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The 1957 NFL Championship Game was the 25th annual championship game of the National ... The Detroit Lions ... Taking full advantage of a pass interception and a ...
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.
This also marks the last time the Lions have won a playoff game away from home; they are 0–12 on the road in NFL postseason games since. The Lions were home underdogs for the NFL championship game against Cleveland. [9] Played on December 29 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, the Lions led 17–0 after the first quarter and won in a rout, 59–14.
"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 ...
Detroit Lions quarterback Bobby Layne, left, who broke his ankle prior to the game, hugs quarterback Tobin Rote after the Lions beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Western Conference championship ...
More on the 1957 Detroit Lions: Never mind that '57 championship, this is the Lions' biggest game ever. The Lions’ 1953 team was the last NFL champion without a Black player. By then, Detroit ...
The season ended on Sunday, December 28, with a "World's Championship Playoff" held in the home city of the Western Conference champions, [1] won 59–14 by the Detroit Lions over the Cleveland Browns. This was followed by the "All Star Pro-Bowl Game" held January 11, 1959, in Los Angeles, [1] a game won by the East, 28–21.
The Lions and Niners both went 8-4 during the regular season, setting up a one-game playoff for the NFC West Division crown and a trip to the 1957 NFL championship game. (The Lions clobbered the ...