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The Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day heritage gained national attention in another way, starting with the very first game in 1934., BTW nice thanksgiving study guide, I am thankful there are people like you my friend
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The tradition started in 1970. Thanksgiving Football games have be be going on way before that, but it was random which teams played. The tradition that the Lions and Coyboys ALWAYS play on Thanksgiving was started in 1970. In 2006, another random game was added. No certain team has to play in that game.
The first Thanksgiving football game was played on November 29, 1934, between the University of Detroit and the University of Chicago. This game marked the beginning of a tradition of college football games played on Thanksgiving Day. The event has since evolved, with various college teams participating over the years.
The first NFL game on Thanksgiving is Tennessee Titans vs the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. The kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 eastern standard time.
It is tradition on Thanksgiving to watch football with friends and family.
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The game of softball was first seen at a football game between Harvard and Yale. It was on Thanksgiving Day in 1887.
If your are talking about football (soccer), It first started in Brazil. If your talking about football (football), It first started in Ancient Greece. But if you mean in our time (sort of), then the first football game was played in 1869. Then more and more colleges started playing football 'till it became a sport.
1934 between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears ... the Bears won 19-16.
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The Arena Football League was first started from an idea of an indoor football game. The first game was played in 1987. The first test game was played in Rockford Illinois.