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Program Cover - TEN @ HOU, Dec. 10, 2006

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Throwback Game of the Week - NO @ STL

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The AFL's first championship game

The AFL’s first championship game put an exclamation point on the league’s first season. Read our latest feature as we celebrate the AFL’s 50th Anniversary season each Wednesday throughout the ’09 season. Read More

Eddie George's jersey from final game as "Oilers"

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Tossing Coin from Houston Texans debut

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Andre Johnson's memorable '08 season

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Football carried by the "Tyler Rose"

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Dolphins’ record-setters

Mementos from two Miami Dolphins players, Ted Ginn and Jason Taylor, arrived at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. The duo set NFL milestones during the Dolphins’ thrilling win over the New York Jets in Week 8. Read More

Archie Manning poster

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Throwback Game of the Week - BAL @ CIN

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The AFL “Originals”

In our weekly look at the AFL as part of the league’s 50th Anniversary Season celebration in 2009, here’s the story of a group of 19 players who competed in all ten seasons that the league existed. Read More

Room to run

Our weekly reflection on the American Football League takes a look at the running game in the AFL despite the fact the league was labeled “pass happy.” Read More

Throwback Game of the Week - NYG @ PHI

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Program cover - BAL @ CIN, Dec. 1, 2002

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Ginn goes all the way! Twice!

Ted Ginn is the eighth player to return two kickoffs for TDs in the same game but the first to have two returned for 100 or more yards. Read More

Ball from Bengals shootout

The AFC North Division rival Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals combined for 106 points in a game played at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium on November 28, 2004. The Bengals won the game, 58-48. The point total was the highest in a single game since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The 106 points were also the second most ever accumulated in the history of the NFL. Read More

Ed Reed's record return

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Brian Billick's vest

Led by head coach Brian Billick the Baltimore Ravens posted a 12-4 record during the 2000 NFL season. Making their way through the playoffs the Ravens earned a berth in Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. The Baltimore Ravens hoisted the Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Giants 34-7. Read More

Boomer Esiason's jersey

Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the 1988 season. He led the Bengals to a 12-4 record and a berth in Super Bowl XXII. Esiason wore this jersey during that memorable season. Read More

In times of crisis: The Patriots prevail

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Throwback Game of the Week - NE @ TB (London)

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Wellington Mara's camera

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Tiki Barber's jersey

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Norm Van Brocklin's jersey

Hall of Fame quarterback Norm Van Brocklin wore this jersey in the 1960 NFL title game. Van Brocklin and the Eagles defeated Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers to claim the NFL championship. Read More

The AFL's first draft

The AFL's first draft was a far cry from how the process is done today. Here's our weekly feature as part of the season-long AFL's 50th Anniversary Season celebration. Read More

LT soars over Eagles

Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson ran by two Hall of Fame running backs on Sunday and now ranks as the No. 12 rusher of all-time. Here are the updated career leaders through Week 10. Read More

High flying Eagles mementos land in Canton

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Running up the yardage

On Sunday, the New York Jets became the first team since 1975 and only the second since ’60 to record 300 yards rushing in back-to-back games. Read More

The Super Bowl heads north

The first 15 Super Bowls were played in warm weather states like Florida, California and Louisiana. So, it was a bit of surprise when the location for Super Bowl XVI was announced. The site for the game scheduled for Jan. 24, 1982 was the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit. It marked the first Super Bowl played in a northern stadium. Read More

Ward jersey to Canton

Steelers WR Hines Ward is the latest player to have a memento from the 2009 NFL season sent to the Hall of Fame. Read More

NFL on TV

Seventy years ago on Oct. 22, 1939, the NFL had its first game televised. The Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Eagles game was broadcast to a limited audience in New York City. Read More

Buccaneers at Patriots - Sept. 3, 2000

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Throwback Game of the Week - BAL @ MIN

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Jim Nance Painting

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Cadillac Willams' rookie feat

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Tom Brady's draft card

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Lee Roy Selmon's helmet

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Coast vs. Coast

Jets-Raiders Legacy Game on Sunday reminiscent of old AFL days. Read More

Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV Crystal Trophy

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Paul Krause sets interception record

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Throwback game of the Week - ATL at SF

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Ed Reed's shoes

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Cris Carter's helmet

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The AFL’s Underestimated Defense

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The NFL’s largest trade

Twenty years ago, on October 13, 1989, the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings were involved in a blockbuster deal that remains the largest trade ever made in National Football League history. Read More

Austin breaks Bob Hayes record

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin had the game of his career and the finest receiving performance in franchise history yesterday. Read More

Super Bowl Memories

John Elway was an obvious fan favorite after the Broncos finally won its first Super Bowl. Read More

Recent Acquisitions

Check out photos of artifacts added to the Hall's collection thus far in 2009. Read More

September 13, 1993 ATL at SF Program Cover

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Throwback Game of the Week - Week 4

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