While the tradition of football on thanksgiving has become a part of our culture, playing nfl games on christmas day is relatively rare The first time that a pro football game was played on christmas came in 1971 with a pair of playoff games slated for the holiday. The first time the nfl played on christmas, it was sheer happenstance The nfl and afl had merged, and now, the playoffs were beginning in late december In 1971, the nfl playoffs began on. What teams played in the nfl’s first christmas games
In 1971, the dallas cowboys, minnesota vikings, kansas city chiefs and miami dolphins played in the first nfl christmas games. As a result, in this, the era before the super bowl, two nfl championship games were played on monday, december 26th The first was in 1955 when the browns beat the rams in los angeles, and the second was in 1960 when the eagles beat the packers in philadelphia. The minnesota vikings hosted the defending nfc champion dallas cowboys for the nfl's first christmas game on dec Kickoff temperatures of 22 degrees at metropolitan stadium saw a.
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