Two weeks earlier, the NBA had its first referee crew including two women. The Story Behind First Female NFL Referee. Thomas made news in 2015 as she joined the NFL as the league's first female on-field official. The NFL on Wednesday announced that Sarah Thomas will become the first female to officiate in the Super Bowl and will do so next month. CHICAGO–The journey of the first female official in the National Football League has been a lot longer than 100 yards, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. NFL referee Sarah Thomas will become the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl in the 55th edition on 7 February. Sarah Thomas will be the first female official to work at a Super Bowl. 09/12/2019 08:01 pm. On April 8, 2015, it was officially announced by the NFL that Thomas would be the first permanent female official in NFL history, as per … Sarah Thomas is the first female to officiate a Super Bowl. Sarah Thomas became the NFL's first full-time female official in 2015. She was also the first woman to make calls for an NFL playoff game, an achievement she made in 2019. The 47-year-old will cap her sixth NFL season and has worked on a total of four postseason games in six seasons with the league. While she wasn’t the first woman to officiate an NFL game — Shannon Eastin stepped in as a replacement during the 2012 referee lockout — she is the first to earn the position full-time. Sarah Thomas made history in 2015 when she became the first female hired as a full-time NFL official. NFL's first female referee: Shannon Eastin became the first woman to be an official in an NFL regular-season game, in the Rams-Lions game Sunday. In addition, Thomas became the first woman to officiate a major college football game in 2007, and the first female referee at a Bowl game (played between college teams) in 2009. Sarah Thomas Becomes First Female To Referee Super Bowl in NFL History: Six years after becoming the first full-time female official in league history. Sarah Thomas football referee: NFL to have first female official at the Super Bowl . Tweet. While the league requires five years of experience at a minimum, ESPN reported that Thomas has worked four post-season games in six seasons with the league. Thomas became the first full-time female referee in NFL history back in 2015, and on Sunday, she'll become the first woman to officiate an NFL … Sarah Thomas already made history when she was named the first permanent female NFL official in 2015 and became the first female to officiate an NFL …