Raiders Set to Face Texans in Mexico City on NFL Monday Night Football Raiders.com
go to original February 6, 2016

Goodell: Texans and Raiders will play in Mexico next season (Fox Sports)

Building off of the tremendous success of the NFL International Series of regular-season games in the UK, the NFL will return to Mexico for a regular-season game in 2016, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced at his press conference in San Francisco in advance of Super Bowl 50.

The Oakland Raiders will host the Houston Texans at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Monday night, November 21.  The game will be televised live on ESPN in the United States and on Televisa and ESPN in Mexico, marking the first-ever Monday Night Football game to be played outside the US.

“Expanding our International Series of regular-season games to Mexico marks an important step in our continued international growth,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.  “We have a tremendous, passionate fan base in Mexico and we know the atmosphere on game day will be outstanding.”

The NFL played its first international regular-season game on October 2, 2005 when a crowd of 103,467 saw the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City.

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