Pro Football Hall of Fame Game

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League (NFL) exhibition game that is held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, which is part of Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village and is located adjacent to the Hall of Fame building in Canton, Ohio. The inaugural Hall of Fame Game was held on August 11, 1962.

Game history

Date/Season Team(s) Type
August 11, 1962 St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Giants Program
September 8, 1963 Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns Program
September 6, 1964 Baltimore Colts vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Program
September 12, 1965 Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions Program
August 8, 1970 Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints Program
July 31, 1971 Los Angeles Rams vs. Houston Oilers Program
July 24, 1976 Detroit Lions vs. Denver Broncos Program
August 1, 1981 Cleveland Browns vs. Atlanta Falcons Program
August 7, 1982 Minnesota Vikings vs. Baltimore Colts Program
July 27, 1991 Denver Broncos vs. Detroit Lions Program
August 1, 1992 Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Jets Program
July 29, 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Carolina Panthers Program
July 27, 1996 New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts Program
July 26, 1997 Seattle Seahawks vs. Minnesota Vikings Program
July 31, 2000 San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots Program
August 6, 2001 Miami Dolphins vs. St. Louis Rams Program
August 4, 2003 Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers Program
August 9, 2004 Denver Broncos vs. Washington Redskins Program
August 8, 2005 Miami Dolphins vs. Chicago Bears Program
National Football League
AFC East North South West
Buffalo Bills (Highmark Stadium)
Miami Dolphins (Hard Rock Stadium)
New England Patriots (Gillette Stadium)
New York Jets (MetLife Stadium)
Baltimore Ravens (M&T Bank Stadium)
Cincinnati Bengals (Paycor Stadium)
Cleveland Browns (FirstEnergy Stadium)
Pittsburgh Steelers (Heinz Field)
Houston Texans (NRG Stadium)
Indianapolis Colts (Lucas Oil Stadium)
Jacksonville Jaguars (TIAA Bank Field)
Tennessee Titans (Nissan Stadium)
Denver Broncos (Empower Field at Mile High)
Kansas City Chiefs (Arrowhead Stadium)
Las Vegas Raiders (Allegiant Stadium)
Los Angeles Chargers (SoFi Stadium)
NFC East North South West
Dallas Cowboys (AT&T Stadium)
New York Giants (MetLife Stadium)
Philadelphia Eagles (Lincoln Financial Field)
Washington Commanders (FedExField)
Chicago Bears (Soldier Field)
Detroit Lions (Ford Field)
Green Bay Packers (Lambeau Field)
Minnesota Vikings (U.S. Bank Stadium)
Atlanta Falcons (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
Carolina Panthers (Bank of America Stadium)
New Orleans Saints (Caesars Superdome)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Raymond James Stadium)
Arizona Cardinals (State Farm Stadium)
Los Angeles Rams (SoFi Stadium)
San Francisco 49ers (Levi's Stadium)
Seattle Seahawks (Lumen Field)
Defunct franchises Akron Pros/Akron Indians • Baltimore Colts • Brooklyn Dodgers • Buffalo NFL teams • Canton Bulldogs • Cincinnati Reds • Dallas Texans • Detroit Wolverines • Frankford Yellow Jackets • Kansas City Cowboys • Orange/Newark Tornadoes • Pottsville Maroons/Boston Bulldogs • Racine Tornadoes • All defunct franchises
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Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Quarterbacks Troy Aikman • Sammy Baugh • George Blanda • Terry Bradshaw • Dutch Clark • Jimmy Conzelman • Len Dawson • Paddy Driscoll • John Elway • Brett Favre • Dan Fouts • Benny Friedman • Otto Graham • Bob Griese • Arnie Herber • Sonny Jurgensen • Jim Kelly • Bobby Layne • Sid Luckman • Peyton Manning • Dan Marino • Joe Montana • Warren Moon • Joe Namath • Ace Parker • Ken Stabler • Bart Starr • Roger Staubach • Fran Tarkenton • Y.A. Tittle • Johnny Unitas • Norm Van Brocklin • Kurt Warner • Bob Waterfield • Steve Young
Running Backs M. Allen • Cliff Battles • Jerome Bettis • Jim Brown • Campbell • Tony Canadeo • Csonka • T. Davis • Eric Dickerson • Tony Dorsett • Bill Dudley • Marshall Faulk • Frank Gifford • Red Grange • Joe Guyon • Franco Harris • Clarke Hinkle • Paul Hornung • Edgerrin James • John Henry Johnson • Leroy Kelly • Curly Lambeau • Tuffy Leemans • Floyd Little • Martin • Ollie Matson • George McAfee • McElhenny • Blood McNally • Lenny Moore • Marion Motley • Bronko Nagurski • Ernie Nevers • Walter Payton • Perry • Fritz Pollard • John Riggins • Barry Sanders • Gale Sayers • O.J. Simpson • Emmitt Smith • Ken Strong • Jim Taylor • Thurman Thomas • Jim Thorpe • LaDainian Tomlinson • Charley Trippi • Steve Van Buren • Doak Walker
Wide Receivers / Ends Lance Alworth • Red Badgro • Raymond Berry • Fred Biletnikoff • Tim Brown • Isaac Bruce • Harold Carmichael • Cris Carter • Guy Chamberlin • Tom Fears • Ray Flaherty • George Halas • Marvin Harrison • Hayes • Bill Hewitt • Elroy Hirsch • Don Hutson • Michael Irvin • Calvin Johnson • Charlie Joiner • Steve Largent • Dante Lavelli • James Lofton • Don Maynard • Tommy McDonald • Wayne Millner • Bobby Mitchell • Art Monk • Randy Moss • Terrell Owens • Drew Pearson • Pete Pihos • Andre Reed • Jerry Rice • Mac Speedie • John Stallworth • Lynn Swann • Charley Taylor • Paul Warfield
Tight Ends Dave Casper • Mike Ditka • Tony Gonzalez • John Mackey • Ozzie Newsome • Charlie Sanders • Shannon Sharpe • Jackie Smith • Kellen Winslow
Offensive Linemen Larry Allen • Tony Boselli • Bob Brown • Rosey Brown • Jim Covert • Lou Creekmur • Dermontti Dawson • Joe DeLamielleure • Dan Dierdorf • Faneca • Frank Gatski • Gregg • Russ Grimm • John Hannah • Gene Hickerson • Winston Hill • Steve Hutchinson • Stan Jones • Walter Jones • Kramer • Jim Langer • Larry Little • Tom Mack • Bruce Matthews • Mawae • Mike McCormack • Randall McDaniel • Ron Mix • Mike Munchak • Anthony Muñoz • Ogden • Jim Otto • Orlando Pace • Jim Parker • Jim Ringo • Roaf • Shaw • A. Shell • Will Shields • Jackie Slater • St. Clair • Dick Stanfel • Dwight Stephenson • Joe Thomas • Mick Tingelhoff • Gene Upshaw • Mike Webster • Rayfield Wright • Ron Yary • Gary Zimmerman
Pre-modern era two-way players Turk Edwards • Dan Fortmann • Ed Healey • Mel Hein • Pete Henry • Cal Hubbard • Walt Kiesling • Bruiser Kinard • Link Lyman • Mike Michalske • George Musso • Steve Owen • Duke Slater • Joe Stydahar • George Trafton • Bulldog Turner • Alex Wojciechowicz
Defensive Linemen Doug Atkins • Elvin Bethea • Buck Buchanan • Curley Culp • Willie Davis • Fred Dean • Richard Dent • Chris Doleman • Art Donovan • Carl Eller • Len Ford • Joe Greene • Charles Haley • Dan Hampton • Claude Humphrey • Deacon Jones • Henry Jordan • Alex Karras • Cortez Kennedy • Joe Klecko • Bob Lilly • Howie Long • Gino Marchetti • Leo Nomellini • Merlin Olsen • Alan Page • John Randle • Andy Robustelli • Warren Sapp • Lee Roy Selmon • Richard Seymour • Bruce Smith • Ed Sprinkle • Ernie Stautner • Michael Strahan • Jason Taylor • Arnie Weinmeister • Randy White • Reggie White • Bill Willis • Bryant Young • Jack Youngblood
Linebackers Chuck Bednarik • Bobby Bell • Robert Brazile • Brooks • Nick Buoniconti • Butkus • Harry Carson • Connor • Bill George • K. Greene • Jack Ham • Chris Hanburger • Ted Hendricks • Chuck Howley • Sam Huff • Rickey Jackson • Jack Lambert • Willie Lanier • Ray Lewis • Mills • Ray Nitschke • Les Richter • D. Robinson • Schmidt • Junior Seau • Mike Singletary • Lawrence Taylor • Derrick Thomas • Zach Thomas • Andre Tippett • Brian Urlacher • DeMarcus Ware • Dave Wilcox
Defensive Backs Adderley • Atwater • Bailey • Ronde Barber • Lem Barney • Mel Blount • W. Brown • Jack Butler • LeRoy Butler • Jack Christiansen • Brian Dawkins • Bobby Dillon • Kenny Easley • Green • C. Harris • Mike Haynes • Ken Houston • Jimmy Johnson • Paul Krause • Night Train Lane • Yale Lary • Ty Law • Dick LeBeau • Ronnie Lott • John Lynch • Troy Polamalu • Ed Reed • Mel Renfro • Darrelle Revis • Ken Riley • Johnny Robinson • Deion Sanders • Donnie Shell • Emmitt Thomas • Emlen Tunnell • Roger Wehrli • Aeneas Williams • Larry Wilson • Wood • Charles Woodson • Rod Woodson
Placekickers and Punters Morten Andersen • Lou Groza • Ray Guy • Jan Stenerud
Coaches George Allen • Paul Brown • Guy Chamberlin • Jimmy Conzelman • Bill Cowher • Don Coryell • Tony Dungy • Weeb Ewbank • Ray Flaherty • Tom Flores • Joe Gibbs • Sid Gillman • Bud Grant • George Halas • Jimmy Johnson • Curly Lambeau • Tom Landry • Levy • Vince Lombardi • John Madden • Greasy Neale • Chuck Noll • Steve Owen • Bill Parcells • Don Shula • Hank Stram • Dick Vermeil • Bill Walsh
Contributors Bobby Beathard • Bert Bell • Charles Bidwill • Pat Bowlen • Gil Brandt • Joseph Carr • A. Davis • Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. • Jim Finks • George Halas • Lamar Hunt • Jerry Jones • Curly Lambeau • Tim Mara • Wellington Mara • George Preston Marshall • Bill Nunn • Bill Polian • Shorty Ray • Dan Reeves • Art Rooney • Dan Rooney • Pete Rozelle • Ed Sabol • Steve Sabol • Tex Schramm • Paul Tagliabue • Ralph Wilson • Ron Wolf • George Young
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