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100

This Steelers linebacker produced the longest interception return in Super Bowl history when he took one back 100 yards for a touchdown against Arizona

James Harrison

100

Joe Greene, L.C. Greenwood and the Pittsburgh defense of the 1970s became known collectively by this industrial nickname

The Steel Curtain

100

The 2022 NFL season was the most recent to feature multiple ties, with this many games ending without a winner

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100

This Packers receiver scored four touchdowns against Dallas on Thanksgiving 1994

Sterling Sharpe

100

Roger Staubach created this play when he closed his eyes while throwing a playoff-winning touchdown against Minnesota in 1975

Hail Mary

200

These 4 teams have never appeared in a Super Bowl

Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars

200

Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt powered this famously nicknamed St. Louis offense

The Greatest Show On Turf

200

This NFL team has the most Hall of Famers

Chicago Bears

200

Troy Aikman threw for a Thanksgiving-record 455 yards in 1998, but his performance was overshadowed by this receiver on the Vikings

Randy Moss

200

This Eagles return specialist produced the NFL’s first walk-off punt-return touchdown by completing the “Miracle at the New Meadowlands” against the Giants.

DeSean Jackson

300

This defense tackled Fran Tarkenton in the end zone for the first safety in Super Bowl history during the Super Bowl

Steelers Defense

300

Joe Klecko, Mark Gastineau, Marty Lyons and Abdul Salaam formed this cleverly named Jets defensive line

the New York Sack Exchange

300

Gale Sayers, Dub Jones and this modern Saints star are the only players to score six touchdowns in a single NFL game

Alvin Kamara

300

This quarterback threw six touchdown passes against Detroit on Thanksgiving 2004, tying the holiday record

Peyton Manning

300

Making only the fifth start of his NFL career, this Cowboys quarterback threw five touchdown passes in a 38-10 Thanksgiving win in 2006

Tony Romo

400

This team was charged with eight fumbles in Super Bowl XXVII, the most by one team in Super Bowl history

Buffalo Bills

400

Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Rosey Grier and Lamar Lundy formed this intimidating Rams defensive line known by a four-word nickname.

the Fearsome Foursome

400

This Broncos receiver caught an NFL-record 21 passes in one game against Indianapolis in 2009

Brandon Marshall

400

These two AFC West rivals played the first Thanksgiving night game after the NFL permanently expanded the holiday schedule to three games in 2006

Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos

400

Marshawn Lynch’s legendary “Beast Quake” runs, which helped define his Beast Mode identity, came against these two NFL teams.

New Orleans Saints & Arizona Cardinals

500

This Oakland Raiders linebacker set an all-time NFL record by intercepting three Ron Jaworski passes in Super Bowl XV

Rod Martin

500

This Houston Oilers running back was known as “The Tyler Rose”

 Earl Campbell

500

This Broncos return specialist amassed an NFL-record 404 all-purpose yards against Seattle in 1995

Glyn Milburn

500

Since beginning their Thanksgiving tradition in 1934, the Detroit Lions have missed playing on the holiday only this many times.

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500

Frank Wycheck’s controversial cross-field lateral went to this Titans receiver, who raced 75 yards for the Music City Miracle

Kevin Dyson

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