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Silver Minings: Raiders Thanksgiving game most-watched since 1990

One of the benefits - or drawbacks depending on the outcome of the game - of playing the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving is there’s more attention on the game than just about any other regular-season contest throughout the year. That was never more true than this Thursday when the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Cowboys 36-33 in overtime.

Per a press release from CBS Sports, Las Vegas-Dallas averaged an estimated 38.5 million viewers, the most for a regular-season game since 1990:

CBS Sports’ Thanksgiving Day presentation of Las Vegas’ thrilling overtime win over Dallas on Thursday, Nov.