NFL and MLB Set to Make US Sports History on Thursday Night Involving the Philadelphia and Houston-Based Franchises
The NFL and Major League Baseball are set to have a historic night of television sports on Thursday. The Philadelphia Phillies began their incredible playoff journey, which has led to their World Series matchup against the Houston Astros in Philadelphia for Game 5. Due to the postponement of Game 3, both the Eagles-Texans and Astros-Phillies games are taking place on the same night and time. While this may cause some inconveniences for fans who would like not to split their loyalty, it is more sports nirvana in Philadelphia.
In the 16-year history of “Thursday Night Football,” according to Amazon Prime Video, this is the first time that teams from the same rival cities are competing on TNF and in the World Series on the same night.
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Same cities to play in NFL and MLB on Thursday
The Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans will face off on Amazon’s TNF (8:15 p.m. ET). The final NFL unbeaten club is the 7-0 Eagles. The Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros’ Game 5 of the 2022 World Series will be broadcast on Fox from the City of Brotherly Love (8 p.m. ET).
The Eagles and Texans will meet on Thursday night in Houston while the Phillies and Astros are scheduled to play World Series Game 5 in Philadelphia.
ELIAS: It will mark the 7th time a World Series and NFL game take place on the same day, involving the same two metro areas. pic.twitter.com/inwBfZdviP
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 1, 2022
The Texans want to cycle the Astros score on the side panels of the television screens during the game since they are aware that their crowd is hungry for baseball. Game 5 will be broadcast on more than 50% of the televisions in the stadium that would typically be showing other NFL games.
Thursday will be a fun one.
⚾️ Houston at Philadelphia (MLB)
🏈 Philadelphia at Houston (NFL) pic.twitter.com/EJT7YdlAsN— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 1, 2022
On Thursday, the Texans will appear on the big screen to deliver World Series score and big-play updates instead of the team’s customary NFL scoreboard. The initial World Series schedule was devised by MLB management to avoid direct viewer rivalry with live NFL games. However, the cancellation of Game 3 caused MLB to add an extra day to the Fall Classic game schedule.
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