the lions played baltimore ravens on thanksgiving last year.
the lions played baltimore ravens on thanksgiving last year.
who did the lions play on thanksgiving last year?
baltimore ravens
following a rare tie with the minnesota vikings 26-26 at lambeau field, the packers travelled to ford field to take on the detroit lions on thanksgiving football. due to matt flynn's performance the previous week, he replaces scott tolzien and makes his first start for the packers in the 2013 season. the lions' opening possession ended at the green bay 12 when clay matthews forced a reggie bush fumble that was recovered by morgan burnett. however, the packers could not capitalize, and the lions drew first blood with a 27-yard field goal. following a kickoff that went out-of-bounds, the packers answered with a 54-yard field goal to tie it at 3-3. the packers quickly struck again when nick perry forced a matthew stafford fumble that was returned by morgan burnett for a td for a 10-3 lead. the lions answered by scoring two tds, first a 5-yard td pass to jeremy ross, then a 1-yard run by reggie bush. detroit had opportunities for more points before the half, but david akers missed a 31-yard field goal as the 1st half expired, keeping a 17-10 lead. following a 3-and-out on green bay's opening possession in the 3rd quarter, the lions scored on a 20-yard td pass to calvin johnson, extending their lead 24-10. late in the 3rd quarter, ndamukong suh sacked matt flynn in the endzone, forcing a safety that made it 26-10. the lions capitalized on their next possession with a 1-yard run by joique bell. they followed that up with a 20-yard td pass to kevin ogletree, which extended their lead 40-10. the packers tried to rally with a 56-yard pass to james jones, but matt flynn fumbled the snap on the next play, and detroit recovered and ran out the clock. this loss marked matthew stafford's first career win against the packers. it also snapped the lions' 10-year losing streak on thanksgiving day. with the loss, the packers fell to 5–6–1.
2013 green bay packers season
from the very first year onward, the lions rugby club has entered the national championship where the team qualified for the semi-final play-offs. later on, in may 2010, thessaloniki lions play their first international match against a serbian club, krusevac wolves, at krusevac. after a big fight and lot of sweat, the team wins the game very hard by 28-29 against a young and voluntary team. a year after (2011), the club managed to finish third at the national championship after two athenian clubs: athens rfc and attica springboks. during the 2012-2013 season, after a tough championship start and a defeat against iraklis rfc, the team becomes better throughout the season managing their first ever victory over defending champions athens rfc at homeground. lions won the match 16-8 on january 26, 2013; enabling them to dream of the title in 2013. according to the ranking of the federation, thessaloniki lions finish second. however, the participating teams file a claim in court for various irregularities made by the federation and its board of directors. in october 2013, the club decides to leave the national championship in order to join a championship which was not recognized by the national federation, named as: unity cup. it consisted of seven teams: attica springboks, panathinaïkos (ex-athens rfc), spartans, aeolos patras, peristeri and the titans of kavala. on november 2, 2013, the lions play their first unity cup match against the titans kavala. after five seasons, the club leaves the national championship like six other teams of the country. in september 2014 an administrative decision issued by the ministry of sports in greece announced the dissolution of the national federation of rugby for false declarations of clubs having a rugby activity in previous years. indeed, the greek law provides that a federation can exist only according to a threshold of official clubs which was denounced in this announcement.
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