The Cowboys and Steelers will host the league’s first exhibition game since before the 2019 season.
As expected, the Dallas Cowboys have been awarded a fifth exhibition game to front end the 2021 regular season. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the exact same introduction this outlet used in March 2020 to announce what was supposed to be last year’s exhibition tilt.
The 2021 HOF Game game will be a meeting over a year in the making. Originally planned for 2020, this year’s game will be a highly anticipated matchup between 2 storied franchises: the @steelers & @dallascowboys.
How to Attend: https://t.co/qb6lj8Th0k#PFHOF21 | @HOFExperiences pic.twitter.com/ZirvcahLZP
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) February 15, 2021
Thanks to Cowboys legends Jimmy Johnson and Cliff Harris being inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Dallas was chosen as one of two teams to play the Thursday before the ceremony. Now, they’ll also be joined by WR Drew Pearson after the latter was part of the 2021 class announced the Saturday prior to Super Bowl LV.
Both classes will be part of the same ceremony to receive their gold jackets after the coronavirus pandemic took away the original date and as such, the game was cancelled as well.
Now there is renewed hope in an expansion of in-person attendance for the coming sports seasons and the league and the Pro Football Hall of Fame will try again. Dallas and head coach Mike McCarthy will take on their longtime rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, on August 5 in the Hall of Fame Game.
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