1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game

1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham
first televised football game
1234 Total
Waynesburg 7000 7
Fordham 71476 34
DateSeptember 30, 1939
Season1939
StadiumTriborough Stadium
LocationNew York City
Attendance9,000[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersBill Stern

The 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game was a college football game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets played on September 30, 1939. The game was played at Triborough Stadium on New York City's Randall's Island. Fordham won the game 34–7. Broadcast by NBC, the contest was the first American football game ever televised.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Youngstown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Vander Voort, Eric (September 29, 2015). "First televised football game featured Fordham, Waynesburg in 1939". NCAA.com.

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