Less than two weeks after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an Army-Navy football game played in front of a crowd ...

1963: The college football game between Army and Navy marks the first use of video instant replay during a sports telecast. Many fans find it confusing. The annual matchup between these two ...

Happy birthday instant replay! On this day in 1963, this television technique made its debut during the annual Army-Navy football game. On a fourth quarter run by Rollie Stichweh, TV viewers were ...

Instant replay made its debut 52 years ago on this day Dec. 7, 1963 during the CBS telecast of the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. CBS director Tony Verna was the genius behind the idea but wasn't ...

It was on this day in 1963 that CBS first aired an instant replay of a football game. It came during the annual Army-Navy game, which was postponed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Let's travel back in time to this day in 1963. That's when TV history was made during the Army-Navy football game. The game was broadcast on CBS and it was the first time instant replay was used.

By the next fall, CBS used instant replay for most of its NFL games, turning an innovation from December 7, 1963, into the future of live television coverage. You Might Also Like ...