Arlington, texas and detroit, michigan aren't exactly sister cities, but they do have at least one big thing in common (and it's a thing that's a mainstay of many families' holiday traditions):
16+ Who Cowboys Play On Thanksgiving Pictures. All of the cowboys' thanksgiving day games have been at home. The cowboys have played on thanksgiving every year since except two.
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They came into the league in 1960 and, as hard as it is to believe now, struggled to draw fans because they were pretty bad those first few years. Louis cardinals, instead, in an attempt to boost that franchise. The cowboys have played on thanksgiving every year since except two.
Cowboys did not play on thanksgiving in 1975 and 1977.
Why cowboys could look different in thanksgiving game vs. Since its inception in 1920, the national football league has played games on thanksgiving day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the thanksgiving holiday. The lions first did it during their inaugural season in detroit, in 1934, and dallas went for it during the 1966. The steelers played the cowboys on thanksgiving once before in 1991.
