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Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky leads all NFL quarterbacks with 363 rushing yards this season and is averaging 7.1 yards per carry, the highest average in the league (minimum 50 attempts). In their last Thanksgiving Day match-up, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 34 of 45 attempts (75.6 percent) for 390 yards with two touchdowns and zero interceptions for a 116.0 passer rating in the Lions’ 34-17 victory on November 27, 2014.Ĭhicago sits atop the NFC North with a 7-3 record and has won four consecutive games.
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurksi threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Bill Hewitt for Chicago to secure a 19-16 victory over Detroit in the first holiday meeting between the two teams. Thanksgiving Day records of the teams playing this Thursday:Ĭhicago (7-3) at Detroit (4-6): Thursday’s match up marks the 17th Thanksgiving Day meeting between the Bears and the Lions, dating back to November 29, 1934. The Falcons will play in their third and the Saints will play in their second Thanksgiving game. The Bears and Redskins will play in their 35th and 11th games, respectively, on the holiday. The Lions will play their 79th Thanksgiving Day game dating back to 1934, while the Cowboys will play in their 51st since 1966. The holiday concludes at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as the Atlanta Falcons take on the New Orleans Saints in the 99th regular-season meeting between the NFC South rivals (8:20 p.m.The late afternoon game marks the 41st consecutive Thanksgiving Day contest hosted in Dallas as the Cowboys welcome the Washington Redskins to AT&T Stadium (4:30 p.m.The first game showcases a battle of NFC North rivals as the Chicago Bears travel to Detroit to face the Lions (12:30 p.m.For only the second time since 1970 (2014), the holiday will feature exclusively divisional match-ups. The 2018 installment of Thanksgiving Day football will feature a triple-header for the 13th consecutive season. This year, the three holiday games will be played inside stadiums with a combined capacity of over 215,000 and will be aired to millions across the country and around the world. In 1934, the Detroit Lions and the defending world champion Bears squared off on Thanksgiving in the first NFL game nationally broadcast, with NBC radio on the call.
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On Thanksgiving Day in 1925, a crowd of 36,000 – then the largest in professional football history – watched the Chicago Bears play the Chicago Cardinals to a scoreless tie at Wrigley Field.
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Watson now ranks sixth in CSU history in career tackles (350).
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Air Force has won the last two meetings in the series and holds an advantage of 34-21-1 over the Rams all-time. The Rams play on Thanksgiving for the first time since 1978, when they traveled to Pacific.

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