{"id":13401,"date":"2024-11-28T13:14:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=13401"},"modified":"2024-11-28T13:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:14:43","slug":"packers-set-to-play-first-thanksgiving-home-game-since-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=13401","title":{"rendered":"Packers set to play first Thanksgiving home game since 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<p>GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) &#8211; For the first time since 2015, the Green Bay Packers will play a Thanksgiving game as the home team as they welcome the Miami Dolphins for what promises to be a cold game at Lambeau Field.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s game will be only the third time a game has been played in the city of Green Bay on Thanksgiving. The first of those games was played in 1923 at Bellevue Park when the Packers shut out the Hammond Pros 19-0.<\/p>\n<p>Packers team historian Cliff Christl says the most important Thanksgiving game of them all was an intrasquad game in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Packers were facing $90,000 dollars in debt, and there was a question as to whether they were going to finish or play out their schedule. They announced they were going to play an intra-squad game on Thanksgiving Day to raise funds so they could finish the season. They had a goal of $50,000, they didn\u2019t quite meet it, but it saved the franchise,\u201d says Christl.<\/p>\n<p>A staple of Packers\u2019 Thanksgiving history has been their 21-game rivalry with the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Packers won the matchup last season, the Packers have seen darker turkey days.<\/p>\n<p>In 1962, the Packers\u2019 only loss of their season came on Thanksgiving to the Detroit Lions in a game where Christl says the Packers got trounced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lions just put constant pressure on Starr, they couldn\u2019t move the ball,\u201d recalls Christl.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Vince Lombardi ended the 13-year-long Thanksgiving tradition of playing in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told Rozelle the Packers no longer wanted to play on Thanksgiving, and that\u2019s why the series ended in 1963. I think he thought it put them at a disadvantage,\u201d says Christl.<\/p>\n<p>Nine years ago the Packers played their first Thanksgiving game at Lambeau Field against the Chicago Bears. Although the Packers lost in a cold, snowy game to their rivals, most people remember the halftime ceremony, when Brett Favre\u2019s name joined many Packer greats on Lambeau\u2019s north facade.<\/p>\n<p>This was also Bart Starr\u2019s last-ever appearance at Lambeau Field, with Starr and Favre sharing a memorable hug after the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s game will be the 38th time the Green Bay Packers have taken the field on turkey day. They\u2019ve played the third most Thanksgiving games of any franchise, only behind the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright 2024 WBAY. 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