Detroit Lions Tickets, NFC North Dates And Schedule

 

 

 

 

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are currently members of the Northern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League. Originally called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1930 as one of the NFL's small town teams in Portsmouth, Ohio. However, they moved to Detroit in 1934 due to the Great Depression. That season, the Detroit Lions hosted its first ever Thanksgiving Day game, a tradition continued to this day. Under quarterback Dutch Clark, Detroit won its first NFL championship in 1935. In 1943, the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants played to a 0-0 tie at Detroit, the last time an NFL game has ended with a scoreless tie. The Detroit Lions enjoyed its greatest success in the 1950s. Notably, the Detroit Lions succeeded in one of the greatest comeback victories in NFL post-season history. Trailing the San Francisco 49ers 27-7 in the 3rd quarter of the 1957 Western Conference Playoff game, Lions quarterback Tobin Rote rallied the team back with 24 unanswered points to beat the 49ers 31-27 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. On January 7, 1961, the Detroit Lions defeated the Browns 17-16 in the first-ever Playoff Bowl matching the runners-up from the two conferences into which the NFL was divided at the time. The Detroit Lions made the playoffs only once in the 70s, losing a defensive struggle to the Dallas Cowboys, 5-0, in 1970. The Detroit Lions were competitive in the early 80s, relying on an above average defense and the running of Billy Sims. In 1983, the Detroit Lions finished 9-7 and won the NFC Central division, but were defeated by the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs on a missed field goal in the games final moments. The Detroit Lions would not finish with a record above .500 for the rest of the decade, enduring a string of bad drafts, bad coaches, and generally bad play on the field. In 1991, the detroit Lions reached the NFC Championship Game after having been shut out 45-0 by the Washington Redskins on opening night, eventually going 12-4. They won their first division title in eight years, and got their first, and to date, only postseason victory since 1957, when they defeated the Dallas Cowboys 38-6 at the Silverdome. The Detroit Lions have had considerable difficulty remaining competitive in recent years, going the entire 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons without a road victory, thus becoming the only team in NFL history not to win on the road for three consecutive entire seasons. In the 2005 season, the Detroit Lions won their first game against division rival Green Bay 17-3, but were humiliated by the Chicago Bears in the second game 38-6.