Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
[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 2024 regular season , the Lions have an all-time record of 606 wins, 709 losses, and 34 ties in the regular season, with an additional 9 wins and 14 losses in the playoffs.
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.
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 ...
The Lions have played the Rams more than any other non-divisional team with 89 total matchups over the years dating back to 1937. In the 2023–24 playoffs, the Rams and Lions met for their first postseason matchup since 1952. The Lions won 24–23 in Matthew Stafford's first game back in Detroit since being traded to the Rams. [65]
But the Washington Commanders threw the NFC for a loop when they upset the top-seeded Detroit Lions 45-31 and pushed their way into their first conference title game since the 1991 ... of schedule ...
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 ...
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.