Detroit Lions

...times between 1956 and 1964, Penn State upset the Buckeyes in Columbus, shocking the college football world in the latter when the 3-4 Lions jolted No. 2 unbeaten Ohio State 27-0. That game remains one of the greatest upsets in the history...

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...is 79-for-139 for 894 yards. Look for those two to try and re-establish a connection to improve upon the Lions woeful passing numbers. Detroit is averaging just 189 yards through the air this year. With Stafford and Johnson playing...

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Allen Park -- Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Friday he's "optimistic" that both receiver Calvin Johnson and running back Kevin Smith will play Sunday at Seattle. "As long as everything keeps going the way it is the next few days, I'll be...

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...offseason trade with the Seahawks that brought strong-side linebacker Julian Peterson to Detroit was a clear-cut win for the Lions. The Lions gave up defensive tackle Cory Redding and a fifth-round draft pick for Peterson.

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Not since 2005, when the Penn State men's soccer team finished 6-0-0 in the regular season and 8-0-0 overall in the Big Ten, have the Lions captured the regular season title. But with a victory today at Indiana, Penn State wins the regular...

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...in NFL history. Free agency offered some quick fixes -- and those don't often work, as Lions fans know all too well. But Detroit wasn't exactly at the top of many wish lists, coming off a 0-16 season and another long, cold winter,...

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Posted on November 5, 2009 4:00 AM Lions look to avoid first-round exit History isn't on the Nittany Lions' side. The seventh-seeded Penn State field hockey team enters Thursday's opening round of the Big Ten Tournament carrying a...

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In the 2009 NFL draft the Detroit Lions drafted quarterback Matthew Stafford as the cornerstone of the franchise. This season has been predictably difficult for the rookie QB whose team is painfully short on talent. Short of a sudden...

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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Jim Schwartz doesn't want his Detroit Lions to play an overly conservative offense. Without Calvin Johnson, he doesn't think he has much of a choice. Even with a bye week to prepare and the return of rookie...

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Latest loss an embarrassment, even by Lions' standards Even by the Lions' lowly standards, this was ridiculous. Apparently, anytime the Lions and Rams hook up, you throw out the record books and the playbooks, and hope they don't clunk...

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