There was never any doubt Melbourne would embrace the NFL with open arms and deliver a sporting spectacle to remember.

Last year’s Vikings-Lions Christmas Day matchup on Netflix set a streaming record with 27.5 million viewers. However, that record was broken a few weeks later when the NFL placed the Bears-Packers wild-card matchup on Amazon Prime Video, which drew more than 30 million viewers.

The sold-out Melbourne Cricket Ground crowd stood for a sobering 9/11 tribute before the Los Angeles Rams faced the San Francisco 49ers in Australia.

NFL fans who purchased front-row tickets to the NFL game in Australia were disappointed by the view. The NFL played its first-ever game in Australia on

The Jonas Brothers performed John Farnham's "You're the Voice," the unofficial Australian national anthem, at the NFL Melbourne Game halftime show.

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Kyren Williams is the first NFL player ever to score a regular-season touchdown in Australia.

Forget Thursday Night Football. The NFL is about to turn Melbourne into a football experiment. The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams are about to kick off the first regular-season NFL game ever played in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.