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Thanksgiving football schedule: Cowboys face off against the Raiders, Texas takes on Texas Tech

We have football all day and night for Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving's football feast does not end with the Packers and Lions NFC North battle. The Cowboys and Raiders will face each other during the afternoon and then the Ravens and Steelers will end the night with an AFC North showdown that will have a huge impact on the playoff picture. College football fans also have something to look forward to, with Texas against Texas Tech and Ole Miss taking on Mississippi State Thursday night.

Each NFL game on Thursday has playoff implications, while the college games will affect bowl season. SB Nation will have full coverage of all the games during the holiday.

Here are the times and channel listings for the rest of Thanksgiving’s slate of football:

NFL

Oakland Raiders at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m., CBS

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens, 8:30 p.m., NBC

College football

Texas Tech at Texas, 7:30 p.m., FS1

Ole Miss at Miss. State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN/WatchESPN

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