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The NFL is aligning this year's Thanksgiving schedule similar to a regular Sunday and thinks viewership numbers could reach record levels.
The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers will kick off their Thanksgiving game at Ford Field in Detroit at 1 p.m., 30 minutes later than normal.
Detroit has a 38-45-2 record on Thanksgiving Day after beating the Bears, 23-20, in the 2024 edition. That win at Ford Field snapped a seven-year losing streak on the holiday. Thanks to that streak (and a nine-year skid from 2004-12), the Lions' record on Thanksgiving at Ford Field – their home since the start of the 2002 season – is just 6-17.
The Green Bay Packers play the Detroit Lions in Week 13 on Thanksgiving Day. Here is the complete roster, including jersey numbers, for the Packers.
In 1934, Detroit Lions owner George Richards decided a good way to market his team was to play on Thanksgiving. He also agreed to allow NBC's radio station network to broadcast that first game between the Lions and Chicago Bears. He had hit on something, per the Hall of Fame:
The Lions survived the Giants in Week 12, but they enter Thanksgiving on the outside-looking-in. Can the Lions scratch their back to the playoffs?
Detroit Lions assistant head coach Scottie Montgomery almost turned down a chance to go to the NFL after his mom was diagnosed with cancer.