2015 NFL preseason schedule: Exhibition football kicks off Aug. 9

Are you ready for some football? Sure, it's only April (and maybe you've still got snow on your lawn) but real live NFL games are just around the corner.

The league released the 2015 preseason schedule on Thursday, so we now can officially begin the countdown until the first game on Aug. 9. That's when the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers will face off in the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. The rest of the teams kick off their preseason slates a few days later on Aug. 13.

Even if exhibition football isn't your cup of tea, it's still a good sign because it means that regular season games aren't too far away and we can start dreaming about how our favorite team is going to win the Super Bowl.

Here's the complete schedule, with nationally televised games marked.

Hall of Fame Game - Aug. 9

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh (NBC)

Week 1 (Aug. 13-17)

Carolina at Buffalo 
Dallas at San Diego 
Denver at Seattle 
Green Bay at New England 
Indianapolis at Philadelphia 
Kansas City at Arizona 
Miami at Chicago 
New Orleans at Baltimore 
NY Giants at Cincinnati 
NY Jets at Detroit 
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville 
San Francisco at Houston 
St. Louis at Oakland 
Tampa Bay at Minnesota 
Tennessee at Atlanta 
Washington at Cleveland

Week 2 (Aug. 20-24)

Buffalo at Cleveland (ESPN, Aug. 20) 
St. Louis at Tennessee (FOX, Aug. 23) 
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay (ESPN, Aug. 24) 
Atlanta at NY Jets
Baltimore at Philadelphia 
Chicago at Indianapolis 
Dallas at San Francisco 
Denver at Houston 
Detroit at Washington 
Green Bay at Pittsburgh 
Jacksonville at NY Giants
Miami at Carolina 
New England at New Orleans 
Oakland at Minnesota 
San Diego at Arizona 
Seattle at Kansas City

Week 3 (Aug. 27-30)

Detroit at Jacksonville (CBS, Aug. 28) 
Seattle at San Diego (CBS, Aug. 29) 
Houston at New Orleans (FOX, Aug. 30) 
Arizona at Oakland (NBC, Aug. 30) 
Atlanta at Miami 
Chicago at Cincinnati 
Cleveland at Tampa Bay 
Indianapolis at St. Louis 
Minnesota at Dallas 
New England at Carolina 
NY Jets at NY Giants
Philadelphia at Green Bay 
Pittsburgh at Buffalo 
San Francisco at Denver 
Tennessee at Kansas City 
Washington at Baltimore

Week 4 (Sept. 3-4)

Arizona at Denver 
Baltimore at Atlanta 
Buffalo at Detroit 
Carolina at Pittsburgh 
Cincinnati at Indianapolis 
Cleveland at Chicago 
Houston at Dallas 
Jacksonville at Washington 
Kansas City at St. Louis 
Minnesota at Tennessee 
New Orleans at Green Bay 
NY Giants at New England 
Oakland at Seattle 
Philadelphia at NY Jets
San Diego at San Francisco 
Tampa Bay at Miami