Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football and the Detroit Lions playing on the holiday is as much of an American tradition as eating turkey. But Turkey Day hasn't always been kind to ...

Over that time, the Lions have a record on Thanksgiving of 38-45-2. At the start of the annual tradition in 1945, Detroit lost its first five games. However, that was followed by six straight wins ...

“He said, ‘We gotta play an away game every year (on Thanksgiving).’” Packers-Lions was the holiday tradition. The 1962 game marked the 12th year in a row the Packers had to go to Detroit ...