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The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
Of the 23 inductees, 17 made their primary contribution to football with the Lions, while the other 6 contributed only a minor portion of their career with the Lions. [7] Dwight Freeney was the most recent Lion selected to the Hall of Fame as part of the 2024 class.
The team has had 40 winning seasons, 49 losing seasons, and 6 seasons with as many wins as losses. [15] [3] [4] The Lions were the first franchise to finish a full (non-strike shortened) regular season with no wins or ties, since the move to sixteen regular season games in 1978, going 0–16 during the 2008 NFL season. [16]
The Lions and Green Bay Packers first met in 1929 when the Lions were known as the Portsmouth Spartans. [ 6 ] [ 55 ] The Lions and Packers have been division rivals since 1933. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 56 ] As of the 2024 season, the Packers lead the series 106–78–7.
[12] [13] Of the 23 Lions named to All-Decade teams, 16 have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and 13 have been inducted into the Pride of the Lions, [14] [15] a permanent display at Ford Field meant to honor the team's greatest players. [16] The Lions' most recent selections were Calvin Johnson and Ndamukong Suh as part of the ...
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According to the team, a total of 39,844 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1957 campaign. [10] The Lions played their home games in Briggs Stadium (Tiger Stadium), which had a regular listed seating capacity of 46,194, with an additional 7,000 bleacher seats for football to bring total capacity to 53,194.
ON THE FIELD: Detroit Lions' Ben Johnson would be tough to replace, but he gave Bears reason to hire him Longtime Detroit Lions fan Ben Roth attended Sunday's game in Chicago with his 6-year-old ...