What you need to know: Detroit Lions vs Houston Texans on Thanksgiving Day

The Detroit Lions (4-6) are once again hosting their annual Thanksgiving Day game, and their opponent for Week 12 of the 2020 season is the Houston Texans (3-7).

The Detroit Lions (4-6) are once again hosting their annual Thanksgiving Day game, and their opponent for Week 12 of the 2020 season is the Houston Texans (3-7).

The last time these two teams met on Thanksgiving Day was back in 2012, and the game was marred by one of the all-time blunders by then Lions’ head coach Jim Schwartz. If you want to take a trip down memory lane, we recapped the game in an article earlier this year.

If you missed any of the action leading up to this week’s game, we have covered below, with links to all the relevant articles, sectioned off for convenience. Additionally, we’ve included everything you need to know for how to watch or listen to this week’s game.

How To Watch

When: Thursday, November 26th, at 12:30 p.m. EST

Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

Referee: Shawn Smith

TV: CBS (National broadcast)

Broadcast crew:

  • Play-by-play: Jim Nantz
  • Color commentary: Tony Romo
  • Sideline reporter: Tracy Wolfson

How to listen

Detroit area radio: WJR 760 AM radio

  • Announcers: Dan Miller and Lomas Brown

SIRIUS: 83 (Lions), 82 (Texans)

XM: 225 (Lions), 226 (Texans), 88 (National)

Betting odds

Vegas Watch via BetMGM:

83-percent of experts are picking the Texans to win

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