The annual NFL Thanksgiving Day slate has arrived and this year’s three-game card will feature a pair of rematches from the 2018 holiday card.
Detroit and Dallas will once again be hosts as they welcome Chicago and Buffalo respectively. In the primetime game, Atlanta and New Orleans will go head-to-head in a divisional clash.
Be sure to check out the latest sports betting trends for all three Thanksgiving Day matchups and the past history.
Trends for Detroit-Chicago
-- After winning four straight games on the holiday from 2013 to 2016, the Lions have dropped their last two games on Thanksgiving Day.
-- Prior to the 4-0 run, the Lions had lost nine straight games on Thanksgiving between 2004 and 2012.
-- Detroit has seen the 'over' go 9-4 in its last 13 games played on Thanksgiving Day.
-- This will be the 10th meeting between Chicago and Detroit on the holiday and it will also be a rematch from last year's Thanksgiving Day matchup.
-- The Lions own a 5-4 record in the first nine holiday encounters.
-- Chicago captured a 23-16 win over Detroit last season, covering as a three-point road favorite while the 'under' (42.5) also connected. In 2014, Detroit doubled-up Chicago with a 34-17 victory.
-- The Bears have gone 4-7 all-time in the Thanksgiving Day afternoon matchups, which includes a 4-5 record versus the Lions and 0-2 against the Cowboys.
Trends for Dallas-Buffalo
-- Dallas owns an all-time 31-19-1 record on Thanksgiving Day.
-- The Cowboys defeated Washington 31-23 last season on the holiday, covering as a seven-point favorite. The 'over' (40) cashed as the pair exploded with 37 points in the second-half.
-- Prior to that win, Dallas had dropped three of its last four games on the holiday and the only wins in the last five years on Thanksgiving have both come against Washington. All three of the losses came by double digits.
-- Dallas has allowed 29.3 points per game in its last seven holiday matchups.
-- Buffalo owns a 0-2 all-time record on the holiday, its last appearance coming in the 1994 season. Both games were against the Lions and the Bills were blown out in each contest (35-21, 27-14).
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2018 |
Chicago 23 Detroit 16 |
2017 |
Minnesota 30 Detroit 23 |
2016 |
Detroit 16 Minnesota 13 |
2015 |
Detroit 45 Philadelphia 14 |
2014 |
Detroit 34 Chicago 17 |
2013 |
Detroit 40 Green Bay 10 |
2012 |
Houston 34 Detroit 31 (OT) |
2011 |
Green Bay 27 Detroit 15 |
2010 |
New England 45 Detroit 24 |
2009 |
Green Bay 34 Detroit 12 |
2008 |
Tennessee 47 Detroit 10 |
2007 |
Green Bay 37 Detroit 26 |
2006 |
Miami 27 Detroit 10 |
2005 |
Atlanta 27 Detroit 7 |
2004 |
Indianapolis 41 Detroit 9 |
2003 |
Detroit 22 Green Bay 14 |
2002 |
New England 20 Detroit 12 |
2001 |
Green Bay 29 Detroit 27 |
2000 |
Detroit 34 New England 9 |
1999 |
Detroit 21 Chicago 17 |
1998 |
Detroit 19 Pittsburgh 16 (OT) |
1997 |
Detroit 55 Chicago 20 |
1996 |
Kansas City 28 Detroit 24 |
1995 |
Detroit 44 Minnesota 38 |
1994 |
Detroit 35 Buffalo 21 |
1993 |
Chicago 10 Detroit 6 |
1992 |
Houston 24 Detroit 21 |
1991 |
Detroit 16 Chicago 6 |
1990 |
Detroit 40 Denver 27 |
1989 |
Detroit 13 Cleveland 10 |
1988 |
Minnesota 23 Detroit 0 |
1987 |
Kansas City 27 Detroit 20 |
1986 |
Green Bay 44 Detroit 40 |
1985 |
Detroit 31 N.Y. Jets 20 |
1984 |
Detroit 31 Green Bay 28 |
1983 |
Detroit 45 Pittsburgh 3 |
1982 |
N.Y. Giants 13 Detroit 6 |
1981 |
Detroit 27 Kansas City 10 |
1980 |
Chicago 23 Detroit 17 (OT) |
1979 |
Detroit 20 Chicago 0 |
1978 |
Detroit 17 Denver 14 |
1977 |
Chicago 31 Detroit 14 |
1976 |
Detroit 27 Buffalo 14 |
1975 |
L.A. 20 Detroit 0 |
1974 |
Denver 31 Detroit 27 |
1973 |
Washington 20 Detroit 0 |
1972 |
Detroit 37 N.Y. Jets 20 |
1971 |
Detroit 32 Kansas City 21 |
1970 |
Detroit 28 Oakland 14 |
1969 |
Minnesota 27 Detroit 0 |
1968 |
Philadelphia 12 Detroit 0 |
1967 |
L.A. Rams 31 Detroit 7 |
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2018 |
Dallas 31 Washingon 23 |
2017 |
L.A. Chargers 28 Dallas 6 |
2016 |
Dallas 31 Washington 26 |
2015 |
Carolina 33 Dallas 14 |
2014 |
Philadelphia 33 Dallas 10 |
2013 |
Dallas 31 Oakland 24 |
2012 |
Dallas 31 Washington 38 |
2011 |
Dallas 20 Miami 19 |
2010 |
New Orleans 30 Dallas 27 |
2009 |
Dallas 24 Oakland 7 |
2008 |
Dallas 34 Seattle 9 |
2007 |
Dallas 34 N.Y. Jets 3 |
2006 |
Dallas 38 Tampa Bay 10 |
2005 |
Denver 24 Dallas 21 (OT) |
2004 |
Dallas 21 Chicago 7 |
2003 |
Miami 40 Dallas 21 |
2002 |
Dallas 27 Washington 20 |
2001 |
Denver 26 Dallas 24 |
2000 |
Minnesota 27 Dallas 15 |
1999 |
Dallas 20 Miami 0 |
1998 |
Minnesota 46 Dallas 36 |
1997 |
Tennessee 27 Dallas 14 |
1996 |
Dallas 21 Washington 10 |
1995 |
Dallas 24 Kansas City 12 |
1994 |
Dallas 42 Green Bay 31 |
1993 |
Miami 16 Dallas 14 |
1992 |
Dallas 30 N.Y. Giants 3 |
1991 |
Dallas 20 Pittsburgh 10 |
1990 |
Dallas 27 Washington 17 |
1989 |
Philadelphia 27 Dallas 0 |
1988 |
Houston 25 Dallas 17 |
1987 |
Minnesota 44 Dallas 38 (OT) |
1986 |
Seattle 31 Dallas 14 |
1985 |
Dallas 35 St. Louis 17 |
1984 |
Dallas 20 New England 17 |
1983 |
Dallas 35 St. Louis 17 |
1982 |
Dallas 31 Cleveland 14 |
1981 |
Dallas 10 Chicago 9 |
1980 |
Dallas 51 Seattle 7 |
1979 |
Houston 30 Dallas 24 |
1978 |
Dallas 37 Washington 10 |
1976 |
Dallas 19 St. Louis 14 |
1974 |
Dallas 24 Washington 23 |
1973 |
Miami 14 Dallas 7 |
1972 |
San Francisco 31 Dallas 10 |
1971 |
Dallas 28 Los Angeles 21 |
1970 |
Dallas 16 Green Bay 3 |
1969 |
Dallas 24 San Francisco 24 |
1968 |
Dallas 29 Washington 20 |
1967 |
Dallas 46 St. Louis 21 |
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Trends for New Orleans-Atlanta
-- This will be the 14th season that the NFL will have a night game on Thanksgiving Day. The primetime game began in 2006.
-- Home teams have gone 9-4 straight up during this span.
-- Favorites own a 11-2 straight up and 10-3 against the spread record.
-- Ten of the 13 outcomes have been decided by double digits.
-- The 'under' has gone 9-4 during this span.
-- New Orleans defeated Atlanta 31-17 last season from the Superdome as favorites (-12.5) while the 'under' (61.5) was never in doubt.
-- The Falcons have played in the Thanksgiving night game twice and they're 0-2, both losses coming by double digits.
2018 |
New Orleans Saints 31 vs. Atlanta Falcons 17 |
2017 |
Washington Redskins 20 vs. New York Giants 10 |
2016 |
Pittsburgh Steelers 28 at Indianapolis Colts 7 |
2015 |
Chicago Bears 17 at Green Bay Packers 13 |
2014 |
Seattle Seahawks 19 at San Francisco 49ers 3 |
2013 |
Baltimore Ravens 22 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 20 |
2012 |
New England Patriots 49 at New York Jets 19 |
2011 |
Baltimore Ravens 16 vs. San Francisco 49ers 6 |
2010 |
New York Jets 26 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 10 |
2009 |
Denver Broncos 26 vs. New York Giants 6 |
2008 |
Philadelphia Eagles 48 vs. Arizona Cardinals 20 |
2007 |
Indianapolis Colts 31 at Atlanta Falcons 13 |
2006 |
Kansas City Chiefs 19 vs. Denver Broncos 10 |
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