Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving: Three football games, per tradition since 2006, are on the schedule for the holiday. And fans should be treated to a feast.
The first course features an NFC North battle between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, followed by the second course between the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys before concluding with the final course, which sees the return of Joe Burrow for the Cincinnati Bengals against two-time MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC North clash.
NFL Thanksgiving games 2025 schedule, times
Here are the three NFL games on Thanksgiving:
- Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, noon
- Kansas City Chiefs at Dallas Cowboys, 3:30 p.m.
- Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens, 7:20 p.m.
Lions start time Thanksgiving change 2025
You can’t have a Thanksgiving without a Lions game (or a Cowboys game). And for over four decades, Lions games on Thanksgiving always started at 11:30 a.m. Central time. But for the first time since 1982, that won’t happen. The start time for Lions-Packers is noon. It’s a small but noticeable change to the Thanksgiving schedule. Why the change?
NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell said on “The Pat McAfee Show” in April at the NFL Draft in Green Bay the start time was moved to align with a traditional Sunday kickoff and so the Thanksgiving games would all lead into the next.
NFL schedule games Week 13
Following the three Thursday games and the Black Friday contest, here’s the rest of the NFL schedule:
Sunday, Nov. 30
- New Orleans Saints at Miami Dolphins, noon
- Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts, noon
- Atlanta Falcons at New York Jets, noon
- San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns, noon
- Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers, noon
- Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans, noon
- Arizona Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, noon
- Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3:05 p.m.
- Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers, 3:25 p.m.
- Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers, 3:25 p.m.
- Denver Broncos at Washington Commanders, 7:20 p.m.