November 5, 2024

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Take a Trip Back in Time With Our Thanksgiving Football Marathon

This Thanksgiving, relive the past of the Oldest Public High School Football Rivalry in the Country, with The Needham Channel’s Thanksgiving Football Marathon on our Education Channel! It all begins Wednesday, November 27th, with our 2017 special, “The Needham-Wellesley Football Rivalry: Three Decades of Turkey Day TV,” and concludes with the 2018 game, then begins Thanksgiving morning 2am with the 2007 overtime classic, finishing with our new special, “A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994,” and the 2019 edition of the game. Those two programs will then play throughout the day on Friday. Also of note, the debut airings of the 2019 Thanksgiving Football showdown between Needham and Wellesley will be at 7pm Thanksgiving night on our HD (Verizon only Channel 2129) and Community Channels (Comcast Channel 9, RCN Channel 15, Verizon Channel 29). Here is our Thanksgiving Football Marathon on The Needham Education Channel (Comcast Channel 8, RCN Channel 3, Verizon Fios Channel 31): Wednesday, November 27th 7am: The Needham-Wellesley Football Rivalry: Three Decades of Turkey Day TV (2017) 8am: 2007 10am: 2010 Noon: 2013 2pm: 2014 4:10pm: 2015 (at Fenway Park) 6pm: 2016 8pm: 2017 10pm: 2018 Thursday, November 28th 2am: 2007 4am: 2010 6am: 2013 8am: 2014 10:10am: 2015 (at Fenway Park) Noon: 2016 2pm: 2017 4pm: 2018 6pm: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 8pm: Thanksgiving Football 2019 10:30pm: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 Friday, November 29th 12:30am: Thanksgiving Football 2019 3am: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 5am: Thanksgiving Football 2019 7:30am: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 9:30am: Thanksgiving Football 2019 Noon: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 2pm: Thanksgiving Football 2019 4:30pm: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 6:30pm: Thanksgiving Football 2019 9pm: A Game to Remember: Thanksgiving 1994 11pm: Thanksgiving Football 2019 For any questions regarding our Thanksgiving Football programming, email Mike Levin at: mlevin@needhamchannel.org.