Past Thanksgiving Day Games
While the Lions are well known for playing on Thanksgiving Day, the other Detroit teams had a history of playing on Thanksgiving Day as well:
- 1917 Heralds vs Canton Bulldogs (lost 7-0)
- 1920 Heralds at Dayton Triangles (lost 28-0)
- 1921 Tigers, merged with the Buffalo All-Americans, at Chicago Staleys (won 7-6)
- 1925 Panthers vs Rock Island Independents (lost 6-3)
- 1926 Panthers vs Los Angeles Buccaneers (lost 9-6)
- 1928 Wolverines vs Dayton Triangles (won 33-0)
Read more about this topic: Detroit (1920s NFL Teams)
Famous quotes containing the words thanksgiving, day and/or games:
“Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.”
—Agustin Gomez-Arcos (b. 1939)
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)