RICHMOND, Va. -- For all their success over the decades, the Steelers’ record in Thanksgiving games is a fairly abysmal 2-6.
The team’s first turkey day victory came in their third attempt, on an especially frigid, 19-degree afternoon in Chicago in 1950. The hero that day was Joe Geri (who, admittedly, I’d never heard of before I decided to google “Steelers Thanksgiving games” a couple days ago), a bright spot on some solidly mediocre Steeler teams in the early 50s. His two touchdowns (and four point afters; he also performed as the placekicker and punter) helped spot the black and gold to a 28-3 lead before two late Cardinal TDs made the final score appear closer than it was. It would be 66 years before the Steelers would win again on Thanksgiving, a 28-7 drubbing of the Indianapolis Colts in 2016.
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