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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 ...
Detroit's current Thanksgiving Day losing streak of seven games (2017-2023) marks the second-longest in franchise history. Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving results, by year 1934: vs. Chicago Bears L, 19-16
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.
Dallas is second to the Lions for the most games on the holiday in NFL history. In the 1960s, NFL viewership was growing rapidly, and the league added a second Thanksgiving game in 1966.
The Bears and Lions have met a total of 20 times on Thanksgiving, all in Detroit, with the Bears holding a 11–9 record in the Thanksgiving meetings. December 16, 1956 With the Western Division on the line at Wrigley Field , the Lions jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the 2nd quarter (Thanks to Bill Bowman 's 18 yard reception from backup ...
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.
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 scored the final points of the half via a 48-yard field goal by Jake Bates as time expired, which made the score 10–6 in favor of Detroit at half-time. The Vikings scored in the third quarter via a 51-yard field goal by Reichard.