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The history of Wednesday night games in the NFL


Wednesday Games Rare Today, More Common in NFL's Early Years

When the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens this afternoon at Heinz Field, it will be the first Wednesday game in the National Football League ...

The history of Wednesday night games in the NFL - Arrowhead Addict

The league is serving up Wednesday games for the first time in a few years, a necessary outcome of the planetary alignment of two primary things.

History of Wednesday NFL games - The Sporting Base

Before 2012, the last Wednesday game in the NFL was on September 22, 1948. On this day, the Los Angeles Rams hammered the Detroit Lions 44-7.

NFL on Wednesdays: A History - Audacy

1948 (Rams vs. Lions): Prior to 2012, you have to go back 72 years to find the last Wednesday NFL game! Presumably done to bring more attention ...

NFL on Wednesday? Ravens, Steelers meet in midweek rarity

All told, there have been 40 NFL games played on Wednesdays dating back to 1925, according to Hall of Fame data. The first featured the ...

Wednesday Night Lights: The Birth of Night Football

The nighttime kickoff of Super Bowl XLIII is hardly amazing today. An 1892 game in Mansfield, however, was the very first played under the lights.

Notable stats for playing NFL games on Wednesdays

Notable numbers for playing Wednesday games in NFL history ahead of Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers.

Steelers, Ravens on rare Wednesday game on Yahoo Sports app

The first Wednesday game in NFL history came in 1925 and was between the Detroit Panthers and Cleveland Bulldogs. The first night game in NFL ...

Ravens and Steelers Face Off in Rare Wednesday NFL Game

Helmet design is not the only football innovation to make its debut on a Wednesday, as the N.F.L. also played its first night game on a ...

NFL closer to filling every day of the week with a game

Then the NFL started opening seasons on Thursday nights in 2006. In 2020, the NFL played its first Tuesday night game since 2010 because of the ...

History of the NFL on television - Wikipedia

... Night Football, the NFC, and the AFC, respectively. By 1990, Turner's TNT network started to broadcast Sunday night games for the first half of the season.

Ravens-Steelers game could help make NFL history by being ...

Since 1950, the only time the NFL has played a Wednesday game came during the 2012 regular season opener. The Giants and Cowboys were originally ...

FOS PM: NFL Games … on a Wednesday? - Front Office Sports

25, with the same amount of rest that Thursday Night Football participants typically get after a Sunday game. ... A record 292,456 fans ...

Creating the NFL Schedule - NFL Football Operations

In 2006, the NFL introduced a “flexible scheduling” procedure for NBC's “Sunday Night Football. ... We honor the game's history while continuing to ...

5 pro football games played on Wednesday since 1940

6. So, the NFL moved their usual Thursday kickoff to a Wednesday night. It was the first time since 2004, when the NFL started having defending ...

NFL Kickoff Game - Wikipedia

1 History. 1.1 Selected details; 1.2 ABC Monday Night Football; 1.3 NBC Sunday Night Football · 2 List of games · 3 Win/loss records · 4 Pre-game concerts · 5 ...

Why Is There an NFL Game on Friday? Full History of NFL on Fridays

The NFL broadcasting a Friday game early in the season is virtually unheard of, and that's because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. The ...

first night games for current teams

The first Packers night game I have a record of is Wednesday night game against the Cardinals at Civic Stadium in Buffalo on 9-28-38.

Why the Cowboys played a Wednesday night game in 2012

To avoid a conflict with Obama's speech, the NFL and broadcast partner NBC moved the Cowboys-Giants game up 24 hours and the 2012 NFL Kickoff ...

Who is playing in NFL Week 1? Here's the full schedule

However, in 2024, the league is making history with an opening ... league's first Week 1 Friday night game since 1970. From there, 13 ...