Redskins QB Robert Griffin III is entering relatively uncharted territory this Turkey Day. Even with the NFL adding a third Thanksgiving game in 2006, it has been very rare for a rookie quarterback to start on one of the league’s biggest stages.

RG3, the No. 2 overall pick in April’s draft out of Baylor, returns to Texas to play the Cowboys for the first time in his NFL career this Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Day football is as much a part of American tradition as the turkey and stuffing. Griffin joins a short list of first-year signalcallers to start on Thanksgiving, and the results have not been favorable.

Since Giants QB Kent Graham in 1992, only seven rookie QBs have started on Thanksgiving Day. Those seven rookies went 3-4, throwing four TD passes and 10 interceptions. Here’s a look back at the rookies’ performances on Turkey Day.

Lions QB Matthew Stafford / 2009  — The No. 1 pick of the 2009 draft, Stafford and the 2-8 Lions hosted Aaron Rodgers and the 6-4 Packers. Stafford got Detroit out to an early lead with a touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson, but it was all Packers from there. Green Bay rattled off 27 unanswered points, and Charles Woodson sealed the deal with a pick-six of Stafford, giving the Pack a 34-12 win. Stafford finished the game completing 20-of-43 passes for 213 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions.