NFL: Thanksgiving Day Memories

Here are two memorable games among the many played on this holiday in the host cities of Detroit and Dallas.

In 1962, the Detroit Lions handed the reigning and eventual repeat champion Green Bay Packers their only defeat of the season, winning (26-10) on Turkey Day.

Detroit lineman Roger Brown played a game for the ages that day. It must be noted, however, that Green Bay guard Fred “Fuzzy” Thurston’s mother died a day or two before.

Both Brown and Thurston were greats and that day perhaps due to Thurston’s mother’s death, Brown was dominant vs Thurston.

40 years ago in Dallas, the Cowboys trailed the Washington Redskins and things looked gloomy for Cowboys fans when QB Roger Staubach was knocked out of the game. But obscure backup quarterback Clint Longley hurled a long game winning touchdown pass to the great receiver Drew Pearson.

Longley did not do much before or after that game, one reason being he played behind the great Dallas quarterback, Roger Staubach.

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