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The NFL Thanksgiving logo used for 2016; the year is updated annually, with the new NFL shield being used for the first time in 2008. Since its inception in 1920, the National Football League (NFL) has played games on Thanksgiving Day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on or around the November holiday.
Thanksgiving Day football games in the United States are nearly as old as the game—and the organized holiday—themselves. The first Thanksgiving Day football game took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thanksgiving Day of 1869, less than two weeks after Rutgers defeated Princeton in New Brunswick, New Jersey in what is widely recognized as the first intercollegiate football game in the ...
The Bounty Bowl was the name given to two NFL games held in 1989 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. The first, a 1989 Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas, was noted for allegations that the Eagles put a $200 bounty on Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas, who had been cut by Philadelphia earlier that season. The second was a rematch held ...
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 ...
Thanksgiving Day is here, and the NFL once again is serving up a large plate of football throughout the day. Three games are on tap as friends and family gather for the holiday.
Where to watch NFL Thanksgiving games The Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions Rams will air on CBS at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys will air on FOX ...
The Butt Fumble was a notorious American football play from a National Football League (NFL) game played on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2012, between the New York Jets and New England Patriots.
Thanksgiving NFL games are back in 2024, and for the 19th year in a row, three games will be played on the national holiday. For the 59th year in a row, the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will ...