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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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957. Following the 1957 championship, the franchise did not win a ...
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]
A history of the Detroit Lions since their last championship in 1957, the deeply researched book focuses on the Ford family’s six-decade stewardship of the team, culminating with this season’s ...
This also remains as the Lions' fourth and most recent league title and most recent championship appearance (including the Super Bowl) as of 2024, starting a sixty-seven year championship drought for the Lions, which is currently the fourth-longest championship drought in the four major North American sports leagues. [13]
Moments after Detroit Lions kicker Eddie Murray tried but failed to kick a field goal to win the playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers in the closing seconds on Dec. 31, 1983, the offense ...
The 1935 NFL Championship game was the third National Football League (NFL) title game, held on December 15 at University of Detroit Stadium (Titan Stadium) in Detroit, Michigan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 1935 champion of the Western Division was the Detroit Lions (7–3–2) and the champion of the Eastern Division was the New York Giants (9–3).
The Lions have not won a road playoff game since Dec. 22, 1957, when they beat the San Francisco 49ers to advance to the NFL championship game. Surviving members of 1957 Detroit Lions title team ...