Lions 2005 schedule

Pre-Season:
Friday, August 12 at New York Jets UPN50 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 20 CLEVELAND BROWNS UPN50 1:00 p.m.
Monday, August 29 ST. LOUIS RAMS ABC 8:00 p.m.
Friday, September 2 at Buffalo Bills UPN50 7:00 p.m.

Regular Season:
Sun September 11 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX 4:15 p.m.
Sun September 18 at Chicago Bears FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun September 25 BYE WEEK
Sun October 2 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun October 9 BALTIMORE RAVENS CBS 1:00 p.m.
Sun October 16 CAROLINA PANTHERS FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun October 23 at Cleveland Browns FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun October 30 CHICAGO BEARS FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun November 6 at Minnesota Vikings FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun November 13 ARIZONA CARDINALS FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun November 20 at Dallas Cowboys FOX 1:00 p.m.
Thurs November 24 ATLANTA FALCONS FOX 12:30 p.m.
Sun December 4 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun December 11 at Green Bay Packers ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Sun December 18 CINCINNATI BENGALS CBS 4:05 p.m.
Sat December 24 at New Orleans Saints FOX 1:00 p.m.
Sun January 1 at Pittsburgh Steelers FOX 1:00 p.m.

One Sunday night game, two 4 oclock games, and a Saturday Christmas Eve game (as well as the traditional Thanksgiving game). That's a bit of an improvement from 2004 when basically every game was at 1 oclock on Sunday.