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NFL Wild-Card schedule: Titans vs. Patriots date and start time revealed

By Michael Moraitis

NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 17: Head Coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans talks with Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots before a week two preseason game at Nissan Stadium on August 17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 17: Head Coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans talks with Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots before a week two preseason game at Nissan Stadium on August 17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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The Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots will play their wild-card contest on Saturday night in prime time.

In what will be one of the more intriguing matchups of wild-card weekend, the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots will meet in Foxboro in the first round of the NFL Playoffs.

This pairing was somewhat improbable to begin with.

The Titans earned their spot with a victory in Week 17 over the Houston Texans, while the Pats fell from the No. 2 seed and a bye in the first round to the No. 3 seed thanks to a loss to the Miami Dolphins, and a Kansas City Chiefs win over the Los Angeles Chargers.

Now, the Pats and Titans will meet on Saturday, January 4th at 7:15 p.m. CST.

Here’s a look at the entire schedule for the wild-card weekend.

NFL Wild-Card round schedule

Saturday

Buffalo at Houston: 3:35 p.m. CST

Titans at Patriots: 7:15 p.m. CST

Sunday

Minnesota at New Orleans: 12:05 p.m. CST

Seattle at Philadelphia: 3:40 p.m. CST

And, if we want to look ahead, here’s the possible schedule for next week’s games depending on who wins.

NFL Divisional round schedule

That’s right, if Tennessee wins on Saturday it could be facing yet another prime time game against the Baltimore Ravens next week. Interesting.

When you talk about storylines going into Titans-Pats, the one that will immediately pop-up will be Titans head coach Mike Vrabel’s connection to the Patriots, and in particular head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.

Of course, Vrabel won a Super Bowl with his former mates, and it was very clear the trio were still close when Tennessee and New England held joint practices before the start of the season.

Tennessee will also be looking to exact a little playoff revenge after New England knocked it out of the playoffs in 2017-18 in a 35-14 win for the Pats.

Next. Titans winners and losers from Week 17 win. dark

A lot has changed since then, and the Titans in particular are a very different team than the one the Patriots saw that year. We’ll see if they can prove it on Saturday night.

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