Eli Manning will face San Diego in prime time

NEW YORK — Eli Manning will face the team he snubbed last year in prime time this September.

The full NFL schedule, released Wednesday, also contains a rare full slate of Saturday afternoon games on Christmas Eve, the first full Saturday since 1995. The season will end with a full schedule on New Year’s Day, a Sunday.

Manning, who told the Chargers not to take him with the first pick in last year’s draft, will quarterback the New York Giants in San Diego on Sunday night, Sept. 25.

Manning was chosen anyway by the Chargers, who then traded him to New York for Philip Rivers and additional draft choices after the Giants took Rivers fourth overall.