NFL releases its 2015 preseason schedule

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NFL preseason football.

The NFL released its preseason schedule on Thursday. We already knew it would begin on Aug. 9 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings in the Hall of Fame Game. But now we know the matchups for the four regular preseason weeks. The specific dates will be determined for most of the games soon. The NFL specified which games already have dates and will be on national television on the list it released, which is below.

So if you want to go ahead and make those road trip plans to go see that Week 4 preseason game between Jacksonville and Washington, well here you go:

 

Hall of Fame Game (Aug. 9)Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota (NBC)

 

Week 1 (Aug. 13-17)Carolina at Buffalo
Dallas at San Diego
Denver at Seattle
Green Bay at New England
Indianapolis at Philadelphia
Kansas City at Arizona
Miami at Chicago
New Orleans at Baltimore
N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati
N.Y. Jets at Detroit
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
San Francisco at Houston
St. Louis at Oakland
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
Tennessee at Atlanta
Washington at Cleveland

 

Week 2 (Aug. 20-24)Buffalo at Cleveland (ESPN, Aug. 20)
St. Louis at Tennessee (FOX, Aug. 23)
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay (ESPN, Aug. 24)
Atlanta at N.Y. Jets
Baltimore at Philadelphia
Chicago at Indianapolis
Dallas at San Francisco
Denver at Houston
Detroit at Washington
Green Bay at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants
Miami at Carolina
New England at New Orleans
Oakland at Minnesota
San Diego at Arizona
Seattle at Kansas City

 

Week 3 (Aug. 27-30)Detroit at Jacksonville (CBS, Aug. 28)
Seattle at San Diego (CBS, Aug. 29)
Houston at New Orleans (FOX, Aug. 30)
Arizona at Oakland (NBC, Aug. 30)
Atlanta at Miami
Chicago at Cincinnati
Cleveland at Tampa Bay
Indianapolis at St. Louis
Minnesota at Dallas
New England at Carolina
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants
Philadelphia at Green Bay
Pittsburgh at Buffalo
San Francisco at Denver
Tennessee at Kansas City
Washington at Baltimore

 

Week 4 (Sept. 3-4)Arizona at Denver
Baltimore at Atlanta
Buffalo at Detroit
Carolina at Pittsburgh
Cincinnati at Indianapolis
Cleveland at Chicago
Houston at Dallas
Jacksonville at Washington
Kansas City at St. Louis
Minnesota at Tennessee
New Orleans at Green Bay
N.Y. Giants at New England
Oakland at Seattle
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets
San Diego at San Francisco
Tampa Bay at Miami