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The Lions have won four NFL championships, all of which pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. The Lions' four championships are tied for the tenth most total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises; [7] the last of these was in 1957, which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals. [8]
DETROIT LIONS (15-2). One of four teams never to have reached the Super Bowl. ... in four Super Bowl appearances: lost to Raiders 27-10 in Super Bowl 15, lost to Patriots 24-21 in Super Bowl 39 ...
The Lions last won their division and hosted a home playoff game in the 1993 season, and are the lone NFC team to never appear in the Super Bowl. Let's chronicle the Lions' history in the playoffs ...
The Lions held a 17-point lead at halftime in their NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, knowing 30 minutes stood between them and the organization’s first ever Super Bowl ...
Until 2006, this was the last time that major professional teams from Michigan and Ohio met in a postseason game (or series) in any sport. This was the last NFL playoff game played in the city of Detroit other than Super Bowl XL until 2024 as the Lions' other two home playoff games prior ( 1992 and 1994 ) were at the Silverdome in suburban ...
Kicker Matt Prater was selected for the Pro Bowl once with the team and was the Lions' only representative to the 2017 Pro Bowl. [55] [56] Don Muhlbach is the first and only player in Lions' history to be selected to the Pro Bowl as a long snapper (2013 and 2019). [57] [58] Jonah Jackson was the only Lion selected for the 2022 Pro Bowl. [59]
Glenn Presnell, the then last surviving member of the 1934 Lions, recalled that after the Portsmouth Spartans relocated to Detroit, team owner George A. Richards asked him and his wife to pick the Lions' colors from combinations that included red and white, orange and black, and blue and silver. The Presnells liked blue and silver the best, so ...
The Detroit Lions made an NFC championship game once. It was the 1991 season. Barry Sanders was in just his third season. The Lions lost that title game 41-10 to a really good Washington team.