The Lions are 37-41-2 playing on Thanksgiving in franchise history.
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For all their struggles throughout the remainder of most seasons – they’ve posted winning records in just 10 of the last 36 years – the Detroit Lions are competitive in Thanksgiving games. Their record is 37-41-2.
The Detroit Lions’ all-time record on Thanksgiving Day is 37-42-2 .
His confidence was rewarded the next year when the Lions won the 1935 NFL Championship. The key game in the title drive came on Thanksgiving Day, when the Lions defeated the Bears 14-2 to clinch the West championship.
The largest loss by the Cowboys was 22 points when the Los Angeles Chargers won, 28-6, in 2017. Among Cowboys’ quarterbacks, Danny White has the most wins on Thanksgiving with a mark of 7-1, Tony Romo was 6-3, and Troy Aikman was 5-5.
| Year Opponent Result | 1962 Green Bay Packers W, 26-14 | 1963 Green Bay Packers T, 13-13 | 1964 Chicago Bears L, 27-24 | 1965 Baltimore Colts T, 24-24 |
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NFL 2021 Thanksgiving schedule: Raiders-Cowboys, Bills-Saints and NFC North showdown on tap. The NFL will once again be a part of Thanksgiving Day traditions in 2021, with three games to be played on Nov. 25.
The Packers played their first professional game on Thanksgiving in 1923 , when Green Bay beat the Hammond Pros, 19-0. In 1951, the Packers began a 13-year stretch of playing the Lions every season on the holiday. Since 2007, Green Bay and Detroit have played on Thanksgiving every other season.
Why the Cowboys and Lions always play on Thanksgiving Day, NFL teams’ records on the holiday. Since the beginning of time, okay maybe not that long ago, but since very early on in National Football League history, fans have been able to watch the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day.
In 1934, owner George Richards bought the team and moved it to Detroit. The Lions, at that time, were looking for new ways to draw fans . As a marketing idea, Richards convinced NBC to broadcast a Thanksgiving game on 94 stations across the country.
| 2020 Detroit Lions season | Record 5–11 | Division place 4th NFC North | Playoff finish Did not qualify | Pro Bowlers TE T. J. Hockenson C Frank Ragnow P Jack Fox |
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The first two Thanksgiving NFL games will be hosted by the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys as they are every season. Detroit will open the day with a game against the Chicago Bears, while the Cowboys will play the Las Vegas Raiders.
| Game Kickoff time TV channel | Bears at Lions 12:30 p.m. ET Fox | Raiders at Cowboys 4:30 p.m. ET CBS | Bills at Saints 8:20 p.m. ET NBC |
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The Lions are leading the overall record on Thanksgiving day by seven games. With the Cowboys and Lions playing every Thanksgiving the Lions will need to break their losing streak and get back on the winning side.
The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only team to have never played a game on Thanksgiving. Four teams have yet to suffer a loss on Thanksgiving — Ravens, Saints, Panthers and Texans.
GREEN BAY – Green Bay Packers fans who sense they’ve spent a lot of Thanksgiving afternoons in anguish aren’t wrong. While it sometimes seems like the Packers play every Thanksgiving, they’ve actually played 36 games in 1011⁄2 seasons for a 15-19-2 record.
