{"id":412182,"date":"2022-11-26T04:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=412182"},"modified":"2022-11-26T04:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:06:44","slug":"dallas-cowboys-break-a-31-year-record-on-thanksgiving-against-the-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dallas-cowboys-break-a-31-year-record-on-thanksgiving-against-the-new-york-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Break a 31-Year Record on Thanksgiving Against the New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tradition of having games on Thanksgiving is something that was started in 1934 by George Richards, who was the owner of the Detroit Lions at that time. Richards used it as a tactic to get more people to the stadium and eventually, over time, it became an irreplaceable tradition in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nfl.com\/\">NFL<\/a> to have games on Thanksgiving, with the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions being regular fixtures.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HISTORY!<\/p>\n<p>This year&#39;s Thanksgiving coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYGvsDAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYGvsDAL<\/a> ranks as the most-watched regular season game on any network with 42 million viewers. \ud83c\udf7f\ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSportsPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOXSportsPR<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mc2GhXREyh\">pic.twitter.com\/Mc2GhXREyh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonFOX\/status\/1596277168996130817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanksgiving festivities were kicked off by the Buffalo Bills, who took on the Detroit Lions. This was followed by a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, and finally, the New England Patriots took on the Minnesota Vikings to round off an action-packed day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicahhParsons11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MicahhParsons11<\/a> is gonna be eating GOOD after this game! \ud83e\udd81\ud83c\udf7d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLonFOX<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYGvsDAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYGvsDAL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddFaJvTGYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ddFaJvTGYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/1595939935764512768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pundits expected the game between the Cowboys and the Giants to break viewership records and that is exactly what happened. Earlier this season, the Cowboys set the record for the most viewed game when they took on the Bengals attracting a whopping 27.2 million viewers. This record was broken a few weeks later when they took on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers drawing in almost 30 million viewers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dallas Cowboys smash viewership records once again<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as has been the case on Thanksgiving the past few years, the Dallas Cowboys prime-time game has once again smashed viewership records. The game between the Cowboys and the Giants drew in a record-breaking 42 million viewers which makes it the most-watched regular-season game on any network in history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">JUMPMAN. JUMPMAN. JUMPMAN.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYGvsDAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYGvsDAL<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DallasCowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DallasCowboys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zd87Fn3O3\">pic.twitter.com\/8zd87Fn3O3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/1595937497678491648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It broke the previous regular-season mark of 41.474 million viewers for the 1990 49ers-Giants game. \u2018America\u2019s Team\u2019 came close to breaking this record in 2021 when it drew in 40.802 million viewers for its Thanksgiving game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thanksgiving?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thanksgiving<\/a> TD wasn&#39;t enough for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BinghamBaller9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BinghamBaller9<\/a>. Had to go back for seconds! \ud83c\udf7d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLonFOX<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYGvsDAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYGvsDAL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7cRw4H8tN\">pic.twitter.com\/X7cRw4H8tN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/1595930996615958530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cowboys have gone from strength to strength after a sub-par start to the season. The likes of Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and CeeDee Lamb among others, are performing at a very high level and the Cowboys certainly look like a team that can go all the way this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/accountability-doesnt-mean-yelling-todd-bowles-turned-around-the-buccaneers-season-with-a-powerful-speech-throwing-shade-at-tom-brady\/\">\u201cAccountability Doesn\u2019t Mean Yelling\u201d: Todd Bowles Turned Around the Buccaneers\u2019 Season With a Powerful Speech, Throwing Shade at Tom Brady<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/things-arent-gonna-be-perfect-stefon-diggs-details-the-changes-made-in-order-to-secure-a-hard-fought-win-against-the-detroit-lions\/\">\u201cThings Aren\u2019t Gonna Be Perfect\u201d- Stefon Diggs Details the Changes Made in Order to Secure a Hard-Fought Win Against the Detroit Lions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tradition of having games on Thanksgiving is something that was started in 1934 by George Richards, who was the owner of the Detroit Lions at that time. Richards used it as a tactic to get more people to the stadium and eventually, over time, it became an irreplaceable tradition in the NFL to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":412183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys","category-nfl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}