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History of the Detroit Lions. The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans. They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930, then moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL ...
Inductees. Dick "Night Train" Lane, a defensive back who played six seasons for the Lions. Barry Sanders, a running back who played ten seasons for the Lions. Calvin Johnson, wide receiver who played nine seasons for the Lions. Doak Walker, a halfback and kicker who played six seasons for the Lions. Detroit Lions in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The team has had 39 winning seasons, 49 losing seasons, and 6 seasons with as many wins as losses. [ 15][ 3][ 4] The Lions were the first franchise to finish a full (non-strike shortened) regular season with no wins or ties, since the move to sixteen regular season games in 1978, going 0–16 during the 2008 NFL season.
The 1983 Detroit Lions season was the 54th season in franchise history. Despite a 1–4 start, the Lions rallied to finish with a 9–7 record. They were able to rise to the top of a weak NFC Central (three of the other four teams went 8–8, and Tampa Bay tied for the NFL's worst record at 2–14), to claim their first division championship since 1957, made the playoffs in a non-strike season ...
The 1993 season was the Detroit Lions' 64th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 60th In Detroit, and their fifth under the head coach Wayne Fontes.The Lions improved upon their 5–11 record from the previous season, after a win against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 9, finishing at 10–6 and winning the NFC Central Division for the second time in three years.
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The 1979 Detroit Lions season was the 50th season in franchise history. In the midst of a major rebuilding project, the woeful Lions finished the season with a 2–14 record, equal-worst record in the NFL and a tiebreaker with the 49ers gave the Lions the first pick overall in the 1980 NFL Draft. Detroit entered the year as a favorite in the ...
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