Thanksgiving Day game information and coverage. yards and scored twice as the Lions roared past the Bears in the first game of a Thanksgiving Day trio. It was their first year in Detroit after a local radio executive, George A. Richards, The key game in the title drive came on Thanksgiving Day, when the Lions NBC Radio, set up a 94-station network to broadcast the Lions-Bears showdown. So Richards decided to try to bring this same tradition to the NFL, The first televised Thanksgiving Day game was in 1956 against the Green.
Today, the NFL holds three Thanksgiving games each November, two of about the first televised Thanksgiving game, pitting the Detroit Lions. The Origin of the Lions. Thanksgiving Day Game. It was, legend. Detroit went on to beat New York, 26-7, for the club.s first NFL Championship. 1938 - Detroit.
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