List of Pro Football Hall of Fame Game broadcasters

The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game throughout the years.

Television

Fawcett Stadium is within 75 miles of numerous television markets in northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania (and is part of the Cleveland market); as such, the NBC affiliates were required to black out the game in the rare event the game did not sell out. Because Fawcett Stadium only holds 22,375 fans (less than half the NFL's minimum requirements for its stadiums) and the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies bring large numbers of outside fans to Canton, the game has, to date, always sold out (several NFL teams, as well as the Super Bowl, have similarly enjoyed long sellout streaks).

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2013	NBC	Al Michaels	Cris Collinsworth	Michelle Tafoya
2012	NFL Network	Brad Nessler	Mike Mayock	Stacey Dales
2011	Game was canceled due to 2011 NFL lockout.
2010	NBC	Al Michaels	Cris Collinsworth	Andrea Kremer

Notes

• The 2012 game aired on NFL Network due to NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics from London.

• Had the 2011 game been played, it would have aired on NBC and featured Al Michaels on play-by-play, Cris Collinsworth on color commentary, and Michelle Tafoya reporting from the sidelines.

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2009	NBC	Al Michaels	Cris Collinsworth	Andrea Kremer
2008	NBC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Adam Schefter
2007	NFL Network	Bryant Gumbel	Cris Collinsworth
2006	NBC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Andrea Kremer
2005	ABC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Michele Tafoya
2004	ABC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Michele Tafoya
2003	ABC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Lisa Guerrero
2002	ABC	Al Michaels	John Madden	Melissa Stark
2001	ABC	Al Michaels	Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller	Melissa Stark and Eric Dickerson
2000	ABC	Al Michaels	Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller	Melissa Stark and Eric Dickerson

Notes

• Adam Schefter of the NFL Network filled-in for Andrea Kremer as NBC's sideline reporter during the 2008 game because Kremer away in Beijing covering the Summer Olympics for NBC.

• In 2007 and 2008 the game was broadcast live in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland by Sky Sports. ESPN America (formerly North American Sports Network) broadcasts the game in the rest of Europe. It was not shown in 2009 because of a dispute between Sky Sports and the NFL over TV rights.

• 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 and later canceled).

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1999	ABC	Al Michaels	Boomer Esiason	Lesley Visser
1998	ABC	Al Michaels	Dan Dierdorf and Boomer Esiason	Lesley Visser
1997	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf	Lynn Swann
1996	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf	Lynn Swann
1995	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf	Lynn Swann
1994	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf	Lynn Swann
1993	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1992	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1991	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1990	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf

Notes

• From 1998-2005, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game was held on Monday night (and the 1998 game was on a Saturday night), televised as part of ABC's Monday Night Football package.
  • From 1998-2005, the Global Television Network aired the game in Canada, simulcasting ABC; upon the move to Sunday night in 2006, the CTV Television Network aired the game until 2010. With CTV airing the Summer Olympics, TSN broadcast the Hall of Fame Game in 2012. Azteca 7 aired Spanish-language coverage of the Hall of Fame Game in Mexico from 1998-2005; the Game moved to Canal 5 in 2006 and aired on that station until 2010. Due to Televisa's Summer Olympics coverage, the Hall of Fame Game moved to Televisa Deportes in 2012.

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1988	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1987	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
1986	ABC	Al Michaels	Frank Gifford
1985	ABC	Frank Gifford	O. J. Simpson and Joe Namath
1984	ABC	Bill Flemming	O. J. Simpson
1983	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1982	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1981	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton
1980	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton

Notes

• Bill Flemming filled-in for Frank Gifford on play-by-play for the 1984 game because Gifford was busy covering the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles for ABC.

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1979	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton
1978	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1977	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1976	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Alex Karras
1975	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Alex Karras
1974	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell and Fred Williamson
1973	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1972	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1971	ABC	Frank Gifford	Howard Cosell
1970	No Telecast

Notes

• Beginning in 1971, the Hall of Fame Game was televised as part of ABC's Wide World of Sports package on Saturday afternoons. This practice would continue until 1998.

1960s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1969	No Telecast
1968	CBS	Frank Glieber	George Connor
1967	No Telecast
1966	No game was played.
1965	CBS	Van Patrick	Pat Summerall and Sonny Grandelius
1964	No Telecast
1963	No Telecast
1962	No Telecast

Radio

Dial Global owns national radio rights; it is the only exhibition 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 exhibition games are traditionally much lower priority to non-sports and non-flagship stations).

External links

• Hall of Fame Game numbers game.
• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (1965-72)
• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (1973-81)
• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (1982-90)
• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (1991-1999)
• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (2000-2008)