After 1938, though, the Giants wouldn't appear on Thanksgiving for over 40 years, until a Lawrence Taylor pick-six led New York to a 13-6 win over the Lions in 1982. Big Blue only appeared on Thanksgiving once in the 1990s, losing to the Cowboys in 1992, and this will be just the franchise's fourth game on the holiday in the 21st century.

For the NFL on Thanksgiving, we'll have to fast forward a little bit. The NFL was born in the 1920s, but a famous tradition wasn't born until the league's teenage years. Here's everything you need to know about the NFL's Thanksgiving traditions,