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Detroit Lions Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 490-583-32
Playoff Record (all-time) : 7-10 (Last appearance after 1999 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 0 out of 0 appearances
 Championships Won: 4
Passing Leader (all-time): Bobby Layne - 15,710 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Barry Sanders - 15,269 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Herman Moore - 9,174 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Wayne Fontes - 66 wins

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL Detroit Lions 2 14 0 262 494 -232 Schwartz Stafford Smith Johnson 27 26 32 32 32 31 29 32 -14.5 0.1 -14.4 -5.2 -9.2
2008 NFL Detroit Lions 0 16 0 268 517 -249 Marinelli Orlovsky Smith Johnson 27 30 32 32 28 32 32 32 -15.6
2007 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 346 444 -98 Marinelli Kitna Jones McDonald 16 19 32 32 17 24 29 32 -6.1
2006 NFL Detroit Lions 3 13 0 305 398 -93 Marinelli Kitna Jones Williams 21 22 30 28 29 27 24 32 -5.8 -0.5 -6.4 -1.8 -4.6
2005 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 254 345 -91 Mariucci,Jauron Harrington Jones Williams 28 27 21 20 14 25 28 32 -5.7 -1.0 -6.7 -4.3 -2.4
2004 NFL Detroit Lions 6 10 0 296 350 -54 Mariucci Harrington Jones Williams 24 24 18 22 14 23 27 32 -3.4 -1.8 -5.2 -3.8 -1.4
2003 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 270 379 -109 Mariucci Harrington Bryson Hakim 26 32 25 24 14 26 29 32 -6.8 1.0 -5.8 -4.3 -1.6
2002 NFL Detroit Lions 3 13 0 306 451 -145 Mornhinweg Harrington Stewart Schroeder 26 28 31 31 23 30 31 32 -9.1 -0.1 -9.2 -2.5 -6.7
2001 NFL Detroit Lions 2 14 0 270 424 -154 Mornhinweg Batch Stewart Morton 26 16 30 26 30 29 27 31 -9.6 2.4 -7.2 -2.0 -5.2
2000 NFL Detroit Lions 9 7 0 307 307 0 Ross,Moeller Batch Stewart Morton 22 27 11 14 7 18 21 31 0.0 1.4 1.4 -0.1 1.5
1999 NFL Detroit Lions* 8 8 0 322 323 -1 Ross Frerotte Hill Crowell 15 21 14 18 6 17 25 31 -0.1 2.0 1.9 0.1 1.8
1998 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 306 378 -72 Ross Batch Sanders Morton 20 14 24 15 20 22 14 30 -4.5 1.1 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5
1997 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 379 306 73 Ross Mitchell Sanders Moore 4 2 10 14 19 7 4 30 4.6 -0.6 4.0 3.0 0.9
1996 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 302 368 -66 Fontes Mitchell Sanders Moore 21 20 22 20 24 22 20 30 -4.1 1.2 -2.9 -0.4 -2.5
1995 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 6 0 436 336 100 Fontes Mitchell Sanders Moore 2 1 14 23 3 4 7 30 6.3 0.6 6.9 5.9 1.0
1994 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 357 342 15 Fontes Krieg Sanders Moore 6 15 19 24 15 11 18 28 0.9 1.4 2.4 2.8 -0.4
1993 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 6 0 298 292 6 Fontes Peete Sanders Moore 16 24 15 6 11 13 16 28 0.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0
1992 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 273 332 -59 Fontes Peete Sanders Moore 19 19 20 20 19 16 20 28 -3.7 1.8 -1.9 -0.7 -1.1
1991 NFL Detroit Lions* 12 4 0 339 295 44 Fontes Kramer Sanders Perriman 9 17 11 15 7 8 18 28 2.8 -1.8 1.0 0.9 0.0
1990 NFL Detroit Lions 6 10 0 373 413 -40 Fontes Peete Sanders Clark 5 14 26 28 12 18 23 28 -2.5 0.9 -1.6 4.2 -5.9
1989 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 312 364 -52 Fontes Gagliano Sanders Johnson 19 18 19 18 24 20 20 28 -3.3 -0.2 -3.5 -1.7 -1.8
1988 NFL Detroit Lions 4 12 0 220 313 -93 Rogers,Fontes Hilger James Mandley 28 28 10 18 10 26 28 28 -5.8 1.8 -4.0 -5.0 1.0
1987 NFL Detroit Lions 4 11 0 269 384 -115 Rogers Long Jones Mandley 25 26 26 24 18 26 26 28 -7.7 -2.3 -10.0 -4.6 -5.4
1986 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 277 326 -49 Rogers Hipple Jones Chadwick 22 24 13 15 11 20 23 28 -3.1 -1.2 -4.3 -3.8 -0.5
1985 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 307 366 -59 Rogers Hipple Jones Thompson 19 28 19 18 19 21 25 28 -3.7 2.0 -1.7 -1.6 -0.0
1984 NFL Detroit Lions 4 11 1 283 408 -125 Clark Danielson Sims Thompson 21 12 23 17 24 24 16 28 -7.8 1.6 -6.2 -2.9 -3.4
1983 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 347 286 61 Clark Hipple Sims Thompson 15 18 2 11 16 6 17 28 3.8 -1.7 2.1 -1.2 3.3
1982 NFL Detroit Lions* 4 5 0 181 176 5 Clark Danielson Sims Sims 15 24 14 9 14 10 18 28 0.6 0.9 1.5 -0.3 1.8
1981 NFL Detroit Lions 8 8 0 397 322 75 Clark Hipple Sims Scott 4 3 13 4 19 6 2 28 4.7 0.6 5.3 4.8 0.5
1980 NFL Detroit Lions 9 7 0 334 272 62 Clark Danielson Sims Scott 11 7 5 3 11 7 5 28 3.9 -2.2 1.7 -0.8 2.5
1979 NFL Detroit Lions 2 14 0 219 365 -146 Clark Komlo Bussey Scott 28 26 23 11 28 28 24 28 -9.1 -1.9 -11.0 -6.6 -4.4
1978 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 290 300 -10 Clark Danielson Bussey Hill 13 21 19 7 6 11 14 28 -0.6 -1.2 -1.8 -0.1 -1.7
1977 NFL Detroit Lions 6 8 0 183 252 -69 Hudspeth Landry King Hill 23 26 18 8 10 20 22 28 -4.9 -2.5 -7.4 -4.4 -3.0
1976 NFL Detroit Lions 6 8 0 262 220 42 Hudspeth,Forzano Landry Bussey Jarvis 16 14 10 3 8 12 8 28 3.0 -0.2 2.8 -0.6 3.4
1975 NFL Detroit Lions 7 7 0 245 262 -17 Forzano Reed Bussey Jarvis 18 18 8 8 10 13 14 26 -1.2 -0.7 -1.9 -3.2 1.3
1974 NFL Detroit Lions 7 7 0 256 270 -14 Forzano Munson Taylor Jessie 14 19 15 20 7 16 22 26 -1.0 -0.6 -1.6 0.5 -2.1
1973 NFL Detroit Lions 6 7 1 271 247 24 McCafferty Munson Taylor Sanders 13 13 12 13 13 13 11 26 1.7 0.3 2.0 0.8 1.2
1972 NFL Detroit Lions 8 5 1 339 290 49 Schmidt Landry Taylor Walton 6 15 17 19 9 10 16 26 3.5 0.9 4.4 4.4 0.0
1971 NFL Detroit Lions 7 6 1 341 286 55 Schmidt Landry Owens McCullouch 3 4 16 11 15 9 5 26 3.9 0.2 4.1 6.5 -2.4
1970 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 4 0 347 202 145 Schmidt Landry Farr Sanders 2 13 2 2 1 2 6 26 10.4 3.7 14.0 7.4 6.6
1969 NFL Detroit Lions 9 4 1 259 188 71 Schmidt Munson Triplett Sanders 14 16 2 2 3 4 4 16 5.1
1968 NFL Detroit Lions 4 8 2 207 241 -34 Schmidt Munson Farr McCullouch 14 11 5 6 7 10 7 16 -2.4
1967 NFL Detroit Lions 5 7 2 260 259 1 Schmidt Plum Farr Malinchak 12 13 5 4 13 7 8 16 0.1
1966 NFL Detroit Lions 4 9 1 206 317 -111 Gilmer Sweetan Nowatzke Studstill 14 10 9 12 13 13 11 15 -7.9
1965 NFL Detroit Lions 6 7 1 257 295 -38 Gilmer Plum Marsh Barr 12 14 5 1 5 10 9 14 -2.7
1964 NFL Detroit Lions 7 5 2 280 260 20 Wilson Plum Pietrosante Barr 9 9 3 5 8 6 7 14 1.4
1963 NFL Detroit Lions 5 8 1 326 265 61 Wilson Morrall Lewis Barr 5 8 4 4 9 5 7 14 4.4
1962 NFL Detroit Lions 11 3 0 315 177 138 Wilson Plum Lewis Cogdill 5 8 2 1 2 2 2 14 9.9
1961 NFL Detroit Lions 8 5 1 270 258 12 Wilson Ninowski Pietrosante Cogdill 11 9 3 3 8 7 5 14 0.9
1960 NFL Detroit Lions 7 5 0 239 212 27 Wilson Ninowski Pietrosante Cogdill 9 9 3 5 7 6 7 13 2.3
1959 NFL Detroit Lions 3 8 1 203 275 -72 Wilson Morrall Pietrosante Gibbons 11 10 8 4 9 9 9 12 -6.0
1958 NFL Detroit Lions 4 7 1 261 276 -15 Wilson Rote Rote Middleton 5 12 7 7 4 7 9 12 -1.3
1957 NFL Detroit Lions* 8 4 0 251 231 20 Wilson Layne Johnson Doran 6 3 7 5 3 6 4 12 1.7
1956 NFL Detroit Lions 9 3 0 300 188 112 Parker Layne Gedman Middleton 2 3 3 6 3 2 2 12 9.3
1955 NFL Detroit Lions 3 9 0 230 275 -45 Parker Layne Carpenter Middleton 8 4 9 10 8 10 7 12 -3.8
1954 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 2 1 337 189 148 Parker Layne Carpenter Dibble 1 3 3 4 3 2 4 12 12.3
1953 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 2 0 271 205 66 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Walker 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 12 5.5
1952 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 3 0 344 192 152 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Box 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 12 12.7
1951 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 1 336 259 77 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Dibble 2 3 5 7 7 4 4 12 6.4
1950 NFL Detroit Lions 6 6 0 321 285 36 McMillin Layne Hoernschemeyer Box 3 4 6 6 3 6 6 13 3.0
1949 NFL Detroit Lions 4 8 0 237 259 -22 McMillin Tripucka Dudley Mann 7 7 5 3 6 7 4 10 -1.8
1948 NFL Detroit Lions 2 10 0 200 407 -207 McMillin Enke Wilson Greene 7 7 10 8 9 10 9 10 -17.3
1947 NFL Detroit Lions 3 9 0 231 305 -74 Dorais LeForce Wilson Greene 8 7 8 10 8 8 9 10 -6.2
1946 NFL Detroit Lions 1 10 0 142 310 -168 Dorais Ryan Wilson Greene 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 -15.3
1945 NFL Detroit Lions 7 3 0 195 194 1 Dorais Fenenbock Westfall Greene 5 6 5 4 10 5 5 10 0.1
1944 NFL Detroit Lions 6 3 1 216 151 65 Dorais Sinkwich Sinkwich Diehl 4 4 4 6 3 5 6 11 6.5
1943 NFL Detroit Lions 3 6 1 178 218 -40 Dorais Sinkwich Sinkwich Hopp 6 6 5 7 7 6 6 10 -4.0
1942 NFL Detroit Lions 0 11 0 38 263 -225 Karcis,Edwards Hopp Sanzotta Fisk 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 -20.5
1941 NFL Detroit Lions 4 6 1 121 195 -74 Edwards White White White 7 10 6 10 5 7 10 10 -6.7
1940 NFL Detroit Lions 5 5 1 138 153 -15 Clark White White Cardwell 7 6 5 2 2 6 5 10 -1.4
1939 NFL Detroit Lions 6 5 0 145 150 -5 Henderson Sloan Shepherd Hanneman 6 4 3 4 8 6 4 10 -0.5
1938 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 0 119 108 11 Clark Huffman Shepherd Cardwell 8 5 2 4 3 4 5 10 1.0
1937 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 0 180 105 75 Clark Shepherd Clark Klewicki 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 10 6.8
1936 NFL Detroit Lions 8 4 0 235 102 133 Clark Clark Gutowsky Ebding 2 1 2 2 8 1 1 9 11.1
1935 NFL Detroit Lions* 7 3 2 191 111 80 Clark Presnell Caddel Caddel 2 3 5 1 3 4 3 9 6.7
1934 NFL Detroit Lions 10 3 0 238 59 179 Clark Clark Clark Ebding 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 11 13.8
1933 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 6 5 0 128 87 41 Clark Presnell Presnell Lumpkin 3 1 4 4 4 5 1 10 3.7
1932 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 6 2 4 116 71 45 Clark Clark Clark Ebding 3 5 3 1 3 3 5 8 3.8
1931 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 11 3 0 175 77 98 Clark 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 10 7.0
1930 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 5 6 3 176 161 15 Griffen 4 1 8 1 1 5 1 11 1.1

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
1999 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Washington Redskins 13 27
1997 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 20
1995 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Philadelphia Eagles 37 58
1994 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Green Bay Packers 12 16
1993 Playoffs
WildCard L Green Bay Packers 24 28
1991 Playoffs
Division W Dallas Cowboys 38 6
ConfChamp L @ Washington Redskins 10 41
1983 Playoffs
Division L @ San Francisco 49ers 23 24
1982 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Washington Redskins 7 31
1970 Playoffs
Division L @ Dallas Cowboys 0 5
1957 Playoffs
Division W @ San Francisco 49ers 31 27
Championship W Cleveland Browns 59 14
1954 Playoffs
Championship L @ Cleveland Browns 10 56
1953 Playoffs
Championship W Cleveland Browns 17 16
1952 Playoffs
Division W @ Los Angeles Rams 31 21
Championship W @ Cleveland Browns 17 7
1935 Playoffs
Championship W New York Giants 26 7

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 33 24 5 .579 1141 956
Atlanta Falcons 23 10 0 .697 747 669
Baltimore Ravens 1 2 0 .333 48 84
Buffalo Bills 4 3 1 .563 167 153
Carolina Panthers 1 4 0 .200 87 112
Chicago Bears 64 91 5 .413 2793 3073
Cincinnati Bengals 3 7 0 .300 198 247
Cleveland Browns 14 4 0 .778 448 319
Dallas Cowboys 9 11 0 .450 353 513
Denver Broncos 4 6 0 .400 203 225
Green Bay Packers 64 88 7 .422 2856 3355
Houston Texans 1 1 0 .500 49 44
Indianapolis Colts 18 20 2 .474 778 860
Jacksonville Jaguars 1 3 0 .250 97 98
Kansas City Chiefs 4 7 0 .364 235 275
Miami Dolphins 2 7 0 .222 154 255
Minnesota Vikings 30 65 2 .316 1782 2115
New England Patriots 4 5 0 .444 190 160
New Orleans Saints 9 10 1 .474 342 391
New York Giants 20 18 1 .526 652 560
New York Jets 6 5 0 .545 214 222
Oakland Raiders 4 6 0 .400 195 238
Philadelphia Eagles 12 14 2 .463 533 560
Pittsburgh Steelers 14 15 1 .483 579 503
San Diego Chargers 3 6 0 .333 184 201
San Francisco 49ers 26 34 1 .433 1264 1326
Seattle Seahawks 4 7 0 .364 213 269
St. Louis Rams 37 42 1 .468 1445 1576
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 25 0 .519 1094 896
Tennessee Titans 3 7 0 .300 209 245
Washington Redskins 11 27 0 .289 591 809
Defunct Franchises
Baltimore Colts 1 0 0 1.000 45 21
Boston Yanks 3 2 0 .600 93 74
Brooklyn Tigers 12 3 0 .800 273 95
Cincinnati Reds 2 1 0 .667 66 10
Cleveland Indians 2 0 0 1.000 20 6
Dallas Texans 2 0 0 1.000 84 19
Frankford Yellow Jackets 3 1 0 .750 78 14
Minneapolis Red Jackets 1 1 0 .500 42 13
New York Yanks 3 1 1 .750 159 119
Newark Tornadoes 1 0 0 1.000 13 6
St. Louis Gunners 1 0 0 1.000 40 7
Staten Island Stapletons 3 0 2 1.000 67 45