Did you know that 75 years ago the first football game was televised! It was September 30, 1939 and guess what; it was not an NFL game. It was a college game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. There were 9,000 fans in attendance and another 1,00 thousand watched on TV.
This was very impressive because at the time there were only about 7,000 TV’s in existence.
One camera was used and Bill Stern was the lone announcer.
The game was broadcast on NBC and was such a hit that it led to the first NFL game being televised nearly a month later.
With all the excitement in the air the game started off with a bang.
Waynesburg’s Booby Brooks took a handoff 63 yards for the game’s first score on only the third play from scrimmage.
The game however did not remain as exciting as the opening drive.
Fordham tied the score later in the quarter and added two more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 21-7 lead into half time.
They score 13 more points in the second half and won 34-7.
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