Richie Cunningham Retired

SEA @ DAL · Jul 31, 1998 · Season 1998, Hall of Fame

The first game of the 1998 NFL preseason had two stories the box score wouldn't tell you. Seahawks rookie running back Ahman Green scored his first professional touchdown (the start of a career that would land him as Green Bay's all-time leading rusher). And Cowboys kicker Richie Cunningham doinked twice in a single game: a missed extra point in the third quarter, then a 46-yard field goal in the fourth, either of which would have flipped the one-point margin. There's a third oddity, harder to spot: This game wasn't the official 1998 Hall of Fame game, despite what the Cowboys' site may lead you to believe; it was played on July 31st, a day before that year's HoF game. (Sourced from newspaper archives - no video known to exist.)