Tuesday, March 6, 2018

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY- MARCH 6

USFL Trivia


Name the two teams that played in the first professional football game televised by ESPN


Answer:

35 years ago, the Michigan Panthers opened their 1983 schedule with a 9-7 win at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, against the Stallions.

The game marked the first professional football game to be broadcast on ESPN. Novo Bojovic of Serbia would hit the winning field goal from 48 yards to lift the Panthers'on the road.

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