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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 when the Lions made it to the NFC Championship Game.
The Redskins crushed the Lions, 41–10, as quarterback Mark Rypien completed 12 out of 17 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns. Detroit quarterback Erik Kramer was sacked five times, three of them by Washington linebacker Wilber Marshall. Sanders, who rushed for 1,548 yards during the season, was held to just 44 yards on 11 carries.
[11] [12] [13] The Lions also lost an NFL-record nine consecutive playoff games from 1991 to 2023. [ 14 ] [ 7 ] As of the end of the 2023 regular season , the Lions have an all-time record of 591 wins, 707 losses, and 34 ties in the regular season, with an additional 9 wins and 14 losses in the playoffs.
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 ...
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Lions. Since the beginning of the 2021 season, their starting quarterback has been Jared Goff.
The Detroit Lions have five games in primetime this season and four more slated for national TV broadcast windows. ... The worst part about the Lions’ schedule is a bye that comes too early in ...
The October 6 game marked the first regular season game ever played in the Pontiac Silverdome, the then-new home of the Detroit Lions. The Dallas Cowboys, who had missed the playoffs in 1974 for the first time in nine years, beat the Lions on their way to a 4–0 start to the season.
The 1992 Detroit Lions season was the 63rd season in franchise history. After going 12–4 from the 1991 season, the Lions took a step back as they posted a disappointing 5-11 record despite another Pro Bowl season from Barry Sanders, who passed Billy Sims for the franchise record in rushing on November 22.