Guide Note

This page contains the schedule and other news and information pertaining to the second week of the 2008 National Football League season. The games will be played on Sunday September 14 and Monday September 15. There are 15 games on Sunday. Among the anticipated match-ups include the traditional AFC West Division rivalry featuring the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. It's a doubleheader weekend for CBS Sports, which means that most markets will get two games from CBS and one from FOX Sports during the afternoon. Another divisional match-up with intrigue is the AFC East game at Giants Stadium featuring the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. This was the match-up in the Week 1 last year that produced the Spygate cheating scandal involving the Patriots illegal use of videotaping the Jets signals. The Sunday Night game is an AFC North battle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. The week wraps up on Monday night when the Dallas Cowboys entertain the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC East showdown.

Fast Facts:

1. Cleveland is only team at home for second straight week
2. Chicago is only team on the road for second straight week
3. Since 2000 season, only 6 teams have started 0-2 and made playoffs
4. 6 of the 12 2007 playoff teams started season 2-0
5. Only 3 teams in history have started 0-2 and won the Super Bowl:
   1. 1993 Dallas Cowboys
   2. 2001 New England Patriots
   3. 2007 New York Giants