Panini America Honors NFL’s Thanksgiving Tradition in 2013 Totally Certified Football

For the better part of 100 years, the NFL has made the great game of football as much a part of this country's Thanksgiving tradition as turkey, stuffing and mid-afternoon catnaps between snaps. And when Panini America's 2013 Totally Certified Football releases next week, it will pay proud tribute to that tradition with an expansive 50-card insert set that honors the greatest players, teams and games in the NFL's storied Turkey Day history.

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For the better part of 100 years, the NFL has made the great game of football as much a part of this country’s Thanksgiving tradition as turkey, stuffing and mid-afternoon catnaps between snaps. And when Panini America’s 2013 Totally Certified Football releases next week, it will pay proud tribute to that tradition with an expansive 50-card insert set that honors the greatest players, teams and games in the NFL’s storied Turkey Day history.

In what is easily the most significant Thanksgiving Day initiative in football-card history, 2013 Totally Certified Football’s “Thanksgiving” insert encompasses seemingly every meaningful Thanksgiving performance from the 1920s through last season, and will also include special colored parallels and rare autographed versions of some cards.

“With the release of Totally Certified Football on the heels of Turkey Day, this insert set just seemed like a natural fit,” said Panini America Editorial Director Jeff Sullivan, the person largely responsible for the insert’s inclusion. “So we researched every NFL game ever played on Thanksgiving, going back to the league’s first season in 1920 with the Canton Bulldogs and Decatur Staleys and all those iconic teams playing each other. Red Grange played his first pro game with the Chicago Bears in 1925. His debut was more or less the true beginning of the NFL in terms of fans having interest.

“We tried to find the best performances, the most memorable games and include those players in this set. Because there’s really nothing else to do on Thanksgiving but eat and watch football, the games tend to be more memorable.”

Here’s betting you’ll find at least a few Thanksgiving games that you remember in the following gallery, which includes a card-by-card exploration of “Thanksgiving” as well as a look at some of the rarer inserts and autographs.

CONTEST: Pay special attention to the images that follow. To help jolt you out of your turkey-induced tryptophan trance, we’ve hidden a logo of the Panini knight into three of the images. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to tell us — AS A COMMENT TO THIS POST — on which three images you found it.

We’ll wait to approve all comments until after the entry deadline, which is tonight — November 28 at 11:59 p.m. — so your comment will appear to you as “pending moderation.” That’s our way of protecting your answers to this contest so that everyone else can’t see them. To be eligible to win, please keep your answers to yourself until after the deadline. We want to reward those folks who’ve taken the time and effort to find the hidden images.

We’ll place all correct entries into an online randomizer and award five winners with a box of 2013 Totally Certified Football. Just to be clear, here is the hidden image you’re looking for:

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Good luck and thanks, as always, for participating. And from all of us here at Panini America to all of you: Happy Thanksgiving!

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154 Replies to “Panini America Honors NFL’s Thanksgiving Tradition in 2013 Totally Certified Football”

  1. Happy Thanksgiving to all! The hidden image is in Picture #76, in the Dez Bryant card. Thanks for the contest as always!

  2. I found the hidden images in Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) Dez Bryant, (48) Paul Hornung, (76) Robert Griffin III, Matthew Stafford, Dez Bryant. Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

  3. Good thing us Canadians already celebrated Thanksgiving, I’m not in a turkey coma today 🙂

    The three hidden images are in:

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks for the contest

  4. Dez Bryant Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Paul Hornung Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Dez Bryant Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  5. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks for the contest and Happy Thanksgiving

  6. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I found the Panini Knight on the following pictures:
    Dez Bryant #4
    Paul Hornung #48
    Griffin/Bryant/Stafford (On the Bryant) #76
    Thanks,
    Bruce

  7. The hidden logo of the Panini America Knight are found on the following images:
    1. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    2. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    3. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks again for the contest Panini and Happy Thanksgiving to you guys!

  8. Happy Thanksgiving, Panini! Here’s my entry:

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  9. Happy Thanksgiving guys! Hope you all have a good one! As for the contest the Panini knight appears in pic #4 on the Dez Bryant card in the Redskins face mask, pic 48 in the Paul Hornung card, and lastly in pic 76 in the Dez Bryant card. Thanks for the contest as always have a nice holiday! Gobble gobble!

  10. The first image was in pic #(48)
    Second image(76)
    Third image (4)
    Thanks for the contest and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody at Panini,

  11. 1. Dez Bryant under his shin on the Nov.22 2012 card.
    2. Paul Hourning behind him on the Nov.26 1959 card.
    3. Dez Bryant above the star on his helmet on the Nov.22 2012 card.

  12. After about 30 minutes of searching, I found the three.
    1. Dez Bryant Base (Picture 4)
    2. Paul Hornung Red Parallel (Picture 48)
    3. RG3 / Dez / Stafford Base (Top of Dez, Picture 76)
    Thank you guys so much! TC is always my favorite product. I opened my first one last year and pulled a Von Miller Auto, my favorite player. Thanks for the contest!

  13. Another great contest to be Thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day!!

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    I was actually at the 11/27/2008 Eagles-Cardinals Thanksgiving night game where Brian Westbrook had 4 TD’s. Got a special Eagles Card set from Panini that night as well!!!!

    This is a great insert set idea!

    Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!!!

  14. 1. Card #48 Paul Hornung – Green Bay Packers
    2. Card #59 Donald Driver – Green Bay Packers
    3. Card #18 Brett Favre – Green Bay Packers

  15. First one is Dez Bryant, the fourth picture. Second one, is Paul HOR-NUNG, the fourty-eighth picture. The last one, is RG3, dez and stafford in the seventy- sixth picture, the second to last one, on top of Dez. Thank you guys! Happy Thanksgiving!

  16. I found all three of the hidden images. First hidden image in the Dez Bryant card, image (4). Second hidden image in the Paul Hornung card, image (48). Third hidden image in the Dez Bryant card in image (76). Thank you for the contest it was fun to find the images.

  17. Hey guys
    Love the product…
    The three hidden pics are…
    1. Paul hornung
    2. Dez Bryant towards the top of the list…
    3. Combo pic with rg3, dez Bryant(where the hidden image is) and matt Stafford…
    Near the bottom left…
    Thx so much for sharing and all the giveaways
    Best card company around…
    Happy thanksgiving

  18. 1. Dez 2. Hornung 3. Top of Dez with Robert Griffin and Matt Stafford.

    Thanks Panini! Happy thanksgiving of me and my family.

  19. The First one is on Image # 4 Dez Bryant, the second is on Image #48 Paul Hornung and the Third one is on Image # 76 again on the Dez Bryant in the middle!! I would also like to say Thank you for giving back to the customer with the Fathers day and Black friday packs !! I can’t wait for tomorrow !

  20. Happy Thanksgiving Panini the images are as follows #4 Dez Bryant, #48 Paul Horning, #76 RGIII, Dez Bryant, Matthew Stafford. Thanks Panini and have a wonderful day of food and football.

  21. 1) image #4 Dez Bryant card
    2) image #48 Paul Hornung card
    3) image #76 Dez Bryant card

    Thanks for the comtest and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

  22. Contest answers:

    Image # 4 (Dez Bryant)
    Image # 48 (Paul Hornung)
    Image # 76 (RG III, Stafford, and Dez Bryant – the logo is on the Bryant card)

    Thanks!

  23. The set looks really good! Thanks for the contest!

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  24. Got them:
    Card 4- Under Dez Bryant’s leg
    Card 48- Behind Paul Hornung
    Card 76- Above Dez Bryant’s helmet
    Happy Thanksgiving Panini!!!

  25. Hi cool Set of cards, I found them on image 76-Matthew Safford, Dez Bryant, and RG3 (3 Cards), another on image 48-Paul Hornung card, and the last one on image 4-Dez Bryant card. Thanks again and have a great Thanksgiving!

  26. Found em, thanks for the great contest panini

    It was on:

    1. Dez Bryant # 88 of the Dallas Cowboys card dated November 22nd, 2012. The image was found underneath his right leg on the helmet of the washington player, on his face.

    2. Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers dated November 26th, 1959. The card has red cornors. The image was found to the left of the player closest to the left. The image is underneath the “VING” of the thanksgiving logo.

    3. It was found on the second last image in the gallery. It was found to the right of Dez Bryants head on the Dez Bryant card.on the Dallas Cowboys dated Nov 22nd, 2012. The image was found to the left of the thanksgiving logo there, It was the second card from the top and bottom in a series of those 3 cards.

    Links will follow in my next post. Thanks for the great contest, Love Jordan Freeman, Toronto, Ontario.

  27. Happy turkey day to all my American friends and to the hardworkers at Panini. Very cool looking specialized set.

    The three images are as follows:
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks again for what you do!

    David

  28. Great idea, and really good-looking cards. The little knight fella is in cards:
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)
    Thanks for the surprise contest, and Happy Thanksgiving!

  29. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)

    Hope Everyone has a Happy Turkey Day & Great Holiday Season!

  30. Dez Bryant – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Paul Hornung – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Dez Bryant – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    I’m thankful for Panini and their awesome contests! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

  31. Thanks for the contest! He’s in the following:

    (4) Dez Bryant
    (48) Paul Hornung
    (76) RG3/Bryant/Stafford

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  32. Image 4 of Dez Bryant
    Image 48 of Paul Hornung
    Image 76 of three cards with the image on Dez Bryant once again.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  33. paul hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)….!
    …again thanks to panini and tracy.

  34. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  35. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  36. Thanks as always for the contest Tracy, happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, my fellow Knight’s Lance readers and everyone at Panini America. Here are my answers:

    http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/panini-america-honors-nfls-thanksgiving-tradition-in-2013-totally-certified-football/#jp-carousel-67120 – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) Dez Bryant near right ankle.

    http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/panini-america-honors-nfls-thanksgiving-tradition-in-2013-totally-certified-football/#jp-carousel-67164 – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) Paul Hornung behind back.

    http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/panini-america-honors-nfls-thanksgiving-tradition-in-2013-totally-certified-football/#jp-carousel-67192 – Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) – RG3/Dez/Stafford pile, near Dez’s helmet

  37. Thanks Panini and Happy Thanksgiving!

    1. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    2. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)

    3. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)

  38. Dez Bryant #4
    Paul Hornung #48
    #76 on Dez Bryants card

    thanks for the contest, always fun when theyre not impossible

  39. The hidden knight is in Pic #76 of the three cards that are close up. It’s in the Dez Bryant one. Thanks for the contest and hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving!!

  40. #1. Under Dez Bryant’s leg
    #2. To the left of Paul Hornung
    #3. Second to last picture on the left side in the blue area on the Dez Bryant card

  41. #1. Under Dez Bryant’s leg
    #2. To the left of Paul Hornung
    #3. On the second to last picture on the blue area of the left side of the picture on the Dez Bryant card

  42. Found all three. 🙂

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) – Found under Dez Bryant’s right leg.
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) – Found beside Paul Hornung’s back.
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) – On top of the Dez Bryant card beside the “12 Thanksgiving” logo to the left on the blue.

    Thanks again for the contest and….

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY!!!

  43. Thanks again for a great contest…the cards are stunning!

    The images are on the following:
    (4) Dez Bryant
    (48) Paul Hornung
    (76) The trio of Cards

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  44. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)

  45. Wow. Nice lookin’ cards. I found the knights on the following photos: #4 Dez Bryant, #48 Paul Hornung & #76 RG3,Dez,Stafford. FTW. Happy Thanksgiving!

  46. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)
    thanks Taracy and everyone at Panini enjoy your thanksgiving

  47. 1st in card (4) Dez Bryant’s right ankle. 2nd in card (48) left of Paul Hornung. 3rd in card (76) above Dez Bryant’s head.

  48. Thanks for the Turkey Day contest:
    Pictures are hiden in
    1. Panini America 2013 Certified football Thanksgiving (4)
    2. Panini America 2013 Certified football Thanksgiving (48)
    3. Panini America 2013 Certified football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks again for the contest
    Carl Burke

  49. The three images are on the Dez Bryant Base (Image #4), Paul Hornung (Image #48) and the RGIII/Dez Bryant/Matt Stafford cards (Image #76). Thanks!

  50. Happy Thanksgiving to all at Panini and their families. The Panini logo is hidden on cards:
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) Dez Bryant
    Thanks again to all the wonderful people at Panini in offering up another contest with a great prize.

  51. Happy Turkey Day!

    The hidden image is on the following cards:
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) – Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) – Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) – Dez Bryant

    Thanks for the contest!

  52. Now for the contest part: Found all three on cards:
    Card # 4 – Dez Bryant
    Card # 48 – Paul Hornung
    Card # 76 – Dez Bryant

    Thanks for the Contest Panini! And again,Haooy Thanksgiving to all of you @Panini and all your families! And Happy Thanksgiving to ALL the Colletors and TRUE Followers of Panini!

  53. The 3 cards that had the Panini knight were:
    1. Picture #4 D.Bryant cowboys
    2. Picture #48 P.Hornung packers
    3. Picture #76 D.Bryant cowboys middle card

  54. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

  55. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) – Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) – Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) – Dez Bryant

    Anyone feeling the effects of that tryptophan in the turkey yet? Happy Thanksgiving to all!

  56. Found the hidden image on three cards:
    Dez Bryant (6)
    Paul Hornung (48)
    Dez Bryant (76)

    Love the Thanksgiving insert set. Might consider starting a personal collection set with this, depends how hard it is to pull those cards.

  57. Images found on:
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Thanks for the contest!

  58. 1)3 cards of rg3 and dezbryant the logo is on dez .matthew stafford pic. (2)dez Bryant by foot (3)on paul hornung card.

  59. Image #4 – Dez Bryant
    Image #48 – Paul Hornung
    Image #76 – Robert Griffin III / Dez Bryant / Matthew Stafford

    Great contest, you guys rock! Thanks!

  60. I’d love to win some Totally Certified Football cards for my son for the holidays! I found the hidden images on Dez Bryant (4), Paul Hornung (48), and Dez Bryant again (76). Love the contests! So thankful for Panini doing these for the collectors!

  61. Dez Bryant Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Paul Hornung Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Dez Bryant Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Definitely feeling the love for Dez Bryant today! Great win for the Cowboys on the happiest of Thanksgivings! Happy Turkey Day!

  62. Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

    Good job on the cards guys..I really enjoyed looking through this gallery,especially seeing some of the players I grew up on..Took me a few tries to find all the images but I believe I got them..Thanks Again..And I hope you had an awesome Turkey Day

  63. As always I really enjoyed looking for the images,and as always it seems to take me forever.I really appreciate all you guys do in giving back to your customers and just always making us feel important..I gotta be honest I’ve nvr won one of your contests yet,but if theres ever a time I hope to it’s this one..I love Certified and would just be giggly to win one box.Thanks for the shot at one.

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76)

  64. O.K.. Here are my answers…Thanks again for the contest and a shot to win such a sweet prize..This is one I would love to open with my dad as it’s one of his favorite releases every year,and I really do love ripping some wax with him..

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) Mixed Lot

    Fingers Crossed..Havent won from you guys yet,but it’s gotta happen sometime…Right? Right?

  65. The three hidden images are in the following pictures:

    (4) Dez Bryant (on face mask of defender)
    (48) Paul Hornung (behind him)
    (76) Dez Bryant card

  66. Thanks for the contest guys. I found the hidden pic in the following.
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (4) – Dez Bryant
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48) – Paul Hornung
    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (76) – Dez Bryant, RG3, & Stafford

  67. Well, I only found one image that had the hidden logo in it:

    Panini America 2013 Totally Certified Football Thanksgiving (48)

    I really love the set and I love the inclusion of the dates seeing my birthday (Nov. 26th) and my grandpa’s birthday (Nov. 22nd) show up quite often!

  68. Two Dez Bryant cards (4 & 76) and Paul Hornung (48). Sadly I don’t even know who Paul Hornung is!!! I must be too young!

    Thanks for the contest!

  69. Hey tracy not trying to bother you but i went on the other contest and didnt see my comment. dont know if it went thru on that one or this one but my answers for this one was 4, 48, 76. i posted yesterday about 7 or 8

  70. OK, thanks to EVERYONE for participating. I hope you all had a tremendous Thanksgiving. Thanks for your part in making mine phenomenal. OK, let’s get right to the winners here: Congrats to Bethany, Emily S., Basil P., Matthew Jurski and Linda B. Thanks to everyone for participating and winners, we’ll be in touch for your addresses.

    Thanks again,
    Tracy

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