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Lions count their blessings after Thanksgiving blowoutDETROIT (Reuters) - On the day when Americans count their blessings, the Detroit Lions were left to try and add up theirs after a 34-12 Thanksgiving Day thrashing by the Green Bay Packers on Thursday. Aaron Rodgers tossed three touchdown... In this article: Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Matthew Stafford, Charles Woodson, Aaron Rodgers, Balance sheet, Donald Driver, Thanksgiving, and Ford Field |
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AP Online | 9 hours ago
Rogers throws 3 TDs in Packers 34-12 win vs. Lions
DETROIT (AP) - Aaron Rodgers matched a career high with three touchdown passes and Green Bay beat the Detroit Lions 34-12 on Thursday, giving the Packers three straight wins and improving their playoff prospects. The Lions lost their sixth...
In this article: Packers, Matthew Stafford, Thanksgiving, Charles Woodson, Donald Driver, Calvin Johnson, Green Bay, and Heisman Trophy
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Detroit News | 12 hours ago
Lions enjoy working holiday
...sitting around the television eating Thanksgiving dinner watching football, and they have to watch the Detroit Lions. This is ridiculous. The Detroit Lions, every single year. This is what we have to go through." Former NFL coach Bill...
In this article: NFL, Thanksgiving, Roger Goodell, Packers, Jim Schwartz, Detroit, Jason Hanson, Matthew Stafford, and Jermichael Finley
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Lions have lost their touch on Thanksgiving
...their postseason chances with a win at Detroit on Thanksgiving. Recent history suggests the Lions will be accommodating hosts. Detroit has lost five straight games on the holiday by an average of 23.4 points since beating the Packers in...
In this article: Lions, Thanksgiving, Detroit, Matthew Stafford, Green Bay Packers, Calvin Johnson, Green Bay, Jim Schwartz, Scott Wells, and Aaron Kampman
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Sports Illustrated Writers | 1 day ago
Michael Rosenberg: Lions on Thanksgiving: a tradition Detroit needs to keep
...but Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without them Detroit has been playing on Turkey Day for 70 years, predating ineptitude Detroit Lions fans have been through a lot, but they have stuck by their team. This is the week for two storied...
In this article: Thanksgiving, Detroit, NFL, Barry Sanders, William Clay Ford Sr., Matt Millen, Brett Favre, and Charles Rogers
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Mangini hints Lions faked injuries
Cleveland Browns Coach Eric Mangini hinted Monday that he felt the Detroit Lions might have faked injuries Sunday to interrupt the Browns' no-huddle offense. "There was no penalty," Mangini said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In this article: Eric Mangini, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jim Schwartz, and Cleveland Browns
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Lions beat Browns 38-37 in Bad Bowl thriller
...threw his fifth touchdown pass from 1 yard to Brandon Pettigrew, and Jason Hanson's extra point with no time on the clock gave the Detroit Lions a thrilling 38-37 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Detroit was given the untimed play...
In this article: Cleveland Browns, Matthew Stafford, Brady Quinn, Calvin Johnson, Brandon Pettigrew, Hank Poteat, NFL, Cleveland, and Mohamed Massaquoi
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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.
- Name:
- Detroit Lions
- Location City:
- Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1929
- Owned by:
- William Clay Ford, Sr.
- Coach:
- Jim Schwartz
- Mascot:
- Roary
- Colors:
- Honolulu Blue, Silver, Black, White
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