Why football and Thanksgiving go hand and hand. It started out with high school football. In New England the would have rival schools play before turkey dinner. Now it was such a hot that College and finally The Pros adapted the tradition. Seveal Schools still play on thanksgiving day. Alot of Schools call it turkey bowl. College games have some of the biggest rivals play till this day. Also Pro's have been playing since 1920. The Macy's Parade started in 1924 so NFl beat them to the holiday also.
The Pros started televising turkey classic with Chicago and Detroit playing Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1934 Detroit became a main stay hosting the Turkeyday classic. They Missed the 1939 and 1940 games when Pittsburg And Phila played back to back years. The two teams split with Eagles winning the first year and Steelers the second.
The Dallas Cowboys Took over hosting Turkey day action in 1966. They did not host in 1975 and 1977. I was born in 77 so not sure why they did not those years. So up to two years ago there was two games on Thanksgiving. Then The NFL and NFL Network added a night game.
Little History to be thankfull for at the dinner table on thursday.
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