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The 2006 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 77th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–11 record in 2005; however, they regressed and finished with a 3–13 record. The Lions started the 2006 season losing their first five games and six of their first seven.
The Detroit Lions have played their home games at Ford Field since 2002. [1]The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan.The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC). [2]
The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League (NFL) games aired on NBC under the game package NBC Sunday Night Football. The list includes both regular season and post-season game results, both produced by NBC Sports, from the 2006 NFL season to the present.
The Lions have played the Rams more than any other non-divisional team with 89 total matchups over the years dating back to 1937. In the 2023–24 playoffs, the Rams and Lions met for their first postseason matchup since 1952. The Lions won 24–23 in Matthew Stafford's first game back in Detroit since being traded to the Rams. [67]
Detroit held Kansas City off 25–20, ending their long skid. With the win, the Lions improved to 7–8, 5–3 at home. This remained the Lions last regular-season victory until the third week of the 2009 season, when they would beat the Washington Redskins 19–14 after nineteen consecutive losses including all sixteen games in 2008.
The Lions would get on the board early in the second quarter as Jon Kitna had big completions to Dan Campbell, Mike Furrey, and Roy Williams, the pass to Williams a 22-yard touchdown. However, on the kickoff, Justin Miller returned the ball 56 yards inside Detroit territory, and after a pass from Pennington to Cotchery, Kevan Barlow scored on a ...
The October 10 game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions was the first Monday Night Football game at Ford Field and the first Monday Night Football game in Detroit since 2001. The December 19 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers was delayed twice due to power outages, one taking place before the kickoff ...
The 2006 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 88th season overall and their 86th in the National Football League (NFL). This season resulted in an 8–8 record. After the firing of Mike Sherman, [1] the Packers hired Mike McCarthy as their head coach. [2] 2006 would be McCarthy's first year as head coach. The Packers improved from 4 ...