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Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, or Oakland: Who Is In Need of a Trophy More?...heads next year and claim themselves victors of 2010. When you think of possible victors, though, you don't think of teams such as the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, or the Buffalo Bills. No, the under-performing, below... In this article: Detroit, Detroit Lions, Cleveland, Cleveland Browns, Oakland, Oakland Raiders, Buffalo, Super Bowl, and Vince Lombardi |
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Detroit News | 16 hours ago
Colts 7-1 favorites, Lions 100-1 to win next year's Super Bowl
...second Super Bowl next season, followed by the Chargers at 8-1 and the Saints at 9-1, according to oddsmakers at BetUS.com. The Lions are among five teams at 100-1. Super Bowl XLV will be on Feb. 6 at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,...
In this article: Super Bowl, The Colts, The Lions, Super Bowl XLV, Chargers, Cowboys Stadium, and Arlington, Texas
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The Daily Collegian | 1 day ago
Lions fall in Big Ten opener
Posted on February 8, 2010 4:00 AM Lions fall in Big Ten opener Following consecutive wins to start the season, the Penn State women's tennis team has now dropped two in a row. The Nittany Lions fell 5-2 in their conference opener at...
In this article: Lions, Big Ten, Penn State, Nittany Lions, and Purdue
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Bleacher Report | 2 days ago
Super Bowl Facts: The Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions Stand Alone
Sign up for our Detroit Lions newsletter: Thanks for signing up. You can sign up for more teams by clicking here. Super Bowl Facts: The Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions Stand Alone The New Orleans Saints finally have made it to the...
In this article: Cleveland Browns, Super Bowl, New Orleans Saints, John Elway, NFL, Houston Texans, Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos, and Jacksonville Jaguars
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The Daily Collegian | 3 days ago
Lions use pins to blow by Northwestern
Posted on February 5, 2010 11:17 PM Lions use pins to blow by Northwestern Six points were essentially given to the Penn State wrestling team before Friday's dual meet with Northwestern even began. The No. 11 Nittany Lions (11-5-1, 3-2...
In this article: Lions, Penn State, Cael Sanderson, and Rec Hall
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Detroit News | 3 days ago
Kiper: Lions should not take Russell Okung over Gerald McCoy
...Detroit News ESPN's Mel Kiper, draft expert, answered questions from NFL fans on ESPN.com. Among them: "Why do you think the Lions should draft Gerald McCoy when they desperately need help on the O-line and need to keep Matt Stafford...
In this article: Russell Okung, Gerald McCoy, Dan LeFevour, Lions, Mel Kiper, Chad Pennington, NFL, Central Michigan, Matt Stafford, and Bipolar disorder
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Bleacher Report | 3 days ago
Detroit Lions: Some Things Never Seem to Change
Sign up for our Detroit Lions newsletter: Thanks for signing up. You can sign up for more teams by clicking here. Detroit Lions: Some Things Never Seem to Change It is amazing just how consistent the Lions have been over the last two or...
In this article: Barry Sanders, Darryl Rogers, Detroit, Super Bowl, and David Sloan
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Detroit News | 4 days ago
John Niyo: Matthew Stafford chimes in on Lions' offseason needs
...surgery. "I'm just rehabbing it now, getting some strength back in it," he said. He'll be in Detroit on Monday to meet with Lions medical staff, then head to Birmingham, Ala., for a checkup with Dr. James Andrews, who performed the...
In this article: Matthew Stafford, Lions, Chris Cooley, Sporting News Radio, Surgery, NFL, Peyton Manning, and Fort Lauderdale
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Bleacher Report | 5 days ago
NFL Draft 2010: Detroit Lions Need Help on Both Sides of the Ball
Sign up for our Detroit Lions newsletter: Thanks for signing up. You can sign up for more teams by clicking here. NFL Draft 2010: Detroit Lions Need Help on Both Sides of the Ball This article was written originally for MLive.com Fellow...
In this article: NFL Draft, Colts, Super Bowl, Gosder Cherilus, Super Bowl XLIV, New Orleans Saints, Jeff Backus, and Dominic Raiola
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | 5 days ago
Lions can finish in top four: Fevola
...Brisbane are a genuine top-four side after reliving his worst football moment of 2009 - Carlton's nightmare finals loss to the Lions. Fevola forced himself to watch a replay of the thrilling AFL elimination final at the Gabba, his last...
In this article: Brendan Fevola, The Lions, Brisbane, Simon Black, Daniel Bradshaw, Blues, Western Bulldogs, Gabba, and Brownlow Medal
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Detroit News | 6 days ago
Barry Sanders: Matthew Stafford will rescue Lions
...as head coach in 2006, and he turned them into winners. Sanders sees a possible parallel between the Lions and Saints to give Lions fans hope for an upturn in fortunes. "It's a real level playing field," Sanders said. "I think something...
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The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1929 as an independent professional team, one of many such teams in the Ohio and Scioto River valleys. For the 1930 season, the Spartans formally joined the National Football League (NFL) as the other area independents folded because of the Great Depression. Despite success within the NFL, they could not survive in Portsmouth, then the NFL's smallest city. The team was purchased and moved to Detroit for the 1934 season.
The Lions have won four NFL Championships, the last in 1957, giving the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals, who last won in 1947 (as the Chicago Cardinals). The Lions have yet to qualify for the Super Bowl. The team has qualified for the playoffs only nine times in the more than 50 years since winning the 1957 championship and has won only one playoff game in that span.
The Lions hold the second longest regular season losing streak in NFL history; losing 19 straight games from the final week of the 2007 season and ending on September 27, 2009, when the Lions defeated the Washington Redskins 19–14. It is second only to the 1976–77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers' losing streak of 26. Also since the NFL's expansion to 32 teams in 2002 the Lions are the only NFC team to not make the playoffs.
- Name:
- Detroit Lions
- Abbreviation:
- DET
- Location City:
- Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1929
- Owned by:
- William Clay Ford, Sr.
- Coach:
- Jim Schwartz
- Mascot:
- Roary the Lion, Theo "Gridiron" Spight (fight song singer)
- Colors:
- Honolulu Blue, Silver, Black, White
- League:
- NFL
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