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The NFL's Thanksgiving Day games have traditionally included one game hosted by the Detroit Lions since 1934, and one game hosted by the Dallas Cowboys since 1966 (with two exceptions in 1975 and 1977). Since 2006, a third game has also been played in prime time on Thanksgiving night. Unlike the two afternoon games, this game has no fixed teams.
2018 marked the first year of Thursday Night Football on Fox. Fox Sports produced all 18 regular season games with 11 of those games on the Fox network (between weeks 4–15). [137] Starting in 2018, the NFL moved the start time of Thursday Night Football back, from 8:25 p.m. ET to 8:20 p.m. ET.
Beginning in 2006, the NFL added a third game on Thanksgiving night with a rotating host team. [57] The rival American Football League also played on Thanksgiving in the 1960s, as did the All-America Football Conference in the 1940s and the original AFL in 1926.
The Lions would play the Bears in the first ever Thanksgiving Day NFL game in 1934. The site would be the University of Detroit Stadium with 26,000 people in attendance, according to the Pro ...
The Lions played the Bears in the first-ever Thanksgiving Day NFL game in 1934. The site was the University of Detroit Stadium with 26,000 people in attendance, according to the Pro Football Hall ...
The NFL's Thanksgiving tradition dates back to 1920. (Yahoo Sports/Grant Thomas) NFL games on Thanksgiving is a tradition that dates back all the way to the first season of the league's existence ...
Following the introduction of Thursday Night Football in 2006, a third Thanksgiving game was added, a primetime game hosted by one of the remaining 30 NFL teams each year. While the first game featured two AFC teams, conference affiliation has varied since.
However, that trend could end this year as the Lions are off to their best start since starting 10-0 in 1934, which was a seminal year for the Lions franchise and Thanksgiving football.