Week 1: Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles, September 6, Peacock, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The first league match in Brazil will pit two playoff teams against each other. It will also be the first time since 1970 that an NFL team will open its season on a Friday.
“We look forward to participating in this historic matchup against the Eagles in Sao Paulo,” Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said via the team’s website. “We are excited to play in front of our passionate fans in Brazil and help further increase the international popularity of the NFL and the Packers. It has been a great experience and I am proud to be a part of the league’s continued global growth.”
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Week 1 Brazil vs. Green Bay Packers
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The Packers have played outside the United States several times, most of them in preseason games. They have played two preseason games in Canada (Toronto in 1997, Winnipeg in 2019) and one in Tokyo in 1998. Their only regular-season game overseas was in London in 2022 against the New York Giants. , lost 27-22.
There will be four other international games during the 2024 NFL season, but we only know the home teams for those games. The Carolina Panthers will be the home team for the game in Munich. The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears will both be home teams for the game in London, as will the Jacksonville Jaguars, who will play in London for the 12th time since 2013.
