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The 1957 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 24th as the Detroit Lions. Under first-year head coach George Wilson, the Lions won their fourth and most recent NFL title.
The Detroit Lions have played their home games at Ford Field since 2002. [1] ... Additionally, the Lions have won only three post-season games since 1957. [11] ...
The Detroit Lions (8–4), winners of the Western Conference in a playoff the previous week, [7] hosted the Cleveland Browns (9–2–1), champions of the Eastern Conference. Detroit had won the regular season game 20–7 three weeks earlier on December 8, also at Briggs Stadium, but lost quarterback Bobby Layne with a broken right ankle late ...
"The Detroit History Podcast" looked at that championship Lions team five years ago, when the team was mired in a decades-long rut. The team had a 6-10 record in 2018. The team had a 6-10 record ...
When we visited Joe Schmidt in 2017, he still fondly remembered his 1957 Detroit Lions. He was the captain and revealed what made the team great.
The Lions have not won a road playoff game since Dec. 22, 1957, when they beat the San Francisco 49ers to advance to the NFL championship game. Surviving members of 1957 Detroit Lions title team ...
The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be held between the two teams.
Joe Schmidt, the Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker who led the Detroit Lions to their last championship in 1957, died Wednesday, his family told the Free Press on Thursday.He was 92 years old ...