Timeline: How football became a Thanksgiving tradition

(MEDIA GENERAL) — For most American households, Thanksgiving is all about the three Fs – family, food and football.
Most TVs are tuned into the NFL’s games on Thursday afternoon, but the tradition of football on Thanksgiving extends beyond the National Football League. It actually stretches back to the birth of the sport.
The birth of football
Although there is some disagreement, Princeton and Rutgers played in what is considered the first-ever football game on Nov. 6, 1869. A