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The 1967 Detroit Lions season was the 38th season in franchise history. On August 5, the Lions met the Denver Broncos in the first inter-league exhibition game. The Broncos beat the Lions 13–7 to become the first AFL team to beat an NFL team. [1] [2] [3]
Barney was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round, 34th overall pick, of the 1967 NFL draft. [1] As a rookie in 1967, Barney appeared in all 14 games as a starting cornerback and led the NFL with 10 interceptions, 232 interception return yards and three interceptions returned for touchdowns. [ 1 ]
For the rest of the players, see Detroit Lions all-time roster (Lat–Z). This list is accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season. The Lions franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Portsmouth Spartans. In 1934, the franchise moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions, which was a play on the name of the Detroit Tigers.
Farr was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round, seventh overall pick, of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. [1] As a rookie for the Lions in 1967, Farr rushed for 197 yards in a game against the Minnesota Vikings , totaled 1,177 yards from scrimmage, and ranked fifth in the NFL with 860 rushing yards.
Two of these teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, are expansion teams in the AFC that began play in 1995 and 2002 respectively. [10] Additionally, the Lions have won only three post-season games since 1957. [11] [12] [13] The Lions also lost an NFL-record nine consecutive playoff games from 1991 to 2023. [14] [7]
The Detroit Lions will trim their roster to 53 active players by Tuesday's 4 p.m. roster cut deadline. All NFL teams will have to cut their training camp roster of 90 players down to the top 53 ...
The annual NFL Top 100 players list has now been fully released ahead of the 2023-24 season, with the final 10 players coming out on Aug. 3.Although the Lions didn't have any players who cracked ...
Regular season games are broadcast regionally on Fox, except when the Lions play an AFC team in Detroit, in which case the game airs regionally on CBS; however, since 2014, with the institution of the NFL's "cross flex" broadcast rules, any Lions game slated to air on Fox can be moved to CBS.