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PACKERS HEAD TO DETROIT FOR HOLIDAY TRADITION
- One of the NFL's oldest rivalries takes to the national stage as the Green Bay Packers arrive in Detroit to face the Lions on Thanksgiving. Also, the Packers' stretch of three games in 12 days, all against NFC opponents, wraps up today.

- It is the 33rd NFL game on Thanksgiving for the Packers franchise. All-time on the holiday, Green Bay is 12-18-2, including a 6-11-1 mark on Thanksgiving in Detroit.

- The Packers come into the game riding a two-game winning streak and are right in the thick of things in the NFC postseason race. Green Bay defeated San Francisco at home last Sunday, 30-24.

- No other NFL teams have played every year since 1932, when the Packers and the Lions, then known as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, began their yearly home-and-home series. The rivalry actually kicked off in 1930 at City Stadium in Green Bay, a 47-13 Packers win. Some two seasons later, the teams began a yea..

Source: Packers.com
 

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