Bears vs. Lions result, live updates: Detroit hosts the Thanksgiving Day matchup as a heavy favorite over Chicago
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Bears vs. Lions result, live updates: Detroit hosts the Thanksgiving Day matchup as a heavy favorite over Chicago

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

For much of the 21st century, the early Thanksgiving Day NFL game revolved around which team traveled to Detroit to beat the Lions. In their traditional 12:30 p.m. ET kickoff slot, the Lions are 5-18 since 2000 and have lost their last seven games on Thanksgiving Day. This year feels a little different, however, as Detroit is 10-1, bringing the best team in the league – according to Yahoo Sports’ Frank Schwab’s NFL Power Rankings prior to Week 13 – to the table and looking forward to a feast against the 4-0 Chicago Bears. 7 hopes.

The Lions last made short work of the Colts on Sunday with a 24-6 win – Detroit’s sixth double-digit win this season. Chicago, meanwhile, lost an overtime thriller 30-27 to the Vikings, a game in which Caleb Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, arguably his best performance of the season. The last time these two franchises met on Thanksgiving Day was in 2021, a 16-14 win for the Bears. The Lions finished 3-13-1 this season in Jared Goff’s first year in Detroit.

  • Time: 12:30 p.m. ET

  • Location: Ford Field | Detroit

  • TV channels: CBS

  • Streaming: Paramount+, Fubo

Live13 updates

  • Sam LaPorta records the touchdown to start the second quarter

    Detroit TE Sam LaPorta makes the tricky catch in the first seconds of the second quarter and the Lions lead the Bears 10-0.

  • A big play by Amon-Ra St. Brown stops a Detroit punt

    Jared Goff connects with Amon-Ra St. Brown for a 29-yard pass, getting the first down and keeping the drive alive.

  • Chicago’s challenge is unsuccessful

    Matt Eberflus thinks the call on Jameson Williams’ incomplete pass is close enough to challenge, but instead wastes his challenge flag in the first quarter. The Lions keep the ball.

  • Chaos as Jameson Williams releases the ball

    Lions receiver Jameson Williams lost control of the ball as he fell to the ground making the catch. The Bears call it a fumble, but the refs call it an incomplete pass because he was never fully in control.

    Chicago is appealing the ruling.

  • DJ Moore is shaken after a hard blow

    Bears receiver DJ Moore landed hard on the ground after a hard hit from the Lions, with the pass intended for him going out of bounds. Hopefully Moore is okay.

  • The Lions kick off through the posts

    Detroit kicker Jake Bates starts, comes back to hit off and through the uprights, and the Bears start their first drive with a touchback. Three more points for the Lions?

  • The Lions settle for a field goal on their first drive

    After a few incomplete passes in the red zone, Detroit took a 3-0 lead over the Bears on the first drive.

  • Penei Sewell’s trick game falls a bit short

    A Lions play resulted in offensive tackle Penei Sewell getting the ball and being ready for a possible touchdown throw. Unfortunately, Sewell came under pressure before he could make the throw and lost a few yards. What could have been.

  • The Lions get the ball down the field early, with a great catch by Amon-Ra St. Brown

  • Bears-Lions begins with a gentle rendition of the anthem on the saxophone

  • John Madden’s Thanksgiving turducken lives on

    It’s been more than 25 years since John Madden infamously tried a turducken — a duck stuffed into a chicken, stuffed into a turkey — live on air in honor of Thanksgiving.

    Madden died in 2021, but the tradition lives on: The three NFL Thanksgiving games each use a special coin for the coin toss that features Madden’s face on one side and a six-legged turducken on the other.

    Madden will also be honored with a patch on the team’s jerseys.

  • Inactive for bears and lions

  • Sonic and Knuckles meet “Sonic” and “Knuckles”

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