To make things worse, just a couple weeks later, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy did the same thing as Schwartz and the referees let it slide and reviewed the play anyway. The loss firmly placed the Lions as the last team in the division and they were never able to recover.

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To learn more or opt-out, read our The Vikings topped the Lions in the first game of the day.Happy Thanksgiving football fans!

Just a few weeks removed from head coach Jim Caldwell moving on from offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and Martha Ford firing president Tom Lewand along with GM Martin Mayhew, it was a statement game for the Lions on national television. It was an ugly game for the Lions and it dropped their promising season to 7-4 record at the time.Yet again, another controversial refereeing mistake in the Lions long history of being on the wrong side of calls.

The Lions offense outgained the Packers 561 yards to 126 while Detroit scored the game's last 37 points after trailing 10-3 in the second quarter.

Coincidentally, the first team that the Lions ever hosted on Thanksgiving was the Bears.

The second most is none other than their 2019 foe, the Chicago Bears.Actually, this is the second year in a row in which the Chicago Bears travel to Detroit for the holiday contest. The loss firmly placed the Lions as the last team in the division and they were never able to recover. After the interception, the Packers went up 24-0 before the Lions scored any points.

Simpson set the NFL rushing record with 273 yards on Thanksgiving day 1976. At their own 47-yard line, do you think Jim Caldwell opted to go for it? The win propelled the Lions to a 7-5 record to only see the team lose the remaining four games and miss out on a division title and playoff birth.The Lions had one of the worst statistical scoring offenses in the league going into the 2014 Thanksgiving game. Throwing for four touchdowns and a perfect passer rating, Brady and company scored at will.

The Lions are 37-41-2 on Thanksgiving Day. Stafford had one of his best performances of the year after putting up 390 yards with Calvin Johnson being on the receiving end of two touchdowns.

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The Lions are a shade under.500 on Thanksgiving The Lions are 37-41-2 on Thanksgiving Day.

After a rocky start — losses in Weeks 2 and 4 — the sixth-year veteran has laid the foundation for the league’s ninth-ranked offense.

The second most is none other than their 2019 foe, the Chicago Bears.Actually, this is the second year in a row in which the Chicago Bears travel to Detroit for the holiday contest.

Over the years, it's become one of the longest and the greatest sports traditions in the country -- especially for locals. For the first time in four years, the Lions came away winless on their big day. In fact, back in 2014, the Lions were a game away from sweeping the NFC North in both home Detroit will get the opportunity to continue their sweep of the division next week.

With the Lions needing to push the ball downfield late in the game, Stafford ended up throwing two late interceptions. Richards moved the Lions from Portsmouth, Ohio to Detroit. To make things worse, just a couple weeks later, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy did the same thing as Schwartz and the referees let it slide and reviewed the play anyway. At the time, throwing a challenge flag on a non-reviewable play resulted in the play standing as called on the field. They’ve had their stretches of winning and losing streaks, but none greater than the nine-game losing skid they had from 2004 to 2012.

Case Keenum ran it in for a touchdown on the next play, and the Vikings, always good for at least one must-watch touchdown celebration a game, Keenum engineered an impressive 14-play, 80-yard drive, including a key third-down throw to Adam Thielen and a QB scramble on third-and-6. Oddly enough, even with the Lions missing Stafford, Detroit kept it respectable for a large majority of the game.

The first divisional game of the day, this will be the Vikings and Lions ' second straight Thanksgiving Day tussle and their second meeting of the 2017 season…