Preseason Monday Night Football
Date Visitor Host
Thursday, August 13 Arizona Cardinals Pittsburgh Steelers
Monday, August 17 Carolina Panthers New York Giants
Monday, August 24 New York Jets Baltimore Ravens
Monday, August 31 Minnesota Vikings Houston Texans
ESPN's Mike Tirico and analysts Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser will call four NFL preseason games during the month of August -- one on Thursday and three on Mondays -- before their regular-season debut on Monday, Sept. 14. All MNF preseason games will begin at 8 p.m. ET.
The NFL's exhibition season begins Aug. 9 in Canton, Ohio, where the Buffalo Bills will play the Tennessee Titans in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game. The Dallas Cowboys will play for the first time in their new $1.1 billion stadium Aug. 21, facing the Titans.
Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald -- who played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh -- will lead the defending NFC champion Cardinals against Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers at Heinz Field in the August 13 game.
On Monday, Aug. 17, Eli Manning and the NFC East champion New York Giants will host the Carolina Panthers, winners of the NFC South in 2008, at Giants Stadium on ESPN.
A week later, the Baltimore Ravens will host the New York Jets at M&T Bank Stadium as Jets first-year coach and former Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan returns to Baltimore.
On August 31, ESPN will close out its preseason schedule when the Minnesota Vikings face the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium.
ESPN Deportes, ESPN's 24-hour Spanish-language domestic sports network, will once again offer a Spanish-language production of MNF preseason and regular season games in 2009. The on-air team will include Alvaro Martn (play-by-play), Raul Allegre (analyst) and John Sutcliffe (sideline reporter).
