The 2013 season saw the team improve. By Week 10, following their first season series sweep of the Chicago Bears since 2007, the team was in first place in the NFC North. However, the Lions would lose their next two games. In Week 13, the team won their first Thanksgiving game since 2003 in a 40–10 whipping of the Green Bay Packers. The Lions then lost the final four games of the season to finish 7–9. This resulted in the firing of head coach Jim Schwartz on December 30.