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| Date | September 30, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Triborough Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 9,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bill 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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Youngstownwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Vander Voort, Eric (September 29, 2015). "First televised football game featured Fordham, Waynesburg in 1939". NCAA.com.