Every year since 1934, the detroit lions have taken the field for a thanksgiving game, no matter how bad their record has been.
Get Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Results Images. On thanksgiving day, at 12:30 p.m., the detroit lions will host the chicago bears. The lions, who will play the minnesota vikings on thursday at ford field, won five straight in the 1950s.
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But thanksgiving football in detroit is one of the oldest traditions in the nfl, predating the afl merger, the super bowl and many of the teams currently the thanksgiving entry on wikipedia even has three mentions of the lions. How the detroit lions celebrate thanksgiving. For the 77th time, the detroit lions will play a game on thanksgiving day.
The other is the dallas cowboys, but the tradition started with the lions the first owner of the lions, g.a.
As is customary, our footballing feast begins in detroit. That has made the franchise important to the nfl, no matter how. For the 77th time, the detroit lions will play a game on thanksgiving day. The 80th thanksgiving day classic will include a halftime performance from the.
