Panthers-Eagles Game Set for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL This Weekend

NBC Sports presents a matchup of division leaders this week, asCam Newton and the undefeated Carolina Panthers (NFC South, 5-0) host DeMarco Murray and the Philadelphia Eagles (NFC East, 3-3) from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on NBC's Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA - the most-watched weekly studio show in sports - at 7 p.m. ET.

The Panthers have won five straight games to open the season, including last week's come-from-behind victory in Seattle, as QB Cam Newton threw a touchdown pass to TE Greg Olsen in the final minute of the fourth quarter to give Carolina a 27-23 win over the Seahawks. The Eagles enter the weekend as the NFC East leaders after a 27-7 win over the Giants on Monday night, highlighted by Murray's 109 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Eagles-Panthers is the second game in a stretch of three consecutive SNF matchups featuring at least one undefeated team - a first this late in the season in the 10 years of NBC's Sunday Night Football. The 5-0 Patriots defeated the Colts 34-27 this past Sunday. Next Sunday, Nov. 1, features a battle of unbeatens asAaron Rodgers and the 6-0 Green Bay Packers visit Peyton Manning and the 6-0 Denver Broncos.

Calling Eagles-Panthers are seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his record 30th season as THE VOICE of the NFL's premier primetime package; 16-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his six seasons in the SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL booth; and two-time Emmy Award-winning sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.

NBC's coverage of SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is led by Emmy Award-winning producer Fred Gaudelli and Emmy Award-winning director Drew Esocoff.

Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports, is hosted by 26-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas, who will report from Bank of America Stadium. Costas will be joined on site by Collinsworth, Tafoya, and two-time SUPER BOWL winner Hines Ward.

Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC Sports Group's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., joined by Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy, two-time SUPER BOWL winner Rodney Harrison, Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK on NBCSN and NBCSports.com, and NFL Insider Peter King.Carolyn Manno will report from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on the Cowboys-Giants game.

NBC'S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL OFF TO BEST SIX-WEEK START FOR NFL PRIMETIME PACKAGE IN 19 YEARS

NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL has posted viewership increases for an unprecedented seven consecutive games to open the season, resulting in the best start in nearly two decades for the NFL's premier primetime package.

Through the opening six weeks of the NFL season (seven telecasts), NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is averaging 24.1 million viewers - the best viewership for the NFL's broadcast primetime package at this point in the season in 19 years (24.5 million in 1996), according to official national data released by The Nielsen Company.

FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA (7:30-8:15 p.m. ET), the most-watched weekly studio show in sports, is averaging 9.8 million viewers - the best start in the show's 10-season history and up 20% from last year at this point (8.2 million).

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