The 2012 season-opening NFL Kickoff game, featuring the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants as host, will be played on Wednesday, September 5.

It’s the first NFL game played on a Wednesday since September 22, 1948, when the Rams and Lions squared off.

The game was scheduled for Wednesday to avoid a conflict with President Barack Obama’s Thursday night speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

NBC will televise the game at 6:30 p.m. MST, and NFL Kickoff 2012 beginning an hour earlier.

-Gray Caldwell