The NFL's 65-game preseason schedule kicks off on Thursday night with the Hall of Fame Game.

The Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys square off at 7 p.m. CDT Thursday at Canton, Ohio. NBC will televise the game.

The Hall of Fame Game is the first of 24 that will be televised live nationally by NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN or NFL Network. Each NFL team has a syndicated network for local and regional broadcasts of its preseason games, too.

The national-TV preseason schedule includes (with all times central):

7 p.m. Aug. 3: Arizona Cardinals vs. Dallas Cowboys in Canton, Ohio (NBC)

6:30 p.m. Aug. 9: Houston Texas at Carolina Panthers (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 10: Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears (NFL Network)

6 p.m. Aug. 11: Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants (NFL Network)

9 p.m. Aug. 11: San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs (NFL Network - joined in progress)

8 p.m. Aug. 12: Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams (NFL Network)

12:30 p.m. Aug. 13: Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 13: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Chargers (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 17: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Jacksonville Jaguars (ESPN)

9 p.m. Aug. 18: Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks (NFL Network)

2 p.m. Aug. 19: Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans (NFL Network)

6 p.m. Aug. 19: Indianapolis Colts vs. Dallas Cowboys (NFL Network)

9 p.m. Aug. 19: Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers (NFL Network)

3 p.m. Aug. 20: Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 20: New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 21: New York Giants at Cleveland Browns (ESPN)

6 p.m. Aug. 24: Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles (NFL Network)

7 p.m. Aug. 25: Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks (CBS)

7 p.m. Aug. 26: Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams (CBS)

Noon Aug. 27: Chicago Bears at Tennessee Titans (FOX)

3:30 p.m. Aug. 27: Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Redskins (FOX)

7 p.m. Aug. 27: San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings (NBC)

6 p.m. Aug. 31: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets (NFL Network)

9 p.m. Aug. 31: Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders (NFL Network)

The NFL Network will re-air every preseason game during the course of each week of the exhibition schedule.

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The preseason games will provide an opportunity for players, coaches, officials and fans to become familiar with the NFL's new rules and points of emphasis this season. NFL officials recorded a video for the league's players to get them ready for the changes: