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Top 5 Thanksgiving Day games in NFL history

4. 1986: Green Bay Packers 44, Detroit Lions 40

An NFC North battle between two of the league’s worst teams at the time turned into the highest-scoring Thanksgiving game since the NFL merger in 1970. The Packers overcame a 10-point fourthquarter deficit behind an extraordinary effort from a relatively unknown wide receiver. Green Bay’s Walter Stanley was the star of the day as he totaled 207 all-purpose yards and three scores, including an 83-yard punt return touchdown with 41 seconds left to win the game. Stanley went on to play for the Lions in 1989 but was the engine behind one of the greatest Thanksgiving Day games of all time.

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