"THE NFL ON CBS's" THIRD AND FINAL PRE-SEASON GAME FEATURES
FLORIDA STATE SHOWDOWN AS TAMPA BAY VISITS JACKSONVILLE LIVE IN
PRIME TIME ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 ON CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl XLI in its 47th year broadcasting the NFL, concludes its pre-season schedule with THE NFL ON CBS's third and final pre-season game as the TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS visit the JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS on Saturday, Aug. 26 (8:00 PM, ET) live in prime time on the CBS Television Network.
THE NFL ON CBS's Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf team up for the first time this season to make their debut by calling the action from ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. Mark Wolff produces and Bob Fishman directs.
As was the first NFL ON CBS pre-season game, this game also will be shown in HDTV with the highest definition television format -- 1080i lines of picture resolution -- along with 5.1 digital audio. The unified productions for both the standard definition and HD telecasts will feature the same announcers, camera angles and graphics.
Sean McManus is President, CBS News and Sports. Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports. McManus and Petitti serve as executive producers of CBS Sports' coverage of THE NFL ON CBS.
Following are the NFL ON CBS assignments for Week 1 and Week 2 (subject to change).
WEEK 1 -- Sept. 10
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
�Cincinnati @ Kansas City Gus Johnson/Randy Cross Ross Schneiderman/Chris Svendsen
�Buffalo @ New England Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
�Denver @ St. Louis Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Suzanne Smith
�Baltimore @ Tampa Bay Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
�N.Y. Jets @ Tennessee Ian Eagle/Solomon Wilcots Bob Dekas/Andy Goldberg
WEEK 2 -- Sept. 17
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
�Oakland @ Baltimore Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Andy Goldberg
�Cleveland @ Cincinnati Ian Eagle/Solomon Wilcots Bob Dekas/Cathy Barreto
�Houston @ Indianapolis Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
�Buffalo @ Miami Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
4:15 PM, ET starts:
�Kansas City @ Denver Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
�New England @ N.Y. Jets Dick Enberg/Randy Cross Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
�Tennessee @ San Diego Bill Macatee/Richard Baldinger Ross Schneiderman/Jim Cornell
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