia, 7:30
8/29 at N.Y. Giants, 6:00
N.Y. Jets
8/14 at N.Y. Giants, 7:30
8/21 at Green Bay, 4:25
8/27 Philadelphia, 7:30
Baltimore
8/14 New Orleans, 7:00
8/21 at Carolina, 7:00
8/28 at Washington, 6:00
Cincinnati
8/14 at Tampa Bay, 7:30
8/20 at Washington, 8:00
8/29 Miami, 4:00
Cleveland
8/14 at Jacksonville, 7:00
8/22 N.Y. Giants, 1:00
8/29 at Atlanta, 8:00
Pittsburgh
8/5 vs. Dallas,* 8:00
8/12 at Philadelphia, 7:30
8/21 Detroit, 7:30
8/27 at Carolina, 7:30
Houston
8/14 at Green Bay, 8:00
8/21 at Dallas, 8:00
8/28 Tampa Bay, 8:00
Indianapolis
8/15 Carolina, 1:00
8/21 at Minnesota, 8:00
8/27 at Detroit, 7:00
Jacksonville
8/14 Cleveland, 7:00
8/23 at New Orleans, 8:00
8/29 at Dallas, 1:00
Tennessee
8/13 at Atlanta, 7:00
8/21 at Tampa Bay, 7:30
8/28 Chicago, 7:00
Denver
8/14 at Minnesota, 4:00
8/21 at Seattle, 10:00
8/28 L.A. Rams, 9:05
Kansas City
8/14 at San Francisco, 8:30
8/20 at Arizona, 8:00
8/27 Minnesota, 8:00
Las Vegas
8/14 Seattle, 9:00
8/21 at L.A. Rams, 10:00
8/29 at San Francisco, 4:00
L.A. Chargers
8/14 at L.A. Rams, 10:00
8/22 San Francisco, 7:30
8/28 at Seattle, 10:00
NFC
Dallas
8/5 vs. Pittsburgh,* 8:00
8/13 at Arizona, 10:00
8/21 Houston, 8:00
8/29 Jacksonville, 1:00
N.Y. Giants
8/14 N.Y. Jets, 7:30
8/22 at Cleveland, 1:00
8/29 New England, 6:00
Philadelphia
8/12 Pittsburgh, 7:30
8/19 New England, 7:30
8/27 at N.Y. Jets, 7:30
Washington
8/12 at New England, 7:30
8/20 Cincinnati, 8:00
8/28 Baltimore, 6:00
Chicago
8/14 Miami, 1:00
8/21 Buffalo, 1:00
8/28 at Tennessee, 7:00
Detroit
8/13 Buffalo, 7:00
8/21 at Pittsburgh, 7:30
8/27 Indianapolis, 7:00
Green Bay
8/14 Houston, 8:00
8/21 N.Y. Jets, 4:25
8/28 at Buffalo, 1:00
Minnesota
8/14 Denver, 4:00
8/21 Indianapolis, 8:00
8/27 at Kansas City, 8:00
Atlanta
8/13 Tennessee, 7:00
8/21 at Miami, 7:00
8/29 Cleveland, 8:00
Carolina
8/15 at Indianapolis, 1:00
8/21 Baltimore, 7:00
8/27 Pittsburgh, 7:30
New Orleans
8/14 at Baltimore, 7:00
8/23 Jacksonville, 8:00
8/28 Arizona, 8:00
Tampa Bay
8/14 Cincinnati, 7:30
8/21 Tennessee, 7:30
8/28 at Houston, 8:00
Arizona
8/13 Dallas, 10:00
8/20 Kansas City, 8:00
8/28 at New Orleans, 8:00
L.A. Rams
8/14 L.A. Chargers, 10:00
8/21 Las Vegas, 10:00
8/28 at Denver, 9:05
San Francisco
8/14 Kansas City, 8:30
8/22 at L.A. Chargers, 7:30
8/29 Las Vegas, 4:00
Seattle
8/14 at Las Vegas, 9:00
8/21 Denver, 10:00
8/28 L.A. Chargers, 10:00