The Detroit Lions will play the Los Angeles Chargers in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on July 31 in Canton as the NFL kicks off its 2025 preseason.
Lions vs. the Chargers in this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on July 31. pic.twitter.com/xuFU7cZx05
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It will mark the first time since 2000 that the NFL has held a preseason game in July. Twenty-five years later, fans will once again be treated to July football.
The teams last met in November of 2023 - a game that the Lions won 41-38 in a barn-burner. Former Lions kicker Riley Patterson made a 41-yard field goal as time expired to win the game for Detroit.
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