FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
THE BORON, CALIF. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, “TOGETHER WE MAKE FOOTBALL” CONTEST FINALISTS, FEATURED THIS FRIDAY ON NBC’S TODAY
Fans May Vote For Their Favorite Individual and Group Story on TogetherWeMakeFootball.com through January 4, 2015
San Francisco 49ers Host Seattle Seahawks Thanksgiving Night on NBC
Denver Broncos face Kansas City Chiefs on NBC’s Sunday Night Football
STAMFORD, Conn. – November 26, 2014 – This Friday’s “Together We Make Football” segment, narrated by NBC Sports Group’s Josh Elliott, features the story of the Boron (Calif.) Bobcats High School football team. The team is one of six finalists in a contest to win a trip to Super Bowl XLIX. The segment will air between 8 and 9 a.m. ET on TODAY.
Boron, Calif., is a small town located in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Despite having the fewest players of any varsity team in the state (22), the Boron Bobcats have a winning tradition with four California Interscholastic Federation titles and eight league championships. This piece details the family legacies and community involvement with this small-town football program.
NBC continues its holiday tradition this Thursday, Nov. 27 with Sunday Night Football on Thanksgiving night, when Russell Wilson and the Seahawks (7-4) visit Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers (7-4). Coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
This Sunday, Nov. 30, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos (8-3) travel to Kansas City to face Jamaal Charles and the Chiefs (7-4) on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Sunday’s coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
ABOUT “TOGETHER WE MAKE FOOTBALL”
NBC Sports and the NFL teamed with TODAY to present weekly “Together We Make Football” segments, telling the most compelling stories of football fans, players, teams and families across the country. As a part of the campaign, fans submitted their stories to TogetherWeMakeFootball.com, and six finalists were selected to win a trip to Super Bowl XLIX.
Beginning this Friday, November 28, TODAY will feature the story of one of these six finalists each week, narrated by NBC Sports Group’s Josh Elliott. In addition, TODAY will exclusively unveil the special moment when each of the six finalists was selected.
The campaign’s contest includes three finalists in the individual category and three finalists in the group category. Fans will be able to vote on the six stories at TogetherWeMakeFootball.com, and the finalist in each category that receives the most votes will win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona in February 2015. The campaign will culminate with an NFL Films special airing on NBC on Super Bowl Sunday.
The National Football League’s “Together We Make Football” campaign invites anyone who has been touched by the game of football – whether as a player at any level, a fan, a group, a team or a community – to share a story of why they love the game. Select “Together We Make Football” stories will be featured on NBC’s during Sunday Night Football and Football Night in America.
–NBC Sports Group–
