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The Eagles' 58 points were the third highest total in NFL postseason history, behind the Lions' 59 points in 1957 and the Bears' 73 points in the 1940 NFL championship game. Their 31-second quarter points was the second highest single quarter total in a postseason game, behind the Redskins' 35 second quarter points in Super Bowl XXII .
The 1995 Detroit Lions season was the team's 66th in the National Football League (NFL). Finishing at 10–6, it marked the Lions' third consecutive winning season, which had not been accomplished in Detroit since the team posted four consecutive winning seasons from 1969 to 1972 .
In a December 30, 1995 Wild Card playoff game, the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions combined for 95 points in what was the NFL's highest scoring postseason game until 2009. The Eagles dominated the game on seven Detroit turnovers, winning 58–37. The Eagles scored 31 points in the second quarter alone, and led 38–7 at halftime.
Detroit Lions history in the NFL playoffs is dark, with 1 win since 1957 and none since the 1991 season. These are the 5 most heartbreaking losses. ... 1993: Wild-card game vs. Green Bay Packers ...
A win over Arizona the next week clinched a playoff berth, but a loss against the Bears in Chicago in the season finale on Christmas Eve torpedoed any hopes of an NFC East crown, leaving the Eagles locked into the #4 seed in the NFC. The 1995 season marked the final year of the 1990s that the Eagles donned their trademark Kelly green uniforms.
The Commanders made it to the NFC title game for the first time since the 1991 NFL playoffs, which were contested in 1992, after upsetting the top-seeded Lions 45-31 in a dominant showing from ...
The Detroit Lions' 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the 2024 regular season had a playoff vibe to it. The spoils for the Lions (15-2) were the No. 1 seed in the NFC and ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.