The history of the National Football League on television documents the long history of the National Football League on television. The NFL, along with boxing and professional wrestling …

The September 30 Waynesburg College vs. Fordham University game was the first college football telecast of the fall. Waynesburg players and coaches had made the trek from the …

Oct 22, 2025 · In a groundbreaking moment for both sports and broadcasting, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) made television history today by airing the first-ever …

On October 22, 1939, experimental television station W2XBS [1] in New York City produced the first telecast of a National Football League (NFL) game. The now-defunct Brooklyn Dodgers …

Sep 28, 2025 · On September 29, 1939, American sports and broadcasting history was made as NBC aired the first televised American football game. This groundbreaking event occurred at …

Oct 1, 2020 · The first known televised football game was played Sept. 30, 1939, when Fordham beat Waynesburg, 34-7. Estimates vary, but it's thought that 5,000 people tuned in to see the …

An NFL game was televised for the first time when NBC broadcast the Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Eagles game from Ebbets Field to the approximately 1,000 sets then in New …

The first televised college football game occurred during the “experimental” era of television’s broadcasting history, when a game between Fordham University and Waynesburg College …

Sep 30, 2024 · 1939 — Fordham participates in the world’s first televised American football game. In front of the sport’s first live TV audience, the Rams defeats Waynesburg College, 34-7.

It was October 22, 1939, Pro football's first televised game. The Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers. The beginning of an era. The game was played in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field …