National Football League

NFL makes Vikings-Cardinals night game on Dec. 6

Published Nov. 24, 2009 5:53 p.m. ET

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The NFL has moved the Minnesota at Arizona game to the night slot on Dec. 6 under its flexible scheduling policy.

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The league announced Tuesday that it was moving the original Week 13 night game, New England at Miami, to a 1 p.m. ET start. It will switch the Vikings-Cardinals game from 4:15 p.m. to 8:20 p.m ET.

The league's flexible scheduling policy allows it to change the Sunday night game to select a better matchup starting in Week 11.

Minnesota leads the NFC North at 9-1 going into its home matchup Sunday against Chicago. Arizona is 7-3 and atop the NFC West heading into its game at Tennessee on Sunday.