The Cowboys and Lions have both hosted games on Thanksgiving for decades, but this marks the first time ever that the two have met the week after their holiday showcases. Didn’t know that bit of trivia? No worries.
Maybe you’ve got the answers to the following questions instead. Find out in the photo gallery below.
1) Which Cowboys wideout racked up 227 receiving yards in a 20-19 win over Detroit on Dec. 30, 2023, the fourth most in franchise history.
Brandin Cooks
Michael Gallup
CeeDee Lamb
KaVontae Turpin
2) The Cowboys victory at Detroit on Dec. 9, 2007, clinched the NFC East title, their first since 1998. Who led the effort with a career-high three touchdowns in the game?
Marion Barber
Julios Jones
Terrell Owens
Jason Witten
3) This long-time Lions receiver scored the first touchdown in Cowboys history and was also the team’s first Pro Bowler.
Frank Clarke
Jim Doran
G. Dupre
Don McIhenny
4) What was the combined point total for the Cowboys and Lions in their divisional-round showdown during the 1970 playoffs?
5) On the other end of the spectrum, the Cowboys scored a franchise-high 59 points in a game against Detroit on Sept. 15, 1968. What two players both scored a pair of rushing touchdowns in the win?
Dan Reeves and Walt Garrison
Don Perkins and Craig Baynham
Don Meredith and Don Perkins
Dan Reeves and Don Perkins
6) This Lions wideout set the record for most receiving yards by a Cowboys opponent in a 31-30 defeat of Dallas on Oct. 27, 2013. Who was it?
Joique Bell
Nate Burleson
Kris Durham
Calvin Johnson
7) Which player returned a punt 97 yards against Detroit on Nov. 21, 2010, the second-longest punt return in Cowboys history.
Dez Bryant
Jesse Holley
Bryan McCann
Terence Newman
8) Lions head coach Dan Campbell was born in Texas, played his high school football an hour or so southwest of AT&T Stadium in Glen Rose, and later spent three seasons with the Cowboys (2003-05). Where did he play his college football?
Texas Longhorns
Texas A&M Aggies
Baylor Bears
TCU Horned Frogs
9) What Dallas defensive lineman recorded two fumble recoveries in the Cowboys’ showdown against the Lions in the 2014 wild-card round of the playoffs, the second of which was also a strip-sack that sealed the 24-20 win?
Tyrone Crawford
DeMarcus Lawrence
Jeremy Mincey
George Selvie
10) The Cowboys’ Emmitt Smith and Detroit’s Barry Sanders both played in the NFL for nine seasons from 1990-98. Who scored more touchdowns during that span?
Emmitt Smith
Barry Sanders
11) During the 2024 NFL Draft, the Cowboys traded pick No. 24 and a seventh-rounder in 2025 to the Lions for pick No. 29 and a third-round choice. Who did Dallas then take with those two 2024 selections?
Tyler Smith and Jalen Tolbert
Mazi Smith and DeMarvion Overshown
Tyler Guyton and Cooper Beebe
Tyler Booker and Shavon Revel
Despite totaling 554 yards on offense and giving up just 200 yards on defense in a Sept. 15, 1985, game against the Lions, the Cowboys somehow managed to lose.
13) What current Cowboys defensive end was originally drafted by the Lions in 2022 and spent his first two-plus seasons in Detroit?
Jadeveon Clowney
Dante Fowler
James Houston
Sam Williams
14) Who was the Cowboys’ starting quarterback in their 1991 divisional round playoff matchup at Detroit?
Troy Aikman
Steve Beuerlein
Jason Garrett
Babe Laufenberg
15) What linebacker set the Cowboys’ rookie record for sacks in a game with three against the Lions on Oct. 6, 1975?
Bob Breunig
Mike Hegman
Thomas Henderson
Randy White
16) Lions Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders won the 1988 Heisman Trophy for his incredible season at Oklahoma State. What eventual Cowboys quarterback finished second in the voting?
Troy Aikman
Jason Garrett
Bernie Kosar
Rodney Peete
17) What seventh-round draft pick of the Cowboys in 2018 actually started a game for the Lions, against Dallas in 2019?
Aveion Cason
Troy Hambrick
Bo Scarborough
Mike White
18) Who caught Dez Bryant’s only touchdown pass of his career?
Dak Prescott
Terrance Williams
Jason Witten
Cole Beasley
19) What was the name fans gave for Tony Romo’s impromptu touchdown celebration after his last-minute TD pass to Terrance Williams to beat the Lions in the 2014 NFC Wild Card round.
Romo-mentum
Romo-ing
Romo Money
Front Row Romo
Barry Sanders and Troy Aikman finished 1st and 3rd, respectively, in the 1988 Heisman Trophy voting, but the two flipped spots months later in the NFL Draft?