From heartbreaking losses to memorable victories, relive the Chicago Bears' storied history on the Thanksgiving gridiron, especially against their bitter rivals.
Unlike last season, fans of the Chicago Bears will not be watching their team play on Thanksgiving Day this year.
In what was Matt Eberflus' last game as head coach, the Bears faced the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. Chicago found itself down 16-0 at halftime but scored on its opening drive of the second half to make it 16-7.
However, Detroit answered back on its opening drive of the second half to make it 23-7. The Bears scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to make things interesting, decreasing the Lions' lead to 23-20.
The defense got a stop, and Chicago got the ball back with 3:42 left.
Bears fans know how things ended quite well, as Eberflus had some awful clock management and cost the team a chance to win the game.
Last season's loss ended the Bears' four-game winning streak in Thanksgiving Day games. Before that, Chicago had won in 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
The Bears' record on Thanksgiving is 20-16-2, with most of those games against the Lions. Chicago's last win on Thanksgiving came down to the wire with Detroit, as Cairo Santos hit a game-winning field goal to give the Bears a 16-14 win.
Much has changed since then, as the Lions went 3-13-1 that season in Dan Campbell's first year. The Bears finished 6-11 and fired Matt Nagy at the end of that season.
The Bears beat the Lions again in 2018 and 2019. Chicago won 23-16 in 2018 and 20-13 in 2019.
Later in that 2018 season, the Bears would suffer the "double doink" disaster in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, as Cody Parkey missed a game-winning field goal and lost 16-15 to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Bears played another division rival on Thanksgiving in 2015, facing the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers. Chicago got a rare win over Rodgers, who went 24-5 against them with Green Bay, beating the Packers 17-13 with Jay Cutler at the helm.
The Bears' defense held Rodgers and the Packers to one touchdown that day. It marked an incredible feat for Chicago, as the win was its first at Lambeau Field since 1993.
This Thanksgiving, Bears fans should be thankful they are 8-3 and no longer have to worry about Eberflus' poor clock management. Ben Johnson is now leading the way, and Chicago is at the top of the NFC North.
We'll see if the Bears give fans something else to be thankful for by beating the Eagles on Black Friday at 2 p.m. CT on Prime Video.