Posted Mon Mar 30th by Monty
The Denver Broncos‘ 2009 preseason schedule has been announced, with a few familiar preseason faces and a few new ones, too.
The team is set to travel to the San Francsico 49ers to start the 2009 expedition campaign, and will follow that up with a trip to face the Seattle Seahawks. They’ll have their home preseason opener against the Chicago Bears, to be broadcast on Sunday Night Football, and then host the Arizona Cardinals for their preseason finale. Exact dates are TBA except for the prime time match against the Bears, which will air on NBC at 6pm MDT on August 30th. Full press release after the jump.
NFL ANNOUNCES BRONCOS’ 2009 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The National Football League on Monday announced the Denver Broncos’ 2009 preseason schedule, which features home games against the Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals as well as road contests against the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks.
The Broncos open their preseason at San Francisco (Aug. 13-17) and play their first home game of the preseason on NBC’s Sunday Night Football against Chicago on Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. MDT at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Denver also visits Seattle in its second preseason game (Aug. 20-24) and hosts defending NFC-champion Arizona on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. MDT in its preseason finale.
Exact dates and times for Denver’s entire preseason schedule will be announced in April. CBS 4 (KCNC-TV) will produce and broadcast all of Denver’s preseason games with the exception of its Sunday Night Football game against the Bears.
Celebrating their 50th season in 2009, the Broncos own a 121-104 (.538) all-time record in the preseason. Denver, which was 2-2 in the preseason last year, has registered at least a .500 record in the preseason during 13 of the last 14 seasons and is 11-5 (.688) in exhibition play since 2005.
The NFL will release the Broncos’ complete 2009 regular-season schedule in April.
DENVER BRONCOS 2009 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Game Opponent TV / Time
Preseason Gm. 1 (Aug. 13-17)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at San Francisco…………………………… KCNC-TV / TBD
Preseason Gm. 2 (Aug. 20-24) at Seattle………………………………………. KCNC-TV / TBD
Preseason Gm. 3 (Sunday, Aug. 30) vs. Chicago………………………………… NBC / 6 p.m. MDT
Preseason Gm. 4 (Thursday, Sept. 3) vs. Arizona………………………… KCNC-TV / 7 p.m. MDT
Published on 03/30/2009 at Mon Mar 30 13:56.
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