List of Detroit Lions seasons

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The Detroit Lions have played their home games at Ford Field since 2002.

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC). [2] The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. [3] After being purchased by George A. Richards in 1934, the franchise was relocated to Detroit and renamed to the Detroit Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise, the Detroit Tigers. [4] [5] The team plays its home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. [6]

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The Lions have won four NFL championships, all of which pre-date the existence of the Super Bowl. The Lions' four championships are tied for the tenth most total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises; [7] the last of these was in 1957, which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals. [8] They are one of four current teams, and the only one in the NFC, to have never played in the Super Bowl. [9] Two of these teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, are expansion teams in the AFC that began play in 1995 and 2002 respectively. [10] Additionally, the Lions have won only three post-season games since 1957. [11] [12] [13] The Lions lost an NFL-record nine consecutive playoff games from 1991 to 2023, for which they hold the NFL record for worst playoff winning percentage. [14] [7]

As of the end of the 2023 regular season, the Lions have an all-time record of 591 wins, 707 losses, and 34 ties in the regular season, with an additional 9 wins and 14 losses in the playoffs. 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. [16]

Seasons

Lions head coach Dan Campbell played for the team during the 2006-2008 seasons and has been their head coach since 2021. Rivera-Campbell-shake (cropped).jpg
Lions head coach Dan Campbell played for the team during the 2006 – 2008 seasons and has been their head coach since 2021.
Legend
(#)The order of league championship won by the franchise
FinishFinal position in league, division, or conference
T-#Finished tied in that position with one or more teams
PctThe team's winning percentage for the season
† NFL champions (1920–1969)
‡ Super Bowl champions (1970–present)
*Conference champions
^Division champions
§Wild Card berth
° One-game playoff berth
Portsmouth Spartans (1928-1933) and Detroit Lions (1934-Present) Record by Season
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason resultsAwards Head coach Refs
FinishWLTPct
19281928None932.714 [18]
19291929None1221.833 [19]
1930 1930 NFL8th563.464The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932 [20] Hal Griffen [21]
1931 1931 NFL2nd1130.786 George "Potsy" Clark [22]
1932 1932 NFL3rd° [A] 624.667Lost Playoff Game (at Bears) 0–9 [24]
1933 1933 NFLWestern [B] 2nd650.545 [27]
1934 1934 NFLWestern2nd1030.769 George "Potsy" Clark [28]
1935 1935 NFL†Western^1st^732.667Won NFL Championship (1) (Giants) 26–7 [29] [C]
1936 1936 NFLWestern3rd840.667 [31]
1937 1937 NFLWesternT–2nd740.636 Dutch Clark [32] [D]
1938 1938 NFLWestern2nd740.636 [33]
1939 1939 NFLWestern3rd650.545 Gus Henderson [34]
1940 1940 NFLWestern3rd551.500 George "Potsy" Clark [35]
1941 1941 NFLWestern3rd461.409 Bill Edwards [36]
1942 1942 NFLWestern5th0110.000 Bill Edwards (0–3)
John Karcis (0–8)		 [37]
1943 1943 NFLWestern3rd361.350 Gus Dorais [38] [E]
1944 1944 NFLWesternT–2nd631.650 Frank Sinkwich (MVP Tooltip NFL Most Valuable Player Award) [39] [40]
1945 1945 NFLWestern2nd730.700 [41]
1946 1946 NFLWestern5th1100.091 [42] [F]
1947 1947 NFLWestern5th390.250 [43] [G]
1948 1948 NFLWestern5th2100.167 Bo McMillin [44]
1949 1949 NFLWestern4th480.333 [45]
1950 1950 NFLNational [H] 4th660.500 [48]
1951 1951 NFLNationalT–2nd741.625 Buddy Parker [49]
1952 1952 NFL†National*T–1st°930.750Won Conference Playoff (Rams) 31–21
Won NFL Championship (2) (at Browns) 17–7		 [50]
1953 1953 NFL†Western* [I] 1st*1020.833Won NFL Championship (3) (Browns) 17–16 [52]
1954 1954 NFLWestern*1st*921.792Lost NFL Championship (at Browns) 10–56 [53]
1955 1955 NFLWestern6th390.250 [54]
1956 1956 NFLWestern2nd930.750 [55]
1957 1957 NFL†Western*1st*840.667Won Conference Playoff (at 49ers) 31–27
Won NFL Championship (4) (Browns) 59–14		 George Wilson (COY Tooltip NFL Coach of the Year Award) George Wilson [56] [57]
1958 1958 NFLWestern5th471.375 [58]
1959 1959 NFLWestern5th381.292 [59]
1960 1960 NFLWesternT–2nd°750.583Won Playoff Bowl [J] (vs. Browns) 17–16 [61]
1961 1961 NFLWestern2nd°851.607Won Playoff Bowl [J] (vs. Eagles) 38–10 [62] [K]
1962 1962 NFLWestern2nd°1130.786Won Playoff Bowl [J] (vs. Steelers) 17–10 [64]
1963 1963 NFLWesternT–4th581.393 [65]
1964 1964 NFLWestern4th752.571 [66]
1965 1965 NFLWestern6th671.464 Harry Gilmer [67]
1966 1966 NFLWesternT–6th491.321 [68]
1967 1967 NFLWesternCentral [L] 3rd572.429 Mel Farr (OROY Tooltip NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award)
Lem Barney (DROY Tooltip NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award)		 Joe Schmidt [70] [71] [72]
1968 1968 NFLWesternCentral4th482.357 Earl McCullouch (OROY Tooltip NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award) [73] [74]
1969 1969 NFLWesternCentral2nd941.679 [75]
1970 1970 NFLNFC [M] Central2nd§1040.714Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) 0–5 [78]
1971 1971 NFLNFCCentral2nd761.536 [79]
1972 1972 NFLNFCCentral2nd851.607 [80]
1973 1973 NFLNFCCentral2nd671.464 Don McCafferty [81]
1974 1974 NFLNFCCentral2nd770.500 Rick Forzano [82]
1975 1975 NFLNFCCentral2nd770.500 [83]
1976 1976 NFLNFCCentral3rd680.429 Greg Landry (CBPOY Tooltip NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award) Rick Forzano (1–3)
Tommy Hudspeth (5–5)		 [84] [85]
1977 1977 NFLNFCCentral3rd680.429 Tommy Hudspeth [86]
1978 1978 NFLNFCCentral3rd790.438 Al Baker (DROY Tooltip NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) Monte Clark [87] [88] [N]
1979 1979 NFLNFCCentral5th2140.125 [90]
1980 1980 NFLNFCCentral2nd970.563 Billy Sims (OROY Tooltip NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award) [91] [92]
1981 1981 NFLNFCCentral2nd880.500 [93]
1982 1982 NFLNFCNone [O] 8th§ [O] 450.444Lost First Round Playoffs (at Redskins) 7–31 [95]
1983 1983 NFLNFCCentral^1st^970.563Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 23–24 [96]
1984 1984 NFLNFCCentral4th4111.281 [97]
1985 1985 NFLNFCCentral4th790.438 Darryl Rogers [98]
1986 1986 NFLNFCCentral3rd5110.313 [99]
1987 1987 NFLNFCCentral5th4110.267 [100] [P]
1988 1988 NFLNFCCentral4th4120.250 Darryl Rogers (2–9)
Wayne Fontes (2–3)		 [102]
1989 1989 NFLNFCCentral3rd790.438 Barry Sanders (OROY Tooltip NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award) Wayne Fontes [103] [104]
1990 1990 NFLNFCCentral3rd6100.375 [105]
1991 1991 NFLNFCCentral^1st^1240.750Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 38–6
Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 10–41		 Wayne Fontes (COY Tooltip NFL Coach of the Year Award) [106] [107]
1992 1992 NFLNFCCentral5th5110.313 [108]
1993 1993 NFLNFCCentral^1st^1060.625Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Packers) 24–28 [109]
1994 1994 NFLNFCCentral3rd§970.563Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 12–16 Barry Sanders (OPOY Tooltip NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award) [110] [104]
1995 1995 NFLNFCCentral2nd§1060.625Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Eagles) 37–58 [111]
1996 1996 NFLNFCCentral5th5110.313 [112]
1997 1997 NFLNFCCentral3rd§970.563Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Buccaneers) 10–20 Barry Sanders (MVP Tooltip NFL Most Valuable Player Award) Bobby Ross [113] [104]
1998 1998 NFLNFCCentral4th5110.313 [114]
1999 1999 NFLNFCCentral3rd§880.500Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Redskins) 13–27 [115]
2000 2000 NFLNFCCentral4th970.563 Bobby Ross (5–4)
Gary Moeller (4–3)		 [116]
2001 2001 NFLNFCCentral5th2140.125 Marty Mornhinweg [117]
2002 2002 NFLNFCNorth [Q] 4th3130.188 [119]
2003 2003 NFLNFCNorth4th5110.313 Steve Mariucci [120]
2004 2004 NFLNFCNorth3rd6100.375 [121]
2005 2005 NFLNFCNorth3rd5110.313 Steve Mariucci (4–7)
Dick Jauron (1–4)		 [122]
2006 2006 NFLNFCNorth4th3130.188 Rod Marinelli [123]
2007 2007 NFLNFCNorth3rd790.438 [124]
2008 2008 NFLNFCNorth4th0160.000 [125]
2009 2009 NFLNFCNorth4th2140.125 Jim Schwartz [126]
2010 2010 NFLNFCNorth3rd6100.375 Ndamukong Suh (DROY Tooltip NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) [127] [128]
2011 2011 NFLNFCNorth2nd§1060.625Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 28–45 Matthew Stafford (CBPOY Tooltip NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award) [129] [130]
2012 2012 NFLNFCNorth4th4120.250 [131]
2013 2013 NFLNFCNorth3rd790.438 [132]
2014 2014 NFLNFCNorth2nd§1150.688Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–24 Jim Caldwell [133]
2015 2015 NFLNFCNorth3rd790.438 [134]
2016 2016 NFLNFCNorth2nd§970.563Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 6–26 [135]
2017 2017 NFLNFCNorth2nd970.563 [136]
2018 2018 NFLNFCNorth4th6100.375 Matt Patricia [137]
2019 2019 NFLNFCNorth4th3121.219 [138]
2020 2020 NFLNFCNorth4th5110.313 Matt Patricia (4–7)
Darrell Bevell (1–4)		 [139]
2021 2021 NFLNFCNorth4th3131.206 Dan Campbell [140] [R]
2022 2022 NFLNFCNorth2nd980.529 [142]
2023 2023 NFLNFCNorth^1st^1250.706Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 24–23
Won Divisional Playoffs (Buccaneers) 31–23
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 31–34		 [143]
Totals
5 Division titles
4 Conference titles
4 NFL titles		59170734.456All-time NFL regular season record (1930–2023) [15]
914—.391All-time NFL postseason record (1930–2023)
60072134.455All-time NFL regular & postseason record (1930–2023)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Finished tied for first (by winning percentage) at 6–1–4; lost tiebreaker playoff game to the Bears, which dropped them to 3rd place (by winning percentage). The tiebreaker game was considered a regular season game, so 3rd place at 6–2–4 is the Spartans' final standing. [23]
  2. ↑ Prior to 1933, the NFL determined their league champions based on win–loss percentage. After a tie for first place in 1932, the NFL arranged an extra regular season game to determine the season's champion. Based on the success of this matchup, George Preston Marshall and George Halas put forth a proposal to determine the league's champion in a championship match at the end of each season. In 1933, the NFL divided teams into two divisions, with the division champions set to meet in the NFL Championship Game. [25] [26]
  3. ↑ In 1935, the NFL set the number of regular season games to 12. Prior to that, the NFL did not have a set number of games for teams to play. [30]
  4. ↑ In 1937, the NFL lowered the number of regular season games, which had been 12 games since 1935, to 11. [30]
  5. ↑ In 1943, the NFL again lowered the number of regular season games, which had been 11 games since 1937, to 10. [30]
  6. ↑ In 1946, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 10 games since 1943, to 11 games. [30]
  7. ↑ In 1947, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 11 games since 1946, to 12 games. [30]
  8. ↑ In 1950, the NFL merged with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) to become the "National-American Football League". Teams were no longer part of divisions, instead being placed into the newly created National and American conferences. The NFL reverted the name change roughly three months later. [46] [47]
  9. ↑ In 1953, the NFL renamed the American conference to the Eastern conference and the National conference to the Western conference. No teams changed conferences as a result of this. [51]
  10. 1 2 3 The Playoff Bowl (played between 1960–1969) was a post-season exhibition game to determine third place. [60]
  11. ↑ In 1961, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 12 games since 1947, to 14 games. [30] [63]
  12. ↑ In 1967, the NFL realigned teams from the existing two conferences into newly created divisions. The Eastern conference contained the Capitol and Century divisions while the Western conference contained the Central and Coastal divisions. [69]
  13. ↑ In 1970, the NFL and American Football League (AFL) officially merged in the AFL–NFL merger to form one league with two conferences. All ten former AFL teams as well as Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Baltimore from the pre-merger NFL joined the AFC; the other thirteen remaining NFL teams joined the NFC. Each of those two were divided into three divisions: East, Central, and West. [76] [77]
  14. ↑ In 1978, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 14 games since 1961, to 16 games. [30] [89]
  15. 1 2 The 1982 season was shortened to nine games after a players' strike. The top eight teams in each conference advanced to the playoffs. [94]
  16. ↑ The 1987 NFL strike caused the schedule to be reduced to 15 games. [101]
  17. ↑ In 2002, the NFL realigned to create four divisions in both conferences with four teams in each division. [118]
  18. ↑ In 2021, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 16 games since 1978, to 17 games. [30] [141]

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