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An urban legend states that the Chicago Tigers and Decatur Staleys challenged each other to a Thanksgiving duel, in Chicago, in the league's inaugural season, with the loser being relegated out of the league at the end of the season, purportedly explaining why the Tigers were the only NFL team to fold after the 1920 season (no other team would fold until 1921). The claims of it being a duel are unsubstantiated; nevertheless, the Tigers, after a 27–0 win over the non-league Thorn Tornadoes the next week, never played football again. The Staleys would move to Chicago during the next season, later renaming themselves the Bears.
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When was the first NFL football game on Thanksgiving broadcast on the radio and what teams played in the game?
1934 between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears ... the Bears won 19-16.
What year did dan marino start playing nfl football?
His first NFL season was 1983 and his first NFL game was September 19, 1983 against the Los Angeles Raiders.
What is the name of the NFL referee who flubbed the coin toss during the Pittsburgh Steelers game on Thanksgiving Day 1998?
Eight year veteran Phil Luckett. Click on the 'Heads or Tails?' link below to read about that incident.
What year was the nfl-afl world championship game change to the super bowl?
The first year the AFL-NFL World Championship Game was called the Super Bowl was in 1969, when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
What year was the first championship game for the nfl?
- Depends on how specifically you want your question answered: - The NFL was started in 1920, but 1933 was the first year that the NFL played a championship game in which the Chicago Bears were victorious over the New York Giants. - However, the first SUPERBOWL championship was played in 1966 where the Green Bay Packers (NFL) beat the Kansas City Chiefs (of the AFL - American Football League). - The NFL and AFL merged in 1970 as one league with two conferences and the Baltimore Colts won that match against the Dallas Cowboys.
