2001 NFL Preseason Schedule
| HALL OF FAME WEEKEND | ||
| Friday, Aug. 3 | Pittsburgh at Atlanta | 7:30 pm |
| Saturday, Aug. 4 | Dallas at Oakland | 6 p.m. |
| Cincinnati at Chicago | 7 p.m. | |
| Monday, Aug. 6 | Hall of Fame Game (Canton, Ohio): Miami vs. St. Louis | 8 p.m. |
| WEEK 1 (BYE: PITTSBURGH) | ||
| Friday, Aug.10 | Carolina at Jacksonville | 7:30 p.m. |
| Cincinnati at Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | |
| New York Giants at New England | 8 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Aug. 11 | Atlanta at New York Jets | 8 p.m. |
| Chicago at Tennessee | 7 p.m. | |
| Denver at Dallas | 8 p.m. | |
| Green Bay at Cleveland | 8 p.m. | |
| Minnesota vs. New Orleans (San Antonio, TX) | 7 p.m. | |
| Oakland at Arizona | 8 p.m. | |
| San Francisco at San Diego | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Seattle at Indianapolis | 7 p.m. | |
| Sunday, Aug. 12 | St. Louis at Buffalo | 7:30 p.m. |
| Washington at Kansas City | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Monday, Aug. 13 | Baltimore at Philadelphia | 7:30 p.m. |
| Miami at Tampa Bay | 8 p.m. | |
| WEEK 2 (BYE: CINCINNATI) | ||
| Thursday, Aug. 16 | Jacksonville at New York Giants | 8 p.m. |
| Pittsburgh at Minnesota | 7 p.m. | |
| Friday, Aug. 17 | Atlanta at Washington | 8 p.m. |
| Tennessee at St. Louis | 7 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Aug. 18 | Arizona at Seattle | 6:30 p.m. |
| Baltimore at New York Jets | 8 p.m. | |
| Chicago at Kansas City | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Dallas at New Orleans | 7 p.m. | |
| Detroit at Indianapolis | 7 p.m. | |
| New England at Carolina | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Philadelphia at Buffalo | 7:30 p.m. | |
| San Diego at Miami | 7 p.m. | |
| Tampa Bay at Cleveland | 8 p.m. | |
| Sunday, Aug. 19 | Oakland at San Francisco | 4 p.m. |
| Monday, Aug. 20 | Denver at Green Bay | 7 p.m. |
| WEEK 3 (BYE: ATLANTA) | ||
| Thursday, Aug. 23 | Carolina at Baltimore | 7:30 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Jacksonville | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Philadelphia at Tennessee | 7 p.m. | |
| Friday, Aug. 24 | Cleveland at Washington | 8 p.m. |
| Indianapolis at Minnesota | 7 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Aug. 25 | Arizona at Chicago | 7 p.m. |
| Buffalo at Cincinnati | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Detroit at Pittsburgh | 1 p.m. | |
| Miami at Green Bay | 7 p.m. | |
| New England at Tampa Bay | 7:30 p.m. | |
| New Orleans at Denver | 7 p.m. | |
| New York Jets at New York Giants | 8 p.m. | |
| St. Louis at San Diego | 7 p.m. | |
| Seattle at San Francisco | 6 p.m. | |
| Monday, Aug. 27 | American Bowl (Mexico City): Oakland at Dallas | 7 p.m. |
| WEEK 4 (BYE: CHICAGO) | ||
| Thursday, Aug. 30 | Buffalo at Pittsburgh | 7:30 p.m. |
| Indianapolis at Cincinnati | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Jacksonville at Dallas | 7:30 p.m. | |
| New York Jets at Philadelphia | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Tennessee at Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Washington at New England | 8 p.m. | |
| Friday, Aug. 31 | Cleveland at Carolina | 8 p.m. |
| Green Bay at Oakland | 6 p.m. | |
| Kansas City at St. Louis | 7 p.m. | |
| Minnesota at Miami | 7 p.m. | |
| New York Giants at Baltimore | 12 p.m. | |
| San Diego at Arizona | 7 p.m. | |
| San Francisco at Denver | 7 p.m. | |
| Tampa Bay at Atlanta | 7:30 p.m. | |
| Saturday, Sept. 1 | New Orleans at Seattle | 1 p.m. |