The NFL announced Tuesday its 2003 week-by-week preseason matchups, starting with the first weekend of August when the Super Bowl XXXVII-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the New York Jets in an American Bowl in Tokyo, Japan, and the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is played in Canton, Ohio.
The dates and times of the entire 66-game schedule will be announced at a later date.
The preseason will kick off on the August 2-4 weekend with the 2003 debut of the Super Bowl-champion Buccaneers as they face the AFC East-champion Jets in the Tokyo Dome on Saturday, August 2 on ESPN. It will be the first American Bowl appearance for each team.
The Hall of Fame Game will be played on Monday night, August 4 on ABC-TV at 8:00 PM ET, when, 36 years after they faced each other in the first Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers play the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 2003 NFL preseason matchups:
HALL OF FAME WEEKEND - AUGUST 2-4
New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay
American Bowl, Tokyo, Japan
Aug. 2, Time TBA, ESPN
Green Bay vs. Kansas City
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio
Aug. 4, 8:00 PM ET, ABC
WEEK 1 -- AUGUST 7-11
Buffalo at Baltimore
Cincinnati at New York Jets
Cleveland at Tennessee
Dallas at Arizona
Denver at Houston
Green Bay at Atlanta
Indianapolis at Chicago
Jacksonville at Minnesota
New York Giants at New England
Pittsburgh at Detroit
Philadelphia at New Orleans
St. Louis at Oakland
San Diego at Seattle
San Francisco at Kansas City
Tampa Bay at Miami
Washington at Carolina
WEEK 2 -- AUGUST 14-18
Arizona at San Diego
Baltimore at Atlanta
Buffalo at Tennessee
Carolina at New York Giants
Denver at Chicago
Detroit at Cincinnati
Green Bay at Cleveland
Houston at Dallas
Miami at Jacksonville
Minnesota at Kansas City
New England at Washington
New Orleans at New York Jets
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Oakland at San Francisco
Seattle at Indianapolis
Tampa Bay at St. Louis
WEEK 3 -- AUGUST 21-25
Atlanta at Miami
Baltimore at Washington
Carolina at Green Bay
Chicago at Arizona
Cleveland at Detroit
Dallas at Pittsburgh
Indianapolis at Denver
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay
Kansas City at Seattle
Minnesota at Oakland
New England at Philadelphia
New Orleans at San Francisco
New York Jets at New York Giants
St. Louis at Buffalo
San Diego at Houston
Tennessee at Cincinnati
WEEK 4 -- AUGUST 28-31
Arizona at Minnesota
Atlanta at Cleveland
Cincinnati at Indianapolis
Chicago at New England
Detroit at Buffalo
Houston at Tampa Bay
Kansas City at St. Louis
Miami at New Orleans
New York Giants at Baltimore
New York Jets at Philadelphia
Oakland at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Carolina
San Francisco at San Diego
Seattle at Denver
Tennessee at Green Bay
Washington at Jacksonville
2003 Preseason Team-By-Team Matchups By Division
NFC EAST
Dallas
at Arizona
Houston
at Pittsburgh
Oakland
NY Giants
at New England
Carolina
NY Jets
at Baltimore
Philadelphia
at New Orleans
at Pittsburgh
New England
NY Jets
Washington
at Carolina
New England
Baltimore
at Jacksonville
NFC NORTH
Chicago
Indianapolis
Denver
at Arizona
at New England
Detroit
Pittsburgh
at Cincinnati
Cleveland
at Buffalo
Green Bay
vs. KC (HOF)
at Atlanta
at Cleveland
Carolina
Tennessee
Minnesota
Jacksonville
at Kansas City
at Oakland
Arizona
NFC SOUTH
Atlanta
Green Bay
Baltimore
at Miami
at Cleveland
Carolina
Washington
at NY Giants
at Green Bay
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Philadelphia
at NY Jets
at San Francisco
Miami
Tampa Bay
vs. NY Jets (Tokyo)
at Miami
at St. Louis
Jacksonville
Houston
NFC WEST
Arizona
Dallas
at San Diego
Chicago
at Minnesota
St. Louis
at Oakland
Tampa Bay
at Buffalo
Kansas City
San Francisco
at Kansas City
Oakland
New Orleans
at San Diego
Seattle
San Diego
at Indianapolis
Kansas City
at Denver
AFC EAST
Buffalo
at Baltimore
at Tennessee
St. Louis
Detroit
Miami
Tampa Bay
at Jacksonville
Atlanta
at New Orleans
New England
NY Giants
at Washington
at Philadelphia
Chicago
NY Jets
vs. TB (Tokyo)
Cincinnati
New Orleans
at NY Giants
at Philadelphia
AFC NORTH
Baltimore
Buffalo
at Atlanta
at Washington
NY Giants
Cincinnati
at NY Jets
Detroit
Tennessee
at Indianapolis
Cleveland
at Tennessee
Green Bay
at Detroit
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
at Detroit
Philadelphia
Dallas
at Carolina
AFC SOUTH
Houston
Denver
at Dallas
San Diego
at Tampa Bay
Indianapolis
at Chicago
Seattle
at Denver
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
at Minnesota
Miami
at Tampa Bay
Washington
Tennessee
Cleveland
Buffalo
at Cincinnati
at Green Bay
AFC WEST
Denver
at Houston
at Chicago
Indianapolis
Seattle
Kansas City
vs. GB (HOF)
San Francisco
Minnesota
at Seattle
at St. Louis
Oakland
St. Louis
at San Francisco
Minnesota
at Dallas
San Diego
at Seattle
Arizona
at Houston
San Francisco
