The Inexperienced Bay Packers will play the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL performs its first common season sport in Brazil on September 6.
The sport in Sao Paulo will mark the primary time since 1970 that the NFL has performed a Friday night time sport on the opening weekend of the season.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell already mentioned in February that the Eagles can be the house workforce for the sport. The NFL introduced Wednesday which workforce will face the Eagles.
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The match will happen at Corinthians Enviornment, the house of the Brazilian soccer workforce Corinthians. The venue was used within the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
This may mark the Packers' second worldwide sport in three years. They performed their first common season sport outdoors the US in 2022 after they misplaced 27–22 to the New York Giants at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
“We stay up for being part of this historic matchup in opposition to the Eagles in Sao Paulo,” Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy mentioned in an announcement.
“We’re excited to play in entrance of our devoted followers in Brazil and assist enhance the worldwide recognition of the NFL and the Packers. We had an excellent expertise taking part in internationally for the primary time a couple of years in the past and are proud to be a part of the continued world progress of the league.”
The sport will air completely on Peacock — owned by NBCUniversal, the guardian firm of NBC Information — and also will be obtainable on free-to-air tv within the Eagles' and Packers' residence markets.
The final time the NFL had a Friday night time sport on its opening weekend was on September 18, 1970, when the Los Angeles Rams hosted the St. Louis Cardinals.