Patriots-Bengals Game Set for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL this Week

Andy Dalton and the Cincinnati Bengals look to start their season 4-0 for the first time since 2005 with a road victory this Sunday, when they travel to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., to face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on NBC. Pre-game coverage begins with FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA at 7 p.m. ET.

Dalton and the Bengals (3-0) return to action following their bye week, and are coming off of a 33-7 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Week 3. Cincinnati's defense has allowed just 33 points over its first three games. New England (2-2) is looking to rebound from a 41-14 loss at Kansas City on Monday night, when Brady threw two interceptions and was held to just 159 passing yards. Last year, the Bengals defeated the Patriots 13-6 in a Week 5 matchup in Cincinnati, when Brady was held without a touchdown pass for the first time in 52 games.

Calling Bengals-Patriots is seven-time Emmy Award-winner Al Michaels (play-by-play), in his 29th season as THE VOICE of the NFL's premier primetime package; 15-time Emmy Award-winner Cris Collinsworth, who has won the Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst in each of his five 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. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series for a record six consecutive years.

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 Gillette Stadium on Sunday. Costas will be joined on site byCollinsworth, Tafoya, two-time SUPER BOWL winner Hines Ward, and NBC Sports commentator Josh Elliott.

Dan Patrick co-hosts Football Night from NBC Sports Group's Studio 1 and will be 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 Peter King of Sports Illustrated. Alex Flanagan will report from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo., on the Cardinals-Broncos game.

Dungy on Bengals proving themselves: "This will be the 'measuring stick' game. I said last week I thought Cincinnati was the most complete team in the AFC, but they've been on a bye (week). All they've heard around Cincinnati is, 'How good are these Bengals?'...I don't think they know for sure, but going into Foxborough, if they win this game, they will let everyone know they are for real."

Dungy on Patriots' and Brady's struggles: "He looks human because he's worried about that protection. They've got good enough receivers, and Tom can still throw the ball. But when you're not confident that you can set your feet, you look like every other quarterback."

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