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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.
1934 between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears ... the Bears won 19-16.
Lions, cowboys
the Detroit lions vs. the chicory bears in 1934 also this was the first thanksgiving football game ever broadcasted. the Detroit lions played every thanks giving from then on till ww2
soccor,vollyball
It is tradition on Thanksgiving to watch football with friends and family.
On September 16, 1887, in Chicago, IllinoisThe first version of softball was invented inChicago, Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, 1887 by George Hancock and Bakir Dzananovic as a winter version of baseball.
The game of softball was first seen at a football game between Harvard and Yale. It was on Thanksgiving Day in 1887.
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.
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.
yes 85 yers ago
about the 1920