The NFL's first regular-season game in France: Steelers beat Saints 16-10 before 78,488 near Paris
AP's story mixes the game with the setting: a 42-year-old Rodgers passing Peyton Manning, a gorgeous Marseillaise, a confusing scoreboard and a tense week of protests in Paris.
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New Orleans Saints 16-10 on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the NFL's first regular-season game in France, AP reports. Attendance was 78,488.
Aaron Rodgers, 42, threw a touchdown pass to tight end Darnell Washington, the 540th of his career, moving him past Peyton Manning into third in NFL history, and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals. Linebacker Payton Wilson intercepted Tyler Shough in the red zone after, he said, practicing that play more than 20 times; he had picked off Rodgers on a similar play in practice that week.
Rodgers called the French anthem "gorgeous" but said it was sometimes hard to find the play clock among all the numbers on the scoreboard. The week was tense: AP notes rioting and looting during protests over school funding and living costs a week earlier, and players stayed close to the hotel during more protests on Saturday.
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NFL International Series
After exploring Rodgers throws TD pass in Paris as Steelers beat Saints 16-10 in NFL's regular-season France debut, the league's long push abroad is laid out in NFL International Series.
The International Series is the NFL's run of regular-season games played outside the United States, so far in the UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Spain and France.
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