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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 Pontiac.
This time, he helps take down the No. 1 seed Detroit Lions and end a magical season in Motown, while sending Washington to the NFC championship game for the first time since the 1991 season (when ...
The Detroit Lions are a popular pick among national NFL writers to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and advance to the NFC Championship game.
A day after the Washington Commanders stunned the Detroit Lions, ... USA TODAY Sports predicts the NFC championship game: NFC championship game prediction (2) Philadelphia Eagles vs. (6 ...
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] They are one of four current teams, and the only one in the NFC, to have never played in the Super Bowl ...
The 1991 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League, their 58th as the Detroit Lions. It stands as one of the team's best seasons since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, [ 1 ] and the first time the Lions made it to the NFC Championship Game.
Free Press sports writers share their predictions for the Detroit Lions' NFC championship game Sunday against the favored San Francisco 49ers.
The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be held between the two teams.