The Eagles will have a marquee matchup when they open the 2024 season with the first-ever NFL game in Brazil.

That's because the NFL announced Wednesday that the Eagles will face the Green Bay Packers on Friday night, Sept. 6, at Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena.

The Eagles were announced as the home team back in February. Sao Paulo is Brazil's largest city in population with about 12 million residents.

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A storied rivalry

The Packers, of course, are one of the NFL's most storied franchises. They finished 9-8 last season and made the playoffs as a wildcard team. They upset the No. 2 seeded Dallas Cowboys 48-32 in the first round of the playoffs before losing 24-21 to the San Francisco 49ers the following week.

Green Bay is led by quarterback Jordan Love, a first-round pick in 2020 who sat for three seasons behind Aaron Rodgers. But Rodgers was traded to the Jets last season, giving Love the chance to start.

The Eagles, meanwhile, are coming off an 11-6 season in which they lost five of their last six games, followed by a first-round loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They revamped a good part of their roster, signing running back Saquon Barkley and adding free agent edge rusher Bryce Huff, linebacker Devin White and safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson among other moves.

The two teams have met 46 times with the Packers holding a 28-18 edge. They last met on Nov. 27, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles won that game 40-33.

Why the Eagles-Packers are playing in Brazil

The Eagles last played overseas in 2018, when they beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-18 in London. Last season, the NFL issued a directive that it wants its teams hosting an overseas once every eight years.

That's because the NFL is planning to have as many as eight overseas games beginning in 2025. The NFL can do this after going to a 17-game schedule in 2021. That enabled AFC and NFC teams to alternate between having an extra home game each season.

Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said at the NFL owners' meetings two weeks ago that the team was willing to give up one of its nine home games this season in order to play the first-ever game in Brazil.

"As part of the international priority, every team is going to host a neutral game," Lurie said. "We stepped up and thought, ‘Let’s do it in South America and Brazil, a really dynamic country ... We are big supporters in trying to make the NFL a more popular game around the world."

The Eagles will still have eight games at Lincoln Financial Field this season. The Eagles know all of their opponents, but the dates and times will be announced sometime in early May.

Eagles home games 2024

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Commanders

New York Giants

Carolina Panthers

Atlanta Falcons

Pittsburgh Steelers

Cleveland Browns

Green Bay Packers (Brazil)

Jacksonville Jaguars

Eagles away games 2024

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Commanders

New York Giants

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

New Orleans Saints

Cincinnati Bengals

Baltimore Ravens

Los Angeles Rams

Travel, ticket information

At last check, round-trip airline fares from Philadelphia to Sao Paulo will cost at least $1,000. The trip takes about 8½ hours of flight time. Sao Paulo is two hours ahead of Philadelphia.

Fans can check for ticket and travel packages through On Location, the official hospitality partner of the NFL, at onlocationexp.com/nfl/nfl-brazil-tickets. The packages aren't available yet, but they can include game tickets, deluxe hotel accommodation, game day transportation. Those fans placing a deposit can get access to the packages before they go on sale to the general public.

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com. Follow on X @Mfranknfl.

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