Preseason kicks off with the Hall of Fame game.

The Denver Broncos will face the Washington Redskins in the 2004 Hall of Fame Game.  The National Football League released the preseason schedule that will begin with the HOF Game in Canton on August 9th.
The game will be televised on ABC's Monday Night Football beginning at 8:00 PM.
Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs returns to Canton where he was enshrined in 1996.  Although many Hall of Fame coaches have coached in the Hall of Fame game, Gibbs becomes just the second Hall of Famer to coach in the game after he was enshrined.
The Broncos kick off the preseason one day following the induction of John Elway.  The quarterback is the first long-time Denver player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Washington is 3-0 in Hall of Fame games. The Redskins beat the Lions, 20-3 (1965), the Cincinnati Bengals, 17-9 (1975), and the Buffalo Bills 31-6 (1989). Denver is 1-1 in their two visits to Canton. The Broncos beat the Lions 10-7 in 1976 and then lost to Detroit, 14-3 in 1991.

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