Cowboys, Giants Game Sets Record, NFL Scores

The Dallas Cowboys 28-20 Thanksgiving Day victory over the New York Giants set a record for the most-watched NFL regular-season game on network television in league history.

According to Nielsen, the football game averaged 42 million viewers, surpassing the 41.55 million average for the Dec. 3, 1990, Monday night game between the Giants and San Francisco 49ers on ABC.

The Buffalo Bills 28-25 win over the Detroit Lions on CBS was the most-watched early Thanksgiving Day game on record with a 31.6 million average.

 

Beckham Removed From Flight

NFL free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was removed from a Los Angeles-bound American Airlines flight Sunday morning at Miami International Airport after refusing to comply with safety protocol.

Officers were notified of a medical emergency on an American Airlines flight around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The flight crew grew concerned for a passenger, who was identified by police as Beckham, as they tried to wake him to fasten his seat belt. He appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness prior to their departure, but fearing that Mr. Beckham was seriously ill, the attendants called for police and fire rescue.

Upon the officers arrival, the flight crew asked Mr. Beckham several times to exit the aircraft, which he refused early on but in the end offboarded the plane.

 

Wisconsin Hires Fickell As Head Coach

Wisconsin has hired Luke Fickell as its next football coach.

Jim Leonhard, the man the players hoped would have become the program’s permanent head coach, was passed over for the position by athletic director Chris McIntosh. Fickell was scheduled to meet with the team Sunday night.

 

National Football League

Sunday, November 27 Scoreboard

New York Jets 31, Chicago 10

Cleveland 23, Tampa Bay 17 (OT)

Cincinnati 20, Tennessee 16

Miami 30, Houston 15

Washington 19, Atlanta 13

Carolina 23, Denver 10

Jacksonville 28, Baltimore 27

Los Angeles Clippers 25, Arizona 24

Las Vegas 40, Seattle 34 (OT)

Kansas City 26, Los Angeles Rams 10

San Francisco 13, New Orleans 0

Philadelphia 40, Green Bay 33

 

Monday, November 28 Schedule (Time Central)

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m.