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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.
The 1950s Team included eight Lions players, the most the Lions have had selected to one All-Decade Team. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Of the 23 Lions named to All-Decade teams, 16 have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and 13 have been inducted into the Pride of the Lions , [ 14 ] [ 15 ] a permanent display at Ford Field meant to honor the ...
The Lions have won four NFL championships, all of which pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. 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]
The Lions’ 1991 and 2023 units have surprisingly similar stats: In 1991, Chris Spielman led the team with 129 tackles, with the No. 2 linebacker, George Jamison, 40 tackles behind; in 2023, it ...
In the sports world: The week the Lions lost the NFC championship, Duke basketball was the No. 1 ranked team. It was led by Christian Laettner, who then played a 13-year NBA career and retired a ...
The Detroit Lions made an NFC championship game once. It was the 1991 season. Barry Sanders was in just his third season. The Lions lost that title game 41-10 to a really good Washington team.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions franchise and whose last names fall between "A" and "Las". For the rest of the players, see Detroit Lions all-time roster (Lat–Z). This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
The Lions last won their division and hosted a home playoff game in the 1993 season, and are the lone NFC team to never appear in the Super Bowl. Let's chronicle the Lions' history in the playoffs ...