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Patriots will open 2020 season at home vs. Miami

By Staff and wire reports - | May 7, 2020

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots will open the 2020 NFL regular season at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 13 vs. the Miami Dolphins at 1 p.m.

That, of course, is if the NFL doesn’t have to alter its schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schedule was released Thursday evening.

New England will have five prime time games, despite the free agent loss of quarterback Tom Brady to Tampa Bay. For the first time since 2011 they will play two Monday Night games.

For home games, they will have five 1 p.m. games, one 4:25 game, one Sunday and Monday night game at Gillette. After the opener vs. Miami, the Patriots don’t play another AFC East game until November.

That first prime time game will be on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Seattle at 8:20 p.m.. They will finish September by hosting the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m.

New England opens up October at the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 4:25 p.m. They are back home on Sunday, Oct. 11 vs. Denver at 1 p.m., then have a bye week for Oct. 18. On Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4:25 p.m. they host the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers and former Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

Then it’s six of eight on the road for New England, including three of five in November starting with Sunday Nov. 1 at Buffalo (1 p.m.) and Monday night, Nov. 9 at the New York Jets (8:15).

They host the Baltimore Ravens on Nov. 15 in a Sunday night game (8:25) then visit the Houston Texans on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. The final game of the month will be Sunday, Nov. 29 at Gillette vs. Arizona at 1 p.m.

The Patriots are on the road for three straight games in December. They are in Los Angeles for back-to-back games in four days, at the Chargers on Sunday, Dec. 6 (4:25 p.m.) and then at the Rams for their lone Thursday night (8:20) appearance. They then visit the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Dec.20 at 1 p.m.

The Patriots wind up the regular season with back to back home games, Monday night Dec. 28 vs. Buffalo at 8:15 p.m. and then Sunday, Jan. 3 vs. the New York Jets at 1 p.m.

In the preseason, New England is home vs. Detroit and Carolina the weekends of Aug. 13 and 20, and then at Philadelpia and the New York Giants the weekends of Aug. 27 and Sept. 3. Specific dates and times for those have not been announced.

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