To accommodate the South Florida community in preparing to deal with the approach of Hurricane Wilma, the Miami Dolphins' home game against the Kansas City Chiefs has been rescheduled for Friday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Dolphins Stadium, the NFL announced in conjunction with both teams and local authorities. The game originally was scheduled to be played on Sunday, October 23, at 1:00 p.m. ET.

CBS will televise the game live to the Miami and Kansas City primary and secondary markets, which are WFOR/Miami, WPEC/West Palm and WINK/Ft. Myers in the Dolphins’ area and KCTV/Kansas City and WIBW/Topeka in the Chiefs’ territory.

For customers of Sirius Satellite Radio, the game will be available live on Friday at 7:00 p.m. ET on Channel 121 for the Kansas City Chiefs’ radio broadcast and Channel 131 for the Miami Dolphins’ broadcast.

On MiamiDolphins.com, fans can follow Miami Dolphins GameDay Live, or listen to the local radio broadcast of the game via the Field Pass subscription service (NFL.com/fieldpass). [Field Pass is available on a seven-day free trial basis for first-time subscribers.]

A delayed-telecast of the Dolphins-Chiefs game will be shown nationally on NFL Network on Sunday, October 23, at a time to be determined.

Moving the game to Friday will enable emergency personnel and others in the South Florida community to focus on preparing for the approach of Hurricane Wilma.

As previously announced, the schedule of the Hall of Fame celebration that was planned over the coming days has also been changed. The Dan Marino Ring Presentation Ceremony has been moved to halftime of the Dolphins-Atlanta Falcons game to be played on November 6 at 1:00 p.m. In addition, the team’s Orange Carpet Gala to honor all of the Club’s Hall of Famers, which was scheduled for this Saturday, has been moved to Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 p.m. Finally, the Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame Exhibition, featuring the busts of all nine Dolphins Hall of Famers, will be open From Wednesday, October 26 – Saturday, November 5.

“As in the past, we recognize unusual circumstances and will address them appropriately on a case-by-case basis,” said Dolphins Enterprises CEO Joe Bailey.

This is the third straight year and fifth time in the last five seasons that the Dolphins have had to change a contest’s date, time or venue for a variety of reasons

Since 1992, the Dolphins have had to alter the date, time or venue of a game six previous times, with this being the seventh, and the Dolphins are 3-3 in such games. Last year, they dropped a 17-7 decision to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, September 11, at Pro Player Stadium, in a game originally scheduled to be played on Sunday, September 12, but was moved up a day because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan. The Dolphins also lost a 13-3 contest to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, September 26, 2005. That game was moved from a 1:00 p.m. kickoff to a 8:30 p.m. kickoff because of Hurricane Jeanne.