Television coverage for week 5, Jets at Pats
After a few weeks of heading out to local sports bars or dealing with choppy, spyware-infested illegal internet streams, almost all out of town Pats fans will rejoice as the upcoming Pats-Jets game will be televised in a whopping 158 television markets, as opposed to 43 that will air the game between San Diego and Denver.
CBS will use their top broadcast crew for the Pats game, with Jim Nantz calling the play-by-play and Phil Simms providing the analysis.
Most of the country will get Tennessee at Pittsburgh in the early CBS game; Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf are the announcers. WFXT in Boston will show the Eagles at Buffalo, while most other New England Fox stations will cater to Giants fans and show their game against Seattle. Even without taking the division implications into consideration I consider that Eagles-Bills matchup to be a far more interesting game than the Giants game. The Seahawks are on of the worst teams in the NFL this year and this is probably going to be the least competitive game of the week.
Here is a look at all the NFL games this week.
Early Games
Chiefs (1-3) at Colts (0-4); Indy -2; over/under 38½
Cardinals (1-3) at Vikings (0-4); Minn -2½; o/u 44½
Eagles (1-3) at Bills (3-1); Philadelphia -3; o/u 49½
Raiders (2-2) at Texans (3-1); Houston -6; o/u 49
Saints (3-1) at Panthers (1-3); New Orleans -6; o/u 52½
Bengals (2-2) at Jaguars (1-3); Jacksonville -2½; o/u 37
Titans (3-1) at Steelers (2-2); Pittsburgh -8; o/u TBA
Seahawks (1-3) at Giants (3-1); New York -10; o/u 42
Late Games
Buccaneers (3-1) at 49ers (3-1); San Fran -1; o/u 40½
Jets (2-2) at Patriots (3-1); New England -9½; o/u 49
Chargers (3-1) at Broncos (1-3); San Diego -4; o/u 47½
Sunday Night
Packers (4-0) at Falcons (2-2); Green Bay -4; o/u 54
Monday Night
Bears (2-2) at Lions (4-0); Detroit -6; o/u 47½
Here is a complete list of the stations that will be broadcasting the Pats game on Sunday:
KTVA - Anchorage,AK
KXD - Fairbanks, AK
WIAT - Birmingham, AL
WTVY - Dothan, AL
WHNT - Huntsville, AL
WKRG - Mobile, AL
WAKA - Montgomery, AL
KFSM - Fort Smith, AR
KTHV - Little Rock, AR
KPHO - Phoenix, AZ
KOLD - Tucson, AZ
WFSB - Hartford, CT
WUSA - Washington, DC
WINK - Fort Myers, FL
WGFL - Gainesville, FL
WTEV - Jacksonville, FL
WFOR - Miami, FL
WKMG - Orlando, FL
WCTV - Tallahassee, FL
WTSP - Tampa, FL
WPEC - West Palm Beach, FL
WSWG - Albany, GA
WGCL - Atlanta, GA
WRDW - Augusta, GA
WRBL - Columbus, GA
WMAZ - Macon, GA
WTOC - Savannah, GA
KGMB - Honolulu, HI
KGAN - Cedar Rapids, IA
KCCI - Des Moines, IA
KIMT - Mason City, IA
KMEG - Sioux City, IA
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
WCIA - Champaign, IL
WBBM - Chicago, IL
WMBD - Peoria, IL
WHBF - Rock Island, IL
WIFR - Rockford, IL
WEVV - Evansville, IN
WANE - Fort Wayne, IN
WISH - Indianapolis, IN
WLFI - Lafayette, IN
WSBT - South Bend, IN
WTHI - Terre Haute, IN
WNKY - Bowling Green, KY
WYMT - Hazard, KY
WKYT - Lexington, KY
WLKY - Louisville, KY
KALB - Alexandria, LA
WAFB - Baton Rouge, LA
KLFY - Lafayette, LA
KNOE - Monroe, LA
WWL - New Orleans, LA
KSLA - Shreveport, LA
WBZ - Boston, MA
WSHM - Springfield, MA
WJZ - Baltimore, MD
WBOC - Salisbury, MD
WABI - Bangor, ME
WGME - Portland, ME
WAGM - Presque Isle, ME
WBKB - Alpena, MI
WWJ - Detroit, MI
WWMT - Kalamazoo, MI
WLNS - Lansing, MI
WJMN - Marquette, MI
WNEM - Saginaw, MI
WWTV - Traverse City, MI
KDLH - Duluth, MN
KEYC - Mankato, MN
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN
KFVS - Cape Girardeau, MO
KHQA - Hannibal, MO
KMOV - St. Louis, MO
WCBI - Columbus, MS
WXVT - Greenville, MS
WHLT - Hattiesburg, MS
WJTV - Jackson, MS
WMDN - Meridian, MS
WBTV - Charlotte, NC
WFMY - Greensboro, NC
WNCT - Greenville, NC
WRAL - Raleigh, NC
WILM - Wilmington, NC
KXJB - Fargo, ND
KLAS - Las Vegas, NV
WRGB - Albany, NY
WBNG - Binghamton, NY
WIVB - Buffalo, NY
WENY - Elmira, NY
WCBS - New York, NY
WROC - Rochester, NY
WTVH - Syracuse, NY
WWNY - Watertown, NY
WKRC - Cincinnati, OH
WOIO - Cleveland, OH
WBNS - Columbus, OH
WHIO - Dayton, OH
WOHL - Lima, OH
WTOL - Toledo, OH
WKBN - Youngstown, OH
KWTV - Oklahoma City, OK
KOTV - Tulsa, OK
KBNZ - Bend, OR
KVAL - Eugene, OR
KOIN - Portland, OR
WTAJ - Altoona, PA
WSEE - Erie, PA
WHP - Harrisburg, PA
KYW - Philadelphia, PA
KDKA - Pittsburgh, PA
WYOU - Scranton, PA
WPRI - Providence, RI
WCSC - Charleston, SC
WLTX - Columbia, SC
WBTW - Florence, SC
WSPA - Spartanburg, SC
WDEF - Chattanooga, TN
WVLT - Knoxville, TN
WREG - Memphis, TN
WTVF - Nashville, TN
WJHL - Tri-Cities, TN
KTAB - Abilene, TX
KEYE - Austin, TX
KFDM - Beaumont, TX
KGBT - Brownsville, TX
KBTX - Bryan, TX
KZTV - Corpus Christi, TX
KTVT - Dallas, TX
KHOU - Houston, TX
KVTV - Laredo, TX
KLBK - Lubbock, TX
KOSA - Odessa, TX
KLST - San Angelo, TX
KENS - San Antonio, TX
KXII - Sherman, TX
KYTX - Tyler, TX
KXTS - Victoria, TX
KWTX - Waco, TX
KAUZ - Wichita Falls, TX
WCAV - Charlottesville, VA
WTKR - Norfolk, VA
WTVR - Richmond, VA
WDBJ - Roanoke, VA
WCAX - Burlington, VT
KEPR - Kennewick, WA
KIRO - Seattle, WA
KREM - Spokane, WA
KIMA - Yakima, WA
WFRV - Green Bay, WI
WKBT - La Crosse, WI
WISC - Madison, WI
WDJT - Milwaukee, WI
WSAW - Wausau, WI
WVNS - Beckley, WV
WOWK - Huntington, WV
WDTV - Weston, WV
WTRF - Wheeling, WV
Here is a list of the stations that will not be showing the Pats, but will instead be broadcasting Chargers - Broncos game:
KSWT - Yuma, AZ
KBAK - Bakersfield, CA
KHSL - Chico, CA
KVIQ - Eureka, CA
KGPE - Fresno, CA
KCBS - Los Angeles, CA
KION - Monterey, CA
KPSP - Palm Springs, CA
KOVR - Sacramento, CA
KFMB - San Diego, CA
KCOY - Santa Maria, CA
KKTV - Colorado Springs, CO
KCNC - Denver, CO
KREX - Grand Junction, CO
KBOI - Boise, ID
KIDK - Idaho Falls, ID
KMVT - Twin Falls, ID
KOAM - Pittsburg, KS
WIBW - Topeka, KS
KWCH - Wichita, KS
KRCG - Jefferson City, MO
KCTV - Kansas City, MO
KTVO - Kirksville, MO
KOLR - Springfield, MO
KTVQ - Billings, MT
KXLF - Butte, MT
KXGN - Glendive, MT
KRTV - Great Falls, MT
KPAX - Missoula, MT
KXMB - Bismarck, ND
KGIN - Grand Island, NE
KOLN - Lincoln, NE
KMTV - Omaha, NE
KRQE - Albuquerque, NM
KTVN - Reno, NV
KTVL - Medford, OR
KCLO - Rapid City, SD
KELO - Sioux Falls, SD
KFDA - Amarillo, TX
KDBC - El Paso, TX
KUTV - Salt Lake City, UT
KGWC - Casper, WY
KGWN - Cheyenne, WY
Game not on in your area? Let your local television station know! I guarantee fans of other teams are making their voices heard when stations have a choice to make as to which game to broadcast; Pats fans should be doing the same.
For those that prefer a visual representation of the television coverage I will add a link to the TV maps at the506.com once that becomes available.
Edit: the Week 5 NFL maps are now available at the 506.com; you can see them here.
