Not a great game but a great performance by Ernie Nevers of the Cardinals. More than 80 years later, the Hall of Fame running back owns the longest standing records in NFL history -- rushing for six touchdowns and scoring 40 points (thanks to four PATs) in a 40-6 victory over the rival Bears at fabled Comiskey Park. For his career, Nevers scored 38 touchdowns in five seasons.

Vince Lombardi's defending NFL champions entered this game 10-0 but ran into a buzz saw at Detroit as the Lions opened up a 23-0 halftime lead and sacked Packers QB Bart Starr 10 times. It was the only game Green Bay lost that season on its way to another NFL title.

In a preview of the AFL Championship Game (also won by the Bills), the Chargers took a 24-14 lead in the fourth quarter after RB Keith Lincoln threw a 53-yard TD pass to Hall of Fame WR Lance Alworth. But a safety, a 1-yard TD sneak and two-point conversion run by Bills QB Daryle Lamonica and a 33-yard field goal from Pete Gogolak (pictured) in the closing seconds rescued Buffalo.

Tom Landry's team trailed 16-3 in the third quarter and QB Roger Staubach was on the sidelines. Enter little-known backup QB Clint Longley, who led the team to three touchdowns, throwing a 50-yard strike to WR Drew Pearson with 28 seconds left to stun George Allen's playoff-bound Redskins.

Perhaps there could be no more heartbreaking way to lose a game. The Lions owned a 17-3 lead in the fourth quarter, watched Bears QB Vince Evans run 4 yards for a touchdown on the final play of regulation (with the subsequent PAT tying the game) and teammate KR David Williams (pictured) returning the kickoff 95 yards for a score in overtime for an unlikely Chicago victory.

In one of the wildest Turkey Day games, the Lions took a 10-point lead with just over five minutes to play in the fourth quarter. But Packers QB Randy Wright threw a 11-yard TD pass to RB Paul Ott Carruth less than two minutes later and WR Walter Stanley (who caught 2 TD passes in the game) returned a punt 83 yards for the game-winning score with less than a minute to play.

Dallas was en route to a lost season, while the wild card 8-7 Vikings wound up in the NFC Championship Game. Minnesota took a 38-24 lead with less than 10 minutes to play, but Cowboys QB Danny White threw two TD passes to WR Mike Renfro to tie the score. Then it came down to the Nelsons (sort of). Vikings kicker Chuck Nelson missed a 46-yard field goal in the final seconds that would have won it, and RB Darrin Nelson ran 24 yards for the game-winning TD in overtime.

In the snow and slush at Texas Stadium, the defending Super Bowl champions appeared to have dodged a bullet when DT Jimmie Jones blocked Dolphins PK Pete Stoyanovich's 41-yard field goal in the closing seconds. Inexplicably, Cowboys DT Leon Lett tried to pick up the ball, Dolphins T Jeff Dellenbach recovered the muff and Stoyanovich took advantage of his second chance. The 9-2 Dolphins didn't win again that season while the 7-4 Cowboys didn't lose and repeated as Super Bowl champions.

In 2010, Jason Garrett lost his first Thanksgiving Day game as head coach. But 18 years ago, he won as the starting quarterback in place of injured QB Troy Aikman, throwing for 311 yards, two scores and one interception, rallying his team from a 17-3 deficit and offsetting a tremendous effort from Packers WR Sterling Sharpe, who caught nine passes for 122 yards and four touchdowns.

As for that aforementioned game and Garrett, the Cowboys appeared primed to beat the defending Super Bowl champions via a 27-23 lead and WR Roy Williams on the end of a 47-yard pass play possibly en route to an insurance touchdown. But Saints S Malcolm Jenkins stripped Williams, recovered the fumble and it took QB Drew Brees only five plays to cover 89 yards, his 12-yard touchdown pass to WR Lance Moore with 1:55 to play proving to be the difference.