Line judge Shannon Eastin, center, works the field with a fellow officials during the second half of an NFL preseason football game between the San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in San Diego. Eastin is a replacement official making her NFL debut in the exhibition game. The regular officials are locked out by the league after their contract expired.
Green Bay Packers quarterback B.J. Coleman (9) looks for a receiver during the Packers NFL football intrasquad scrimmage Friday, Aug. 3, in Green Bay, Wis.SAN DIEGO – Shannon Eastin made history.
Some of the players she was officiating made it look ugly.
Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL game, serving as the line judge in the San Diego Chargers’ 21-13 preseason victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night.
The preseason opener for both teams was predictably sloppy at times, filled with fumbles, interceptions and missed assignments.
Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback B.J. Coleman entered the game late for Green Bay and was 4-for-8 passing for 36 yards.