{"id":12267,"date":"2026-05-11T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12267\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:29:11","slug":"detroit-lions-germany-game-kickoff-time-date-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12267\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions&#8217; Germany game kickoff time, date set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 11, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a conference call on Monday, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced that his network will broadcast the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Detroit Lions<\/a>&#8216; Week 10 game in Germany on Nov. 15 as part of a triple-header. It&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KaplanSportsBiz\/status\/2053819632885092537?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">first triple-header of games<\/a> for any broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kickoff for the game is set for 9:30 a.m. ET from FC Bayern Munich Stadium in Munich, Germany. The opponent is still yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" data-autotag=\"a9d615a6-a025-4346-9c29-28956ed45852\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a>&#8216; trip to Munich will mark the franchise&#8217;s third international game. Detroit played at Wembley Stadium in London in back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015. The Lions beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, 22-21, on Oct. 26, 2014. Then, on Nov. 1, 2015, the Lions fell to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in London, 45-10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In its first international game, then-Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford passed for 325 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Detroit rallied from a 21-0 halftime deficit to down the Falcons. Golden Tate caught seven passes for 151 yards and a score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Lions won with a 48-yard field goal from kicker Matt Prater. Prater had just missed a 43-yard try, but a delay of game penalty gave him another opportunity and Prater drilled the 48-yarder.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It will be the sixth NFL game played in Germany and the third in Munich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This season, a record nine international contests will be played across four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There will be three London games (two in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, one in Wembley Stadium); a game at Bernabe\u0301u Stadium in Madrid, Spain; the <a href=\"https:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> will play the <a href=\"https:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia; a game from Estadio Banorte in Mexico City; a game from Stade de France Stadium in Paris; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> will meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboyswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> from Maracana\u0303 Stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fnews%2F2026-nfl-schedule-powered-by-aws-to-be-released-thursday-may-14&amp;xcust=SC1-SLIO&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Flionswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Flions%2F2026%2F05%2F11%2Fdetroit-lions-germany-game-kickoff-time-date%2F90033344007%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\"\u2691f:b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">entire 2026 NFL schedule release<\/a>\u00a0will take place on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thelionswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lionswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoshOnLions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 11, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET In a conference call on Monday, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[706,5,12415,1519,1520,1523,12417,12419,12418,1521,1524,12191,12416,1527,1525,8010,1664,271,263],"class_list":["post-12267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-accessfree","tag-germany","tag-sourcelions-wire","tag-sstssportsnfllions","tag-sstsnlions","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagdetroit-lions","tag-taggermany","tag-tagmatt-prater","tag-tagmatthew-stafford","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}