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The NFL’s International Series of regular-season games will return to the United Kingdom in 2009 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the New England Patriots, the NFL announced today. The game will be played on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Wembley Stadium in London with kickoff set for 1 p.m. ET on CBS.
Reported by NFL.com
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The contest will mark the third consecutive year of an NFL regular-season game at London’s Wembley Stadium. On Oct. 26, the New Orleans Saints defeated the San Diego Chargers 37-32 before a crowd of 83,226. The International Series began on Oct. 28, 2007, when the New York Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins 13-10 en route to a victory in Super Bowl XLII.
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