The NFL and Thanksgiving go together like mashed potatoes and gravy. Turkey and stuffing ... according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's believed that more people would've attended if ...

The Detroit Lions kicked off this custom in 1934, and the Dallas Cowboys joined the Thanksgiving roster in 1966, cementing football as a Turkey Day staple, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

As families work in the kitchen to prepare the turkey and ... according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Bears beat the Lions 19-16. The two teams rematched on Thanksgiving during the 1935 ...

NFL Pro, available exclusively ... up a packed plate of football, and the fun begins with a Thanksgiving tripleheader! So, who are the players to watch for this Turkey Day? See who is expected ...

The early Thanksgiving window ... Lions but because it was football, it was on TV, and there was nothing else on. Now that the Lions have transmogrified into a powerhouse, even more are flocking to ...

The site would be the University of Detroit Stadium with 26,000 people in attendance, according to the Pro Football ... on Turkey Day. The Lions and Cowboys are the two mainstays on Thanksgiving ...

The Pro Football Hall of Famer made the chef's decision to give Love not just one turkey leg but two turkey legs following the Packers' 30-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Butler was shown ...

And, you know, football, Thanksgiving for many of us is like turkey and stuffing ... to attract fans to this newfangled thing called pro football. Well, he had the brilliant idea he could put ...

some have argued that the Lions should lose their home-game hammerlock on Thanksgiving. Now that the Lions are up and the Cowboys are down, maybe the NFL should revisit the presumption that the ...

There is nothing particularly turkey-like about a lion or a cowboy ... that remain familiar to modern fans. In 1925, Thanksgiving pro football came to Detroit when the Rock Island (Illinois ...

As explained by the Pro Football Hall of ... the Lions have hosted an annual Turkey Day contest ever since. While the Lions and the Cowboys are synonymous with Thanksgiving Day football, they ...