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NFL on Fox first aired on the 12th of August 1994, with a preseason game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Regular season coverage began on the 4th of September 1994, with the premiere of Fox NFL Sunday.
Fox bid $1.58 billion for a four-year contract to broadcast National Football Conference games, exceeding CBS's bid by more than $100 million per year. The deal took effect with the 1994 season.
The NFL on Fox theme was composed by Scott Schreer. Fox Sports president David Hill inspired the theme by suggesting it should sound like "Batman plays football," after hearing the opening theme of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film at an amusement park in California. Schreer and his team pitched three separate pieces that were spliced together into the final version.
The FoxBox is a continuous on-screen graphic showing the score, game clock, and related game information throughout a telecast. Fox introduced the concept in 1994, adapting it from a graphic David Hill had originally used on Sky Sports's coverage of the English Premier League. Rival networks later adopted the format, and it became standard across all major sports broadcasts.
Tom Brady signed a ten-year, $375 million contract to serve as Fox's lead color commentator, making him the highest-paid analyst in sports broadcasting history. The deal was announced on the 10th of May 2022, and Brady officially joined the broadcast team in the fall of 2024.
Fox's initial NFC contract included the exclusive U.S. television rights to Super Bowl XXXI in 1997. Under subsequent rights deals, Fox has broadcast Super Bowls XXXIII, XXXVI, XLVIII, LI, LIV, and LVII, and is scheduled to air Super Bowls LIX, LXIII, and LXVII under the agreement running through the 2033 season.