I always think it's fun to look back at the Giants early history when they played on Thanksgiving just about every year - usually visiting the Staten Island Stapletons (even in their pre-NFL days when they operated as an independant organization) or Brooklyn Dodgers.
Thanksgiving football is an age old tradition that dates back to the 1800s when rivalry games were scheduled to close the season (before there were bowl games) and carried over to pro football in the 1910s and 1920s. It began to fall out of favor after the NFL split into divisions and began playing a xhampionship game, the Detroit Lions being the only team to keep the tardition alive for many decades until TV networks decided a holiday football double-header was a good idea.
I've linked to an archived thread I posted a few years ago, and withing that thread is a link to an earlier thread, the first one I put together chronicalling the Giants on Thanksgiving.
Enjoy - and GO GIANTS! BEAT DALLAS!
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Giants at Stepletons 11/24/32 - this game was the last meeting between the Giants and Stapes, and it ended in a 13-13 tie.
The Giants scored two offensive touchdowns, something they have not accomplished on Thanksgiving Day since 1938, a Ray Flaherty pass to Bo Molenda and the other a rush by Jack McBride. Each team missed a PAT, ensuring a deadlock between the inter-borough rivals.
Has it ever happened?
Has it ever happened?
Never, they are 0-1, only previous game was 1992.
Here's the Giants all-time Thanksgiving Day record (league games only)
Brooklion Horsemen (1926) 1-0
Staten Island Stapletons (1929-1932) 1-2-1
Brooklyn Dodgers (1933-1938) 4-0-2
Dteroit (1982) 1-0
Dallas (1992) 0-1
Denver (2009) 0-1
Washington (2017) 0-1
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When the Giants last beat the Cowboys on Thanksgiving?
Has it ever happened?
Never, they are 0-1, only previous game was 1992.
Here's the Giants all-time Thanksgiving Day record (league games only)
Brooklion Horsemen (1926) 1-0
Staten Island Stapletons (1929-1932) 1-2-1
Brooklyn Dodgers (1933-1938) 4-0-2
Dteroit (1982) 1-0
Dallas (1992) 0-1
Denver (2009) 0-1
Washington (2017) 0-1
I didnt think so...Obviously I remember the Detroit 1982 LT inteception on the goal line game....I forgot about Dallas in 1992.....was that one even close?