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Bears-Lions Capsule

CHICAGO (5-6) at DETROIT (7-4)

Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE -- Lions by 7

RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Chicago 5-6, Detroit 5-6

SERIES RECORD -- Bears lead 96-67-5

LAST MEETING -- Lions beat Bears 21-19, Nov. 10, 2013

LAST WEEK -- Bears beat Buccaneers 21-13; Lions lost to Patriots 34-9

AP PRO32 RANKING -- Bears No. 20, Lions No. 14

BEARS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (16), RUSH (20), PASS (14).

BEARS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (21), RUSH (12), PASS (28).

LIONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (21), RUSH (30), PASS (10).

LIONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (3), RUSH (1), PASS (10).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Lions beat Green Bay last season to snap nine-game Thanksgiving losing streak. ... Bears will play on Thanksgiving for first time since 2004, when they lost at Dallas. ... Detroit swept Chicago last year after losing nine of previous 10 in series. ... Bears DE Willie Young had six sacks in four years with Detroit. He now has eight sacks in first season with Chicago. ... Bears DE Jared Allen has 15½ sacks in 13 games against Lions, all when he was with Vikings. ... Chicago has no points in 15 possessions in its two-minute offense. ... Lions WR Calvin Johnson has TD catch in last five Thanksgiving games. ... Detroit LB DeAndre Levy has seven INTs since 2013, most by LB in NFL. .. Detroit DT Ndamukong Suh trying for fifth straight game against Bears with sack. ... Lions have allowed 190 points, fewest in league. ... Detroit averaging 4.28 yards per play on first down, worst mark in NFL. ... Lions have made NFL-worst 57 percent of their FGs.

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