when was the last time the packers played on thanksgiving?
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In 2001, the Green Bay Packers met the Lions on Thanksgiving for the first time after a 15-year long drought. In this game, the Packers got off to a 29-13 lead, thanks to two Brett Favre touchdowns, a rushing touchdown from Ahman Green and a safety, as well as two field goals.
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Detroit's 81st Thanksgiving Day Classic takes place Thursday, Nov. 26 at 12:30 p.m. ET as the Lions welcome the Houston Texans to a rematch of the teams' 2012 Turkey Day clash. The Texans and Lions have met only four times in the teams' series history.
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The tradition will continue as usual this year, with the Detroit Lions hosting the Chicago Bears at 12:30 p.m. ET, before the Dallas Cowboys welcome the Buffalo Bills at 4:30 p.m. ET and the New Orleans Saints travel to Atlanta to face the Falcons at 8:20 p.m. ET.
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Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2010 season.
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So Thanksgiving is on November 26, 2020. Thanksgiving had been celebrated on the last Thursday of the month since the time of Abraham Lincoln. But according to TIME, during 1939, the calendar had been unusual, as the month started on a Wednesday, so there were five Thursdays as opposed to four.
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The Packers are one of eight teams with five primetime games this season, joining the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams. The Packers will play three of their five primetime games at home.
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The Green Bay Packers last made the playoffs in 2019, when they lost the Conference Championship. They've been in the playoffs a total of 28 times in their 60 seasons.
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The Packers went on to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the club's fourth Super Bowl and 13th NFL championship. The Packers played at Seattle in the 2014 NFC Championship.
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The Lions–Packers rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. They first met in 1930 when the Lions were known as the Portsmouth Spartans and based in Portsmouth, Ohio. The team eventually moved to Detroit for the 1934 season.
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For as long as most of us can remember, the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions have played games on Thanksgiving Day. But why? Let's start with the Lions. They have played every Thanksgiving since 1934, with the exception of 1939-44, despite the fact they haven't been a good team most of those years.
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2002. Thirteen (13) years ago. That's the last time the New England Patriots lost three games in a row. If the Houston Texans beat the Patriots on Sunday night, they'll do something that hasn't been done since the Green Bay Packers, led by Brett Favre and Ahman Green, did it on October 13, 2002.
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The Minnesota Vikings on Thursday released their 2020 NFL schedule. The 60th campaign in franchise history will get underway at noon (CT) Sept. 13 against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The two teams have met each other 200 times (including 2 postseason games), with the Chicago Bears winning 95 games and the Green Bay Packers winning 99 games.
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With their loss to the Packers Sunday and the Vikings' win over the Chargers, the Bears have been officially eliminated from playoff contention. The Bears entered 2019 with Super Bowl aspirations following a 12-4 campaign last season, in which they made their first playoff appearance since 2010.
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Nagy's Bears clinched the NFC North on December 16, 2018 for the first time since 2010 with a 24–17 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
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Since the beginning of time, okay maybe not that long ago, but since very early on in National Football League history, fans have been able to watch the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. This season, the Lions host the Bears, the Cowboys host the Bills, and the Falcons host the Saints.
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Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family.