The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League pre-season exhibition game that is held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Fawcett Stadium, which is located next door to the Hall of Fame building in Canton, Ohio. The two teams that play in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game are selected by the league, which since 1971 has been one AFC team vs. one NFC team. Because this game and the Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies are scheduled on the weekend before the league's regular four-week pre-season begins, both teams end up playing five pre-season games instead of the normal four and (unlike the Canadian Football League) the league does not take away another preseason game in another week. Since 1995, expansion teams usually played the Hall of Fame Game as their first ever NFL contest; the teams that have done so thus far are Jacksonville Jaguars and the Carolina Panthers matchup in 1995, and the Houston Texans in 2002. The only exception to an expansion franchise not playing at this venue is the Baltimore Ravens. It is assumed that this is because the team was considered a moved franchise (although it is officially recognized as an expansion franchise founded in 1996 as a result of an agreement between the NFL and the city of Cleveland). However, the Cleveland Browns were featured in the Hall of Fame Game upon their return to the league in 1999.

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Television and radio

From 1999-2005, the game was held on Monday night, televised as part of ABC's Monday Night Football package. It had previously been held typically on Saturday afternoons. Starting in 2006, it was moved to Sunday night, coinciding with the new NBC Sunday Night Football television package. The 2007 game was telecast on NFL Network as NBC was intending to televise the China Bowl game in Beijing, China (a game which was postponed to 2009). The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New Orleans Saints 20-7 in the 2007 game, giving new head coach Mike Tomlin the win in his first game as an NFL head coach.

Westwood One owns national radio rights; it is the only preseason game to air on a nationwide network. Each team's radio network is also allowed to broadcast the games (albeit usually with fewer affiliates since preseason games are traditionally much lower priority to non-sports and non-flagship stations).

Game history

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
August 11, 1962	New York Giants	21	St. Louis Cardinals	21
September 8, 1963	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	Cleveland Browns	7
September 6, 1964	Baltimore Colts	48	Pittsburgh Steelers	17
September 12, 1965	Washington Redskins	20	Detroit Lions	3
1966	No game was played.
August 5, 1967	Philadelphia Eagles	28	Cleveland Browns	13
August 3, 1968	Chicago Bears	30	Dallas Cowboys	24
September 13, 1969	Green Bay Packers	38	Atlanta Falcons	24
August 8, 1970	New Orleans Saints	14	Minnesota Vikings	13
July 31, 1971	Los Angeles Rams	17	Houston Oilers	6
July 29, 1972	Kansas City Chiefs	23	New York Giants	17
July 28, 1973	San Francisco 49ers	20	New England Patriots	7
July 27, 1974	St. Louis Cardinals	21	Buffalo Bills	13
August 2, 1975	Washington Redskins	17	Cincinnati Bengals	9
July 24, 1976	Denver Broncos	10	Detroit Lions	7
July 30, 1977	Chicago Bears	20	New York Jets	6
July 29, 1978	Philadelphia Eagles	17	Miami Dolphins	3
July 28, 1979	Oakland Raiders	20	Dallas Cowboys	13
August 2, 1980 [1]	Green Bay Packers	0	San Diego Chargers	0
August 1, 1981	Cleveland Browns	24	Atlanta Falcons	10
August 7, 1982	Minnesota Vikings	30	Baltimore Colts	14
July 30, 1983	Pittsburgh Steelers	27	New Orleans Saints	14
July 28, 1984	Seattle Seahawks	38	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0
August 3, 1985	New York Giants	21	Houston Oilers	20
August 2, 1986	New England Patriots	21	St. Louis Cardinals	16
August 8, 1987	San Francisco 49ers	20	Kansas City Chiefs	7
July 30, 1988	Cincinnati Bengals	14	Los Angeles Rams	7
August 5, 1989	Washington Redskins	31	Buffalo Bills	6
August 4, 1990	Chicago Bears	13	Cleveland Browns	0
July 27, 1991	Detroit Lions	14	Denver Broncos	3
August 1, 1992	New York Jets	41	Philadelphia Eagles	14
July 31, 1993	Los Angeles Raiders	19	Green Bay Packers	3
July 30, 1994	Atlanta Falcons	21	San Diego Chargers	7
July 29, 1995	Carolina Panthers	20	Jacksonville Jaguars	14
July 27, 1996	Indianapolis Colts	10	New Orleans Saints	3
July 26, 1997	Minnesota Vikings	28	Seattle Seahawks	26
August 1, 1998	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	30	Pittsburgh Steelers	6
August 9, 1999	Cleveland Browns	20	Dallas Cowboys	17
July 31, 2000	New England Patriots	20	San Francisco 49ers	0
August 6, 2001	St. Louis Rams	17	Miami Dolphins	10
August 5, 2002	New York Giants	34	Houston Texans	17
August 4, 2003 [2]	Kansas City Chiefs	9	Green Bay Packers	0
August 9, 2004	Washington Redskins	20	Denver Broncos	17
August 8, 2005	Chicago Bears	27	Miami Dolphins	24
August 6, 2006	Oakland Raiders	16	Philadelphia Eagles	10
August 5 2007	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	New Orleans Saints	7
August 3 2008	Indianapolis Colts vs. Washington Redskins

Standings

Team	W-	L-	T	Pct.	Last appearance
Chicago Bears	4	0	0	1.000	2005
Washington Redskins	4	0	0	1.000	2004
Oakland Raiders	3	0	0	1.000	2006
Carolina Panthers	1	0	0	1.000	1995
Cleveland Browns	2	3	0	.400	1999
Indianapolis Colts	2	1	0	.667	1996
Kansas City Chiefs	2	1	0	.667	2003
Minnesota Vikings	2	1	0	.667	1997
New England Patriots	2	1	0	.667	2000
St. Louis Rams	2	1	0	.667	2001
San Francisco 49ers	2	1	0	.667	2000
New York Giants	2	1	1	.625	2002
Pittsburgh Steelers	3	2	0	.600	2007
Philadelphia Eagles	2	2	0	.500	2006
Arizona Cardinals	1	1	1	.500	1986
Cincinnati Bengals	1	1	0	.500	1988
New York Jets	1	1	0	.500	1992
Seattle Seahawks	1	1	0	.500	1997
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	1	0	.500	1998
Green Bay Packers	1	2	1	.375	2003
Atlanta Falcons	1	2	0	.333	1994
Denver Broncos	1	2	0	.333	2004
Detroit Lions	1	2	0	.333	1991
Baltimore Ravens	0	0	0	.-----	N/A
New Orleans Saints	1	3	0	.250	2007
San Diego Chargers	0	1	1	.250	1994
Houston Texans	0	1	0	.000	2002
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	1	0	.000	1995
Buffalo Bills	0	2	0	.000	1989
Tennessee Titans	0	2	0	.000	1985
Dallas Cowboys	0	3	0	.000	1999
Miami Dolphins	0	3	0	.000	2005

Arizona totals include St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland totals include original franchise
Indianapolis totals include Baltimore Colts
Oakland totals include Los Angeles Raiders
St. Louis totals include Los Angeles Rams
Tennessee totals include Houston Oilers

Most appearances- 5: (tie) Cleveland Browns (1963, 1967, 1981, 1990 and 1999), Pittsburgh Steelers (1963, 1964, 1983, 1998 and 2007) and Washington Redskins (1965, 1975, 1989, 2004, and 2008)

Most wins- 4: (tie) Chicago Bears (1968, 1977, 1990 and 2005) and Washington Redskins (1965, 1975, 1989 and 2004)

Longest active drought without Hall of Fame Game appearance- 22 seasons: Tennessee Titans (last appearance- 1985 {as Houston Oilers})

Active teams to have never made a Hall of Fame Game appearance- 1: Baltimore Ravens (founded 1996)

References

1. Game ended with 5:29 remaining in the fourth quarter due to severe lightning.
2. Game ended with 5:49 remaining in the third quarter due to severe lightning