ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥?The NFL played six games on Thanksgiving in 1920. The holiday tradition apparently didn't settle in until 1934, the year the Detroit Lions were born.
Back then, the Lions were just looking for a way to take some attention from the Detroit Tigers,Scarpe Air Force Just Do It, who were so popular that new football owner George A. Richards thought he needed a diversion even though it was baseball's offseason.