Question

Turkey Day football began long before the whole country could watch the sport on TV. In fact, football wasn't even a professional sport when the Thanksgiving game tradition took hold. The first ever Thanksgiving Day football match was between these two teams.

Answer 1

Answer:

Turkey Day Football

The first ever Thanksgiving Day football match was between the teams from Yale and Princeton Universities.

Explanation:

Historically, the Pilgrims commenced US Thanksgiving celebrations in 1621, following the England custom.  Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national holiday for Thanksgiving Day in 1863.  The first ever football game on a Thanksgiving Day took place in Philadelphia in 1869.  This was six whole years after Thanksgiving Day was declared a national holiday.