Along with the rest of the NFL the Lions have released their 2013 schedule.
Detroit will begin the regular season at home against divisional rival Minnesota at 1PM ET. Their first road game will come the following week when they travel to Arizona to take on the Cardinals for a 4:05PM ET tilt.
The teams bye week will come during week 9 in which they’ll head into at home against the Cowboys and resume on the road against Chicago. The Lions will also have two nationally televised games coming on November 28th (Thanksgiving) against Green Bay which will also revisit Stomp-gate from a couple seasons ago. Their next nationally televised match-up will come on December 16th against the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens from Ford Field. That meeting will be a Monday Night game which marks the third consecutive year in which the Lions have received the MNF contest.
Detroit will wrap-up the regular season on December 29th on the road against the Vikings.
Here’s the full 2013 regular season schedule:
- September 8 – Minnesota Vikings @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- September 15 – at Arizona Cardinals @ 4:05PM ET (FOX)
- September 22 – at Washington Redskins @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- September 29 – Chicago Bears @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- October 6 – at Green Bay Packers @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- October 13 – at Cleveland Browns @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- October 20 – Cincinnati Bengals @ 1PM ET (CBS)
- October 27 – Dallas Cowboys @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- BYE
- November 10 – at Chicago Bears @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- November 17 – at Pittsburgh Steelers @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- November 24 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- November 28 – Green Bay Packers @ 12:30PM ET (FOX)*
- December 8 – at Philadelphia Eagles @ 1PM ET (FOX)
- December 16 – Baltimore Ravens @ 8:40PM ET (ESPN)*
- December 22 – New York Giants @ 4:05PM ET (FOX)
- December 29 – at Minnesota Vikings @ 1PM ET (FOX)
*denotes nationally televised game
h/t: NFL.com