Regular season games played outside the U.S. NFL regular season
to date, several nfl regular season games have been played outside u.s. first 2005 game between arizona cardinals , san francisco 49ers, played in mexico city.
in october 2006, nfl club owners approved plan stage 2 international regular season games per season beginning in 2007 , continuing through @ least 2011. new york giants , miami dolphins played @ wembley stadium in london on october 28, 2007 first of these games. second game in london took place on sunday 26 october 2008, when san diego chargers took on nominal home team new orleans saints, @ wembley. new england patriots designated visitors when beat tampa bay buccaneers 35-7 on october 25, 2009.
the long term plan have 2 international games played every year, on 16-year rotating schedule guarantee each team play twice on span: once home team , once away team. abandoned when st. louis rams, co-owned arsenal, prominent soccer team in london, signed three-year agreement home team in international series games in london. plan has since been re-established after rams announced not returning england in 2013; rams return london host team in 2016.
since, nfl has announced jacksonville jaguars play 1 home game season @ wembley, , including 2016, later extended 2020. first game, versus san francisco 49ers, saw 49ers winning comfortably. second game played @ wembley first time, minnesota vikings hosting , beating pittsburgh steelers. meanwhile, record 3 fixtures announced 2014 season, jacksonville jaguars hosting dallas cowboys, atlanta falcons hosting detroit lions , oakland raiders hosting miami dolphins @ wembley.
the buffalo bills played 1 regular season game each year 2008 through 2013 in toronto part of bills toronto series; 2 preseason games played part of same series. poor ticket sales, fan disgust in buffalo , death of bills owner ralph wilson prompted cancellation of series in 2014.
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