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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
“TOGETHER WE MAKE FOOTBALL” FEATURES DALLAS AREA FATHER-DAUGHTER COACHING DUO TOMORROW MORNING ON TODAY
Dallas Cowboys Host New York Giants on Sunday Night Football
STAMFORD, Conn. – September 10, 2015 – Tomorrow’s “Together We Make Football” segment on TODAY highlights Flower Mound, Texas coaching duo Ragan and Albert Montero.
23-year-old Ragan Montero has been a football fan for as long as she can remember, but her love for the game really took off when she was 10 years old. As a spectator at her younger brother’s practice during football camp, Ragan caught the eye of her brother’s coach, Cody Vanderford, who eventually taught her game strategy and named her team manager. Three years later, she became an assistant coach under her father, Albert Montero, on the Flower Mound Rebels tackle team for 11- and 12-year-olds. The Rebels went on to win the championship that year, and ever since, Ragan has taken on the role of Offensive Coordinator helping lead the team to five more championships.
Sunday Night Football, television’s No. 1 primetime show, kicks off on Sunday, Sept. 13, when Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys host Eli Manning and the New York Giants in an NFC East showdown from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with Football Night in America, the most-watched studio show in sports.
ABOUT “TOGETHER WE MAKE FOOTBALL”
The National Football League and NBC present weekly segments on TODAY for “Together We Make Football,” an invitation to anyone inspired by the game of football – whether as a player at any level, coach or a fan – to share their story for a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl 50.
The campaign will unfold weekly throughout the NFL season, beginning this Friday, September 11, with segments airing every Friday on TODAY.
Fans can visit TODAY.COM/TWMF now and share a video or photo, with a description detailing how football inspires them. Stories submitted through Monday, November 2, will be entered into the contest that will produce a winner of a trip to Super Bowl 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Following the deadline for submissions, a joint NFL and NBC panel will select five finalists whose stories will be turned into short features by NFL Films. The features will be unveiled weekly on TODAY beginning Friday, December 4 and the winning story will be announced live on TODAY on January 8, 2016.
This is the latest iteration of the “Together We Make Football” campaign that launched in 2013. Over the past two years, thousands of fans shared their stories of what football means to them. A select few had their stories told on TODAY and some even won trips to Super Bowl.
Stories that air on TODAY also will be posted on NFL.com/videos/twmf throughout the season.
Following is NBC’s full Sunday Night Football schedule:
| 2015 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | ||
| Thurs. Sept. 10 | NFL Kickoff | Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots |
| Sun. Sept. 13 | Week 1 | New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys |
| Sun. Sept. 20 | Week 2 | Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers |
| Sun. Sept. 27 | Week 3 | Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions |
| Sun. Oct. 4 | Week 4 | Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints |
| *Sun. Oct. 11 | Week 5 | San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants |
| *Sun. Oct. 18 | Week 6 | New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts |
| *Sun. Oct. 25 | Week 7 | Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers |
| *Sun. Nov. 1 | Week 8 | Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos |
| *Sun. Nov. 8 | Week 9 | Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys |
| *Sun. Nov. 15 | Week 10 | Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks |
| *Sun. Nov. 22 | Week 11 | Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers |
| **Thurs. Nov. 26 | Week 12 | Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers |
| *Sun. Nov. 29 | Week 12 | New England Patriots at Denver Broncos |
| *Sun. Dec. 6 | Week 13 | Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| *Sun. Dec. 13 | Week 14 | Seattle Seahawks at Baltimore Ravens |
| *Sun. Dec. 20 | Week 15 | Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers |
| *Sun. Dec. 27 | Week 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens |
| *Sun. Jan. 3 | Week 17 | TBD |
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