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The team has had 40 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. [16]
The Chicago Cardinals have the longest regular season losing streak, losing 29 consecutive games from 1942 through 1945. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the longest losing streak since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, losing the first 26 games in franchise history in 1976 and 1977. The Detroit Lions hold the record for the longest postseason losing ...
The second home game of the 2009 season in which the Lions broke the losing streak, also against the Redskins, was blacked out locally, as well as the comeback victory over the Cleveland Browns. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] The Lions had only one blackout in 2010, yet another Redskins game, which the Lions won 37–25. [ 87 ]
The Lions began losing its defense when Yale Lary retired following the 1964 season, while both Schmidt and Lane would retire a year later. [66] [83] [84] In the mid-1960s, the Lions served as the backdrop for the sports literature of George Plimpton, who spent time in the Lions training camp masquerading as a player. [85]
Detroit Lions history in the NFL playoffs is dark, with 1 win since 1957 and none since the 1991 season. These are the 5 most heartbreaking losses.
A tie is better than a loss, but try telling that to Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. They missed a chance to earn their first victory of the 2021 season and the franchise's first in the past ...
When the Detroit Lions lost in the NFC championship game at the end of the 1991 season, Brett Favre was still an unknown rookie with the Atlanta Falcons. ... The Lions losing the NFC championship ...
The 2007 Detroit Lions season was the 78th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). After achieving a 6–2 record at the halfway mark, the Lions lost seven of their last eight games. They finished with a 7–9 record for their seventh consecutive losing season.