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It’s Thanksgiving, which means it’s time for the annual discussions as to whether different teams (besides Detroit and Dallas) should get a chance to host the Thanksgiving Day games each year, and squawking about the unfair advantage those hosts get from playing at home on a short work week. And while it might seem true that those home teams have a huge advantage, the recent history of these games doesn’t bear it out. If there’s really a major advantage, shouldn’t the Lions and Cowboys actually win a lot more of these games than they do?

In the last 15 years, the Lions are just 7-8 on Thanksgiving Day, and they’ve lost three in a row in blowout fashion. The Cowboys are only marginally better at 8-7. And if history is any indication, it’s a near-certainty that one of these teams will lose this Thursday. The last time both teams won on Thanksgiving was 1999. Safe to say that either the Packers or Jets will be celebrating a win on Thanksgiving night.

The results from the last 15 years of Thanksgiving Day games -- not including the third game added last year, which will be played at different sites -- are presented below.

Nov. 23, 2006

Miami 27, Detroit 10

Dallas 38, Tampa Bay 10

Nov. 24, 2005

Atlanta 27, Detroit 7

Denver 24, Dallas 21

Nov. 25, 2004

Indianapolis 41, Detroit 9

Dallas 21, Chicago 7

Nov. 27, 2003

Detroit 22, Green Bay 14

Miami 40, Dallas 21

Nov. 28, 2002

New England 20, Detroit 12

Dallas 27, Washington 20

Nov. 22, 2001

Green Bay 29, Detroit 27

Denver 26, Dallas 24

Nov. 23, 2000

Detroit 34, New England 9

Minnesota 27, Dallas 15

Nov. 25, 1999

Detroit 21, Chicago 17

Dallas 20, Miami 0

Nov. 26, 1998

Detroit 19, Pittsburgh 16 (OT)

Minnesota 46, Dallas 36

Nov. 27, 1997

Detroit 55, Chicago 20

Tennessee 27, Dallas 14

Nov. 28, 1996

Kansas City 28, Detroit 24

Dallas 21, Washington 10

Nov. 23, 1995

Detroit 44, Minnesota 38

Dallas 24, Kansas City 12

Nov. 24, 1994

Detroit 35, Buffalo 21

Dallas 42, Green Bay 31

Nov. 25, 1993

Chicago 10, Detroit 6

Miami 16, Dallas 14

Nov. 26, 1992

Houston Oilers 24, Detroit 21

Dallas 30, New York Giants 3

Source: FANTASY FOOTBALL INDEX research

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