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The 1954 Detroit Lions season marked the franchise's 25th year in the National Football League (NFL), including four initial seasons as the Portsmouth Spartans. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 10–2, winning only nine games. [1] They qualified for the championship game for the third consecutive season.
The Lions had won the regular season meeting 14–10 the week before on December 19, also at Cleveland, with a late touchdown. The game had been postponed from early October, due to the World Series, and both teams had already clinched their berths in the title game. [3] Detroit was a slight favorite (2½ to 3 points) to three-peat as champions ...
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.
In the Western Division, the 49ers pulled ahead in Week Five (October 24) with a 37–31 win over the Lions, but they lost four of their remaining seven games and finished 7–4–1. The Lions, on the other hand, won six of their last seven, and finished 9–2–1.
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 face the Green Bay Packers in their fourth game since Nov. 17 in a critical NFC North matchup. ... The tight time constraints could leave the team shorthanded, still, as key ...
Sure, the Lions (11-1) are at home and have lost just one game this season, but long-term injuries to their defense are quickly adding up and the Packers (9-3) have won seven of their last eight ...
The Lions, coming off a 12-5 season and one of the favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, have five prime time games this fall, plus their annual Thanksgiving game and three more ...