Cowboys-Chiefs Thanksgiving Day Game Could Smash All Viewership Records

This year, the NFL has promised viewers an absolute cinematic showdown on Thanksgiving Thursday. The Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs will be playing against a new-look Dallas Cowboys led by Dak Prescott. Irrespective of what team wins that night, the NFL will get to call it a significant milestone as the matchup will not disappoint in terms of viewership numbers.

It is not just fans who are excited for this game. Iconic announcer Jim Nantz, who has called hundreds of NFL games throughout his career, is looking forward to the Week 13 matchup between America’s most popular football teams.

In his recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Jim Nantz shared his thoughts on the NFL’s calendar for the upcoming season. The Chiefs, arguably the new America’s Team, have the privilege of appearing on CBS for nine games out of their 17 games, a first for any team. However, it is the Week 13 game that Nantz is particularly looking forward to.

On Thanksgiving Day, Kansas City at Dallas, you could argue two of the biggest brands right now in the NFL. The Cowboys have obviously been the brand, the national team moniker, for 40 years at least, and now Kansas City is trying to lay claim to that. They are trying to get a piece of Christmas Day on a full-time basis.

The announcer believes the game will be historic because fans will witness the reigning claimant to the ‘America’s Team’ branding, the Cowboys, defend their rights to the name against the Chiefs, a team that has continually made the Super Bowl five times since Patrick Mahomes became the starter, and won three championships since.

The Dallas Cowboys have recorded historic viewership numbers on Thanksgiving Thursday for years

Historically, the Cowboys rank second to the Lions in terms of Thanksgiving game appearances. So far, Dallas has played in 54 Thanksgiving games. The last time that the Chiefs and Cowboys went at it on Thanksgiving Thursday was in 1995, and that game set a record with a viewership of 35.72 million viewers.