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The Detroit Lions, seen here during the 2007 Thanksgiving game against their division rival Green Bay Packers, have played on Thanksgiving since 1934. In 1951, the Packers began a thirteen-season run as the perpetual opponent to the Lions each year through 1963.
The Lions (10-1) are in a position to snap their Thanksgiving losing streak on Thursday against the Chicago Bears (4-7) after jumping out to one of the best records in the league. "We all want it.
The Lions improved upon their 3–13 record in 2006 but failed to make the playoffs once again, extending their postseason drought to eight years. The 7–9 record was nonetheless the best record the Lions had in any season under general manager Matt Millen. The 422 pass completions that Detroit surrendered in 2007 is an NFL record. [1]
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.
Lions' Thanksgiving record. 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:
[11] [12] [13] The Lions lost an NFL-record nine consecutive playoff games from 1991 to 2023, for which they hold the NFL record for worst playoff winning percentage. [ 14 ] [ 7 ] As of the end of the 2023 regular season , the Lions have an all-time record of 591 wins, 707 losses, and 34 ties in the regular season, with an additional 9 wins and ...
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 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 ...