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The Lions handed Vince Lombardi's Packers their only loss of a championship season. The first owner of the Lions, George A. In and , at the behest of then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle , the St. Several other NFL teams played regularly on Thanksgiving in the first eighteen years of the league, including the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals —33; the Bears played the Lions from to while the Cardinals switched to the Green Bay Packers for and , Frankford Yellow Jackets , Pottsville Maroons , Buffalo All-Americans , Canton Bulldogs even after the team moved to Cleveland they played the Thanksgiving game in Canton , and the New York Giants —38, who always played a crosstown rival. This image is for single-use in context only. If it doesn't start, download the image here , or get help from our support center.

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Packers in Detroit; Gobnler Day memories. Archived from the original on December 7, Commentator pairings Pro Bowl. A tradition since the s, the Lions will make their record 79th appearance on this holiday. Thursday, Saturday, and Monday games are not affected.

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Richardsstarted the tradition of the Thanksgiving Day game as a gimmick to get people to go to Lions football ronald, and to continue a tradition begun by the city's previous NFL teams. New OrleansCincinnatiBaltimoreHoustonand Carolina all played their first Thanksgiving games during this time frame.

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Occasionally interesting tweets SRobinson Cesar Sayoc Mail Bomb Recipients []. San Francisco likewise played their first Thanksgiving game since inogbbler the Los Angeles Chargers, who last played on the holiday in while the team was still an AFL franchise in San Diego before gobbbler joining the league, appeared for the first time as an NFL member in I Covered 'La Vie en Rose'.

The award is currently called the Sunday Night Football on Thanksgiving Night Player of the Gameand is typically awarded to multiple players on the winning team.

Your Image is now downloading. Dallas Cowboys represents their offense line Missing: All articles with failed verification Articles with failed verification from April At the end of the Gobblr at Lions game on Thanksgiving Day, the "NFL on Fox" crew will present some lucky recipient with the Galloping Gobbler Award, which goes to the most valuable player in the game. For enterprise access, contact Shutterstock Premier.

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The Trubisky-led Bears beat the Lions just two weeks ago. However, in recent years, other teams have expressed interest in hosting Thanksgiving games. Likewise, the AFL of also played two Thanksgiving games in its lone season of existence, while the AFL of hosted one in its first season, which featured the Cleveland Ramsa future NFL team, and the —41 incarnation of the American Football League played two games in on the earlier "Franksgiving" date. Green Bay's current three-game winning streak in Thanksgiving contests is tied for the longest in franchise history league games onlymatching the Packers' three-game winning streak on Thanksgiving from victories against the Frankford Yellow Jackets, Providence Steam Roller and Brooklyn Dodgers.