The detroit lions and dallas cowboys always host games on thanksgiving day.
49+ What Nfl Teams Always Play On Thanksgiving Pics. Two football teams play on thanksgiving day every year. The dallas cowboys in 1966.
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Thanksgiving is a high holiday for football fans. Since its inception in 1920, the national football league has played games on thanksgiving day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the thanksgiving holiday. Richards was not only the owner of the nfl franchise the lions did not invent football on thanksgiving, other teams had done it before, but detroit had the network deal that set it apart.
The dallas cowboys in 1966.
Now they play every thanksgiving day game. The detroit lions, who began playing thanksgiving day games with their first season in detroit, 1934, for the previous four seasons before the move, the team was known as the portsmouth spartans. And no matter what, you've always got the minneapolis miracle. Do the same teams always play on thanksgiving?
