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September 7

1963 — The 19,000-square-foot, two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is officially opened. The Hall's charter class of 17 enshrinees are inducted: Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, Dutch Clark, Harold "Red" Grange, George Halas, Mel Hein, Wilbur "Pete" Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, John "Blood" McNally, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers and Jim Thorpe.

September 8

2002 — Rookie quarterback David Carr throws a pair of touchdown passes as the Houston Texans defeat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to become only the second expansion team (1961 Minnesota Vikings) to win their inaugural game.

September 9

1960 — Denver beats Boston 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans in Boston.

September 10

1989 — Indianapolis running back Eric Dickerson rushes for 106 yards against San Francisco to become the fastest player to top the 10,000-yard plateau, doing it in his 91st career game. Cleveland's Jim Brown hit 10,000 yards in his 98th game

September 11

1983 — Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris becomes the third player to rush for 11,000 yards. Harris finished his career with 12,120 rushing yards.

September 12

2004 — The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field to snap their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak.

September 13

1987 —Quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with five touchdown passes and the Buccaneers set marks for most points (48) and the largest margin of victory (38) in a 48-10 win over the Falcons.