# First NFL pre season football game August 3rd

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 15, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853 "2014-06-15T21:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/1 "2014-06-15T21:37:12Z")

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NFL Preseason Schedule - 2014

Buffalo at NY Giants 8:00 PM NBC Hall of Fame Weekend Sunday August 3rd

Won’t be long now 7 weeks (49) days

**Thursday August 7th**

Indianapolis at NY Jets 7:00 PM  
New England at Washington 7:30 PM  
San Francisco at Baltimore 7:30 PM  
Cincinnati at Kansas City 8:00 PM  
Seattle at Denver 9:00 PM  
Dallas at San Diego 10:00 PM

**Friday August 8th**

Miami at Atlanta 7:00 PM  
Buffalo at Carolina 7:30 PM  
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville 7:30 PM  
Philadelphia at Chicago 8:00 PM  
New Orleans at St. Louis 8:00 PM  
Oakland at Minnesota 8:00 PM

**Saturday August 9th**

Cleveland at Detroit 7:30 PM  
Pittsburgh at NY Giants 7:30 PM  
Green Bay at Tennessee 8:00 PM  
Houston at Arizona 8:30 PM

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/2 "2014-06-15T21:50:10Z")

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Hurry, Football! It’s taking forever this time!

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/3 "2014-06-17T18:15:17Z")

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I just saw an ad on CBS for Thursday night football coming up this season …

this is a good sign

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/4 "2014-06-17T18:25:22Z")

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Who watches that stuff? When do the real games (the ones that count in the standings) begin? Otherwise it’s baseball season.

And don’t get me started on the Pro Bowl!

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/5 "2014-06-24T02:37:32Z")

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Well, it is your first opportunity to see whether or not that hotshot rookie your team drafted looks like he might actually be worth a damn.

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-nfl-pre-season-football-game-august-3rd/690853/6 "2014-06-24T15:52:14Z")

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> [@Fleetwood](#):
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> Who watches that stuff? When do the real games (the ones that count in the standings) begin? Otherwise it’s baseball season.

The regular season starts Thursday 9/4.

There’s at least one preseason game “of interest” - Broncos-49ers on 8/17; it’s the first game at San Francisco’s new stadium, which will be the site of Super Bowl 50.