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The Lions lost the first-ever Thanksgiving game to the Chicago Bears, 16-13, in front of a sold-out, 26,000-person crowd at the University of Detroit Stadium, located on 6 Mile.
Several other NFL teams played regularly on Thanksgiving in the first eighteen years of the league, including the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals (1922–33; the Bears played the Lions from 1934 to 1938 while the Cardinals switched to the Green Bay Packers for 1934 and 1935), Frankford Yellow Jackets, Pottsville Maroons, Buffalo All-Americans, Canton Bulldogs (even after the team moved to ...
The Lions are 37-45-2 all-time on Thanksgiving. The Lions' longest Thanksgiving Day losing streak was nine games from 2004-2012. Detroit's current Thanksgiving Day losing streak of seven games ...
Detroit has played 84 total games on Thanksgiving, by far the most in the NFL, and they're 37-45-2 on the holiday. Here are the most common matchups they've had: Lions-Packers (22 games): Lions ...
Spartans relocate to Detroit and rename themselves to the Detroit Lions. Game in Detroit is the Lions' inaugural annual Thanksgiving home game. Bears lose 1934 NFL Championship. 1935: Lions 1–0–1: Tie 20–20: Lions 14–2: Bears 7–3–3 Lions win 1935 NFL Championship. 1936: Tie 1–1: Bears 12–10: Lions 13–7: Bears 8–4–3 1937 ...
The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
Detroit has played 84 total games on Thanksgiving, by far the most in the NFL, and they're 37-45-2 on the holiday. Here are the most common matchups they've had: Lions-Packers (22 games): Lions ...
The 1966 Detroit Lions season marked the team's 37th year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–7–1, winning only four games. [1] They missed the playoffs for the ninth straight year and incurred their second losing record in a row.