1st Thanksgiving Nfl Football Game, Lombardi Put End To Packers Annual Thanksgiving Clash With Detroit

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Thanksgiving writing paper free printable. The first nfl football game was played on thanksgiving day in 1934. The detroit game was played in front of 26000 fans and was broadcasted over the nbc radio network on 94 stations across the us. 1886 in new york city a rules convention was held and it voted to have a championship game on thanksgiving day 1st game ever scheduled on the holiday and the use of only one type of ball the lilly white number j.

The nbc primetime game has become a new addition to. Louis cardinals instead in an attempt to boost that franchises national exposure. In 1975 and 1977 the nfl awarded thanksgiving games to the st.

The detroit lions hosted the chicago bears at the university of detroit stadium. This day in football history. The nfls thanksgiving day games have traditionally included one game hosted by the detroit lions since 1934 and one game hosted by the dallas cowboys since 1966 with two exceptions in 1975 and 1977.

The university of detroit stadium hosted the first broadcasted thanksgiving day football game in 1934 pitting the detroit lions against the chicago bears and sparking a new tradition. With the exception of a six season gap from 1939 to 1944 the thanksgiving day game has been played with no interruptions. The detroit lions thanksgiving day heritage gained national attention in another way starting with the very first game in 1934.

The cardinals lost both games and the cowboys. Thus the football on thanksgiving tradition became firmly established in detroit. 1938 the cleveland rams and the chicago bears played in only one of four nfl games that did not have.

The first thanksgiving day football game took place in philadelphia pennsylvania on thanksgiving day of 1869 less than two weeks after rutgers defeated princeton in new brunswick new jersey in what is widely recognized as the first intercollegiate football game in the united states and only six years after abraham lincoln declared the first fixed national thanksgiving holiday in 1863. The lions began playing on the day because owner ga richards wanted to get more fans in the stands. In the nfl the detroit lions and dallas cowboys have been thanksgiving staples.

Since its inception in 1920 the national football league has played games on thanksgiving day patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the thanksgiving holiday.