{"id":13318,"date":"2026-05-13T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/13318\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:33:08","slug":"lions-slated-to-face-patriots-in-germany-for-first-international-game-since-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/13318\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions slated to face Patriots in Germany for first international game since 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (WXYZ) \u2014 We&#8217;ve known that the Detroit Lions will be playing in Germany in 2026<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/sports\/lions-set-to-play-in-germany-for-2026-nfl-munich-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> since this winter<\/a>, but now we know who the Lions will play.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are set to face off against the New England Patriots in Week 10 on Sunday, Nov. 15. The game is set to kick-off at 9:30 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>This game is part of the NFL&#8217;s effort to grow the sport of football and play more games all across the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2026 NFL season will feature our most expansive and ambitious international slate yet, with regular-season games spanning Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City,\u201d said Peter O\u2019Reilly, NFL executive vice president of club business, major events and international. \u201cThis year\u2019s record-breaking schedule will see a host of world-class NFL franchises and star athletes play in some of the most iconic sporting venues in the world, underlying the league\u2019s global growth vision and bringing our fans internationally closer to the game than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is expected to be a special game for Pro Bowl wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, as his mother is from Germany and he has hosted several camps in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a dream of mine to play a game in my mother\u2019s home country of Germany since coming to the league,\u201d said Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown when the Germany game was announced back in February. \u201cI cannot wait to play in front of the incredible fans that I\u2019ve gotten to know through my visits and football camps in the country. Their support for me and the country\u2019s instant connection to the Lions brand is inspiring, and I\u2019m looking forward to our team getting to showcase Detroit football on an international scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Lions played across the pond was in 2015, when Detroit defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 22-21.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up to get updates about the game <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/games\/munich2026roi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WXYZ) \u2014 We&#8217;ve known that the Detroit Lions will be playing in Germany in 2026 since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15285,15263,1499,15286,5,15255,15287,1297,15288],"class_list":{"0":"post-13318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-7-action-news-sports","9":"tag-amon-ra-st-brown","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroit-sports","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-lions-patriots","15":"tag-munich","16":"tag-wxyz-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318","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=13318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}