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The history of the NFL on Thanksgiving. The legendary Harold Red Grange left made his pro debut for the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving 1925.
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. ARLINGTON TX - NOVEMBER 25. In the mid-1960s the NFL was looking to add a second Thanksgiving game. Chicago Bears at Lions.
2018 Thanksgiving Day NFL Favorites. It was not entirely clear it would work outside Detroit where Thanksgiving NFL was already a. The team started playing after Detroit but has produced many memorable moments and stats.
No games were played on the holiday from 1941-44 because of World War II. Oct 28 2021 at 0246 PM. Right from the beginning of the NFLs formation the league played on Thanksgiving.
Louis Cardinals into the mix. Quarterback Drew Brees 9 of the New Orleans Saints looks for an open receiver while playing. The Cowboys started playing NFL games on Thanksgiving in 1966.
Green Bay finished 13-1 and won its second consecutive NFL championship. Here are seven of the most unforgettable NFL games played on Thanksgiving. Around the NFL Staff.
Exhibition games would then be held in the winter. The Lions began playing on the day because owner GA Richards wanted to get more fans in the stands. Bears -4 Lions.
For nearly a century Thanksgiving has also included another all-American element. In 2006 the NFL added a third game with no specific host team to the prime-time window. The history of NFL games on Thanksgiving goes all the way back to 1902.
The concept of American football games being played on Thanksgiving Day dates back to 1876 shortly after the game had been invented. In the earliest days of professional football the season typically ended near the end of November marquee games were often played on Thanksgiving or in the first week of December depending on the team. The most valuable sports team in the world the Cowboys are the other symbol of Thanksgiving football.
Buffalo Bills-Detroit Lions on CBS 1230 pm. Pro football has been played on Thanksgiving Day since the 1920s and the. Saints -13 vs Faloncs.
How to watch the NFLs Thanksgiving tripleheader. Its also hard to come up with a logical reason why the favorite would cover just because its Thanksgiving. 1986 The Lions and Packers played the highest-scoring game in Thanksgiving history to date 44-40 with Green Bay.
The key game in the title drive came on Thanksgiving Day when the Lions defeated the Bears 14-2 to clinch the West championship. With that being said if you like one of the favorites this Thanksgiving Day in the NFL history is definitely on your side. What has become a great tradition in football started out as just a gimmick so that the Detroit Lions could get people to come to their games.
In 2008 quarterback Tony Romo right led the Dallas Cowboys to a convincing 34-9 win over the Seattle Seahawks by throwing for 331 yards. In that year the college football teams at Yale and Princeton began an annual tradition of playing each other on Thanksgiving Day. In the NFL the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys have been Thanksgiving staples.
ET New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys on FOX 430 pm. In 1920 the then-American Professional Football Association. Once league schedules were standardized in the 1930s the NFL Championship Game was typically.
Gridiron as opposed to Association football. NFL games on Thanksgiving have included some great performances and memorable moments over the years. Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Game History.
Ernie Nevers Scores All 40 Points for Chicago Cardinals. In 1975 and 1977 the NFL awarded Thanksgiving. Throughout the first 18 years of the NFL many teams played on Thanksgiving and many of those teams either dont exist anymore or.
ET New England Patriots-Minnesota Vikings on. In April 1966 the NFL added a second Thanksgiving game at the behest of television networks. 54 rows Heres a brief history lesson plus a full list of past games and how to watch the 2021 version while stuffing your face with turkey and pie.
In 1966 the Dallas Cowboys entered the chat as the NFL added a second Thanksgiving game to the slate. NFL Thanksgiving Day 2021. Chicago Cardinals 40 Chicago Bears 6 November 29.
Aside from 1975 and 1977 when the NFL attempted to add the St. The University of Michigan also made it a tradition to play annual Thanksgiving games holding 19. The first professional football games on Thanksgiving were played November 25 1920.
The lowest winning percentages among teams with Thanksgiving Day wins belong to the Steelers 2-6 and the Atlanta Falcons 1-3 whove each won just 25 of their games and the Cardinals 6-15. On November 24 1966 the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Cleveland Browns at the Cotton Bowl 26-14. Thus the football-on-Thanksgiving tradition became firmly established in Detroit.
With the exception of a six-season gap from 1939 to 1944 the Thanksgiving Day game has been played with no interruptions. Games of football being played on Thanksgiving can be traced all the way back to 1876 when Yale and Princeton began their tradition of facing each other. Specifically according to Sporting News the Detroit Lions always host a home game on Thanksgiving Day as they have done since 1934 as do the Dallas Cowboys as they have done with a couple of exceptions since 1966.
Cowboys -75 vs Redskins. Now onto the main event the top 10 games on NFL Thanksgiving of all-time.
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