(GREEN BAY PACKERS) – The Green Bay Packers travel to Detroit to take on the Lions, marking the third straight year that Green Bay has played on Thanksgiving, including the second time over that span in Detroit.
It will be the 23rd meeting between the Packers and Lions on Thanksgiving, the most in the NFL.
Thursday will be the Packers’ 39th game on Thanksgiving, tied with the Chicago Bears for the third most in NFL history. Only the Detroit Lions (86)
and Dallas Cowboys (58) have played more games on Thanksgiving. The Packers are 16-20-2 overall on Thanksgiving with a 9-12-1 record against the Lions.
It is the first time the Packers have played on Thanksgiving in three straight years since they faced Detroit every year from 1951-63. Only three of the Packers’ previous 38 Thanksgiving games have been at home.
The Packers lead the regular-season series, 105-78-7 (.571), and have won both postseason contests the two clubs have played. u Green Bay’s 105 regular-season wins over the Lions are the second most it has against any team (107 vs. Chicago).
The two teams have split the last 10 contests played in Detroit.
The Packers won the first meeting this season, 27-13, in Week 1.
Dating back to 2019, the series is even at 6-6.
Eight of the last 13 meetings have been decided by seven points or less, including two of the last four.
The Packers are 2-0 in division games this season and is one of two NFC teams and six teams in the league to be undefeated in division games this season.
Green Bay is in the midst of three games against NFC North opponents over a span of 15 days. The run will conclude next week as the Packers begin December at
home against the Chicago Bears.
Since realignment in 2002, this is just the second time (2012) the Packers will play five of their last seven games against NFC North foes.
The Packers enter this week having won three in a row on the road. The last time Green Bay won three in a row on the road in a single season while also not turn- ing the ball over in any of the three games was 2019.
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