Thanksgiving day college games 2012

Neither team is in the playoff hunt but the Texans and Lions have some shared Thanksgiving history. Houston's first-ever game on the holiday came against Detroit in the season.

The Texans won that game in overtime so the Lions have a chance to get even against them and snap their overall three-game losing streak on Thanksgiving. These longtime divisional rivals have faced each other plenty of times on Thanksgiving with the Cowboys holding a commanding lead on the holiday. Dallas would love for that success to continue this year as whichever team wins this game will take over first place in the NFC East, despite their records.

Now watch them tie…. These Mountain West teams have a couple of things in common. One of those was a defeat to Jacksonville; the other a shellacking at Indianapolis. That loss of confidence comes at the same time division rival New England finds itself on a five game win streak, outscoring opponents, , in its last three.

New Orleans is on a three-game losing skid coming into Thanksgiving — the first two by a combined four points before dropping a decision at Philadelphia last Sunday.

That means we could see an Andy Dalton vs. Tim Boyle showcase in the early Thanksgiving game. See also USC schedule for college football season.

See also Georgia schedule for college football season. By rule, the ball would have been declared dead and awarded to the Cowboys once it stopped moving. But Dallas' Lett made a clumsy, sliding attempt to recover it, and in the ensuing chaos, Miami recovered on the 1-yard-line. Then Stoyanovich made the easy kick for the win. Pittsburgh and Detroit battled to a tie through regulation.

For the overtime coin toss to determine who would get the ball first in overtime, Steelers running back Jerome Bettis clearly called "tails. Detroit subsequently drove down the field for a winning field goal—overtime was still sudden-death in —and Pittsburgh suffered the first of five straight losses to end its season.

The Steelers fumed afterward. The Jets trailed in the second quarter when Sanchez, on a busted play, ran headlong into the rear end of guard Brandon Moore and fumbled. Gasper wrote. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you.

Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Here are seven of the most unforgettable NFL games played on Thanksgiving: 1.