The NFL will return to Mexico City on November 21 with Monday Night Football. The first game will take place at FC Bayern Munich Stadium. As previously announced, Munich and Frankfurt were chosen to stage regular-season games in Germany over the next four years. In the first-ever NFL regular-season game in Germany, the two-time Super Bowl champion and current NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by quarterback Tom Brady, will face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, November 13. They will face the Denver Broncos who are making their first trip to the UK since they last played at Wembley in 2010. London action shifts to Wembley Stadium on Sunday, October 30, when the Jacksonville Jaguars, who played at Tottenham last season, return to Wembley for the first time since 2019, having played there for seven straight seasons. This will be their first game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Giants will play in the UK for the third time, having won the inaugural London game at Wembley Stadium in 2007 and also won the first game played at Twickenham Stadium in 2016. The following Sunday, October 9, the Green Bay Packers, NFC North champions for the third consecutive year, will face the New York Giants in their first international trip, becoming the 32nd NFL team to play in London since 2007. Both teams have won on two previous occasions in the UK and will make their debut at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, October 2. The New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings will each play in the UK for the third time.
WHAT TEAMS PLAYED IN THE FIRST MNF GAME SERIES
This year's international series will kick off with games on back-to-back weekends at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Last year, as part of the League's expansion of the regular season to 17 games, it was determined that, beginning with the 2022 season, up to four of the teams from the conference whose teams were eligible for a ninth regular-season home game would instead be designated to play a neutral-site international game each year. NFL Communications provided the following information in a press release. The NFL will release the remainder of the league schedule on May 12. Before that, they knocked off the designated road team Denver Broncos 24-16 at Wembley Stadium on October 31, 2010. The 49ers last took part in an international regular-season game on October 27, 2013, when the team beat the designated home team Jacksonville Jaguars 42-10 at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, United Kingdom (London)įC Bayern Munich Stadium, Germany (Munich) There will be five total international games in 2022, with the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Arizona Cardinals serving as the "home teams." Below is the information for each matchup. Many of the games feature at least one elite quarterback or some interesting cross-conference pairings.49ers will play the Cardinals at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Nov 21.- Adam Schefter May 4, 2022Įstadio Azteca is also the location of the league's first regular-season game outside the United States, which took place on October 2, 2005, and saw the Cardinals beat the 49ers 31-14. Overall, sports media members were impressed with the league's Monday Night Football match-ups. No MNF will be played in Week 18, the final week of the regular season. The Monday Night Football slate closes out with the Cleveland Browns going on the road to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17. The Los Angeles Rams will play two away contests against division rivals, taking on the San Fransisco 49ers in Week 10 and the Arizona Cardinals in Week 14.
The New York Giants have a pair of difficult road MNF games against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 7 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 11. The Buffalo Bills will meet the Tennessee Titans in Week 6 before the New Orleans Saints play the Seattle Seahawks in Week 7. The opening MNF game is followed by a trio of division battles before the league put together some of the most intriguing match-ups of the year. The two will do battle in Allegiant Stadium on Sept. NFL fans already found out that the Baltimore Ravens and the Las Vegas Raiders would open up the 2021 Monday night slate. ">17 Monday Night Football match-ups that will hit ESPN this fall.