[新聞] 49ers to play Broncos in London in 2010
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LONDON -- The San Francisco 49ers will play the Denver Broncos next season at
Wembley Stadium, the fourth straight year the NFL will stage a regular-season
game in the British capital.
The 49ers will be listed as the home team for the Oct. 31 game.
"For the past three years we have seen the extraordinary passion that exists
for NFL football in the U.K.," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statem-
ent. "We want to continue to build on that passion by strengthening our ties
to our existing U.K. fans and creating new ones."
The game between the five-time Super Bowl champion 49ers and two-time winner
Broncos may not be the only one in Britain next season.
"The NFL will continue to explore the possibility of playing a second game in
the UK in 2010," the NFL said.
The 49ers and Broncos struggled to 8-8 records this season and missed the
playoffs.
The NFL has played games at Wembley for the last three seasons, with more than
80,000 fans at each game. The first game featured the eventual Super Bowl cham-
pion New York Giants beating the Miami Dolphins 13-10. In 2008, the New Orleans
Saints beat the San Diego Chargers 37-32. And this season, the New England Pat-
riots defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7 in October.
"The previous games in London have had a playoff-like atmosphere to them, so
that's always a good thing to play in that type of an environment," Broncos
coach Josh McDaniels said. "We'll be ready for the challenge."
The 49ers dominated the NFL in the 1980s, winning four Super Bowls with Joe
Montana as the star quarterback. The team won another Super Bowl in 1994.
"London is a wonderful venue for two of the most storied franchises in NFL
history to square off," 49ers president Jed York said.
San Francisco coach Mike Singletary, who is giving up a home game to play in
London, said his players won't be bothered by the long flight to England.
"I have no doubt that our players will be ready to go," he said. "What a great
opportunity it is for us to play in such a setting."
The Broncos have played seven international exhibition games in the past, and
team president Pat Bowlen said they were "honored" to come to Britain again.
"It's a wonderful, historic opportunity for our franchise and will be an unfor-
gettable experience for our players, coaches and fans," Bowlen said.
Aside from Wembley, Manchester and Glasgow, Scotland, are being looked at as
potential venues to host NFL games.
In October, before the New England-Tampa Bay game, Goodell said the idea of
eventually putting an expansion team in London was of "tremendous interest" to
the NFL. He gave no timeline when such a decision might be taken.
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