The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys have never faced each other on Thanksgiving day.
Along with the United States, Canada celebrated Thanksgiving.
It will never happen as long as each team hosts a Thanksgiving Day game at its home stadium. The two teams had a pre-Thanksgiving contest in 2010, four days before the holiday. The Cowboys defeated the Lions, 35-19, at Cowboys Stadium.
Yes they did along with other fish and meats and fruits and puddings
The fourth Thursday in November, same as every other year.
In the mid-1960s, the National Football League wanted a late afternoon game to follow the Detroit Lions' traditional Thanksgiving Day contest. When no other team showed interest, Dallas Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm jumped at the chance because he realized the game would provide his young franchise a national stage and audience. Schramm's instincts have proved to be correct. Since 1966, the Cowboys have played 44 games on Thanksgiving, and the annually televised contest has become as customary as a turkey dinner with trimmings. In recent years, the NFL has added a third televised Thanksgiving contest, which is played in prime time after the Dallas game.
There are different things that the Pilgrims had to eat at the Thanksgiving feast. The food mainly entailed ducks and geese among other traditional delicacies. Thanksgiving is marked on every fourth Thursday of November.
Tradition. The Detroit Lions began playing on Thanksgiving Day in 1934. In the mid-1960s, the National Football League wanted a late afternoon game to follow the Lions' annual holiday contest. When no other team showed interest, Dallas Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm jumped at the chance because he realized the game would provide his young franchise a national stage and audience. Schramm's instincts have proved to be correct. Since 1966, the Cowboys have played 46 games on Thanksgiving, and the annually televised contest has become as customary as a turkey dinner with trimmings. In recent years, the NFL has added a third televised Thanksgiving contest, which is played in prime time after the Dallas game.
because it was something the pilgrims and indains shared so now we use it as a tradition along with other things.
The Dallas Cowboys, along with the rest of the NFL teams, went on strike in the 1987 NFL season. In addition, the Cowboys (and the other NFL teams) went on strike during the 1983 season. There were no "replacement" games in 1983 unlike 1987.
In the mid-1960s, the National Football League wanted a late afternoon game to follow the Detroit Lions' traditional Thanksgiving Day contest. When no other team showed interest, Dallas Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm jumped at the chance because he realized the game would provide his young franchise a national stage and audience.Schramm's instincts have proved to be correct. Since 1966, the Cowboys have played 50 games on Thanksgiving, and the annually televised contest has become as customary as a turkey dinner with trimmings.In recent years, the NFL has added a third televised Thanksgiving contest, which is played in prime time after the Dallas game.
Thanksgiving is about America, so most other countries do not celebrate it.