Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboy will host NFL games on Thursday.
If it sounds familiar, Lions and Cowboy have always hosted the NFL game for Thanksgiving for decades. Cowboy played a home game that day, except for two years since 1966, and Lions’ march returns to 1945.
People in Detroit and Dallas do not celebrate their vacation with more needs than other Americans. There is nothing like Türkiye for lions or cowboys. If so, did Thanksgiving in the United States synonymed with two specific soccer teams?
The origin of the leather head era
Before the NFL got a name, professional football was played for Thanksgiving. The league was initially buried under the name American Professional Football Association.
In the first season of 1920, there were six Thanksgiving match -ups, hosting a powerful aspect such as Dayton (Ohio) triangle and Rochester (NY) Jeffersons.
Most of the professional footballs were in the Midwest, much darker by college games, and also held many Thanksgiving games. The day after the game in 1920, the New York Time Sports Report was not a word for the APFA action, but there were headlines like Cornell and headlines such as “Hobat and Rochster Thai”. The university football game has already been on holidays for decades, and the tradition of Princeton and Yale Way in 1876 has already been held.
The professional league, which was renamed NFL in 1922, continued to play Thanksgiving games, including a game like Green Bay Packer, who was familiar to teams and modern fans.
In 1925, Thanksgiving professional football came to Detroit when Rock Island (Illinois) independent defeated Detroit.
Lions finds a fan
More familiar cats arrived in Detroit when they moved with Steak in 1934 with Steaks. The team won the first 10 games with immediate success in the field. But the owner, George Richards, wanted to increase ticket sales and thought that Thanksgiving games could play.
The team, who won 12,000 fans in the world’s Sunday match, attracted 25,000 fans for Thanksgiving with The Bears. But Lions lost 19-16.
Lions stopped until the end of World War II after holding four Thanksgiving games and a bear. They resumed the game on Thursday, November 4, 1945, and since then, they have been so every year.
Unfortunately, for Lions fans, losses in 1934 were a sign of the future. Despite all home games, Lions has lost records in Thanksgiving for 37-45-2, including the defeat of the last seven years. However, the team won the bear with about 10 points this year. It will be the 20th Thanksgiving meeting between division rivals.
Cowboy finds a higher profile
In 1966, Tex Schramm, general manager of Cowboy, wanted his team to pay more attention to his team and thought that Thanksgiving will do it. Of course, more than 80,000 fans packed Bowles that year. Cowboy soon became one of the most popular teams in the league and earned the nickname of the United States.
In the end, the new football league, which will merge with the NFL, held a Thanksgiving game that year to provide a total of three professional games. Times said, “The start time is too staggered, and all three of them can see all three things. AFL continued to play two games for Thanksgiving for the last three seasons, and fans were able to festival in four games for a time.
Dallas continued to hold Thanksgiving Games every year, except when St. Louis Cardinals, who are struggling in 1975 and 1977, received slots as a league effort to raise the team’s property.
Cowboy has a record of 33-22-1 on Thanksgiving Day and will be a little fond of to improve the game with the New York Giants on Thursday.
Tradition continues
Cowboy and Lions have become the only host of the NFL Thanksgiving game until 2006 when the NFL added the third game and rotates through another host every year. In general, Lions is the first (East 12:30 pm this year), cowboys (4:30 pm), and the third game in the evening.
This year, Green Bay Packer will host Miami Dolphins at 8:20 pm. Packers were often opponents of Lions’ competitors in Detroit’s Thanksgiving game. Since 1923.
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As a result of decline, some high schools often continue their vacation in long -term competitive games, such as Boston Latin and Boston English, which are often met at Fordham Prep and Xavier and Harvard Stadium in New York City. 137th Thanksgiving Game. In San Francisco, the city public school championship game will be held in Kezar Stadium, a tradition that dates back to the 1920s.
Thanksgiving high school football is protected by Connecticut’s state law.
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