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Detroit Lions Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 488-569-32
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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All-time franchise leaderboards

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank
Year Lg Tm W L T Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of
2008 NFL Detroit Lions 0 16 0 Marinelli Orlovsky Smith Johnson 27 30 32 32 28 32 32 32
2007 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 Marinelli Kitna Jones McDonald 16 19 32 32 17 24 29 32
2006 NFL Detroit Lions 3 13 0 Marinelli Kitna Jones Williams 21 22 30 28 29 27 24 32
2005 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Mariucci,Jauron Harrington Jones Williams 28 27 21 20 14 25 28 32
2004 NFL Detroit Lions 6 10 0 Mariucci Harrington Jones Williams 24 24 18 22 14 23 27 32
2003 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Mariucci Harrington Bryson Hakim 26 32 25 24 14 26 29 32
2002 NFL Detroit Lions 3 13 0 Mornhinweg Harrington Stewart Schroeder 26 28 31 31 23 30 31 32
2001 NFL Detroit Lions 2 14 0 Mornhinweg Batch Stewart Morton 26 16 30 26 30 29 27 31
2000 NFL Detroit Lions 9 7 0 Ross,Moeller Batch Stewart Morton 22 27 11 14 7 18 21 31
1999 NFL Detroit Lions* 8 8 0 Ross Frerotte Hill Crowell 15 21 14 18 6 17 25 31
1998 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Ross Batch Sanders Morton 20 14 24 15 20 22 14 30
1997 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 Ross Mitchell Sanders Moore 4 2 10 14 19 7 4 30
1996 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Fontes Mitchell Sanders Moore 21 20 22 20 24 22 20 30
1995 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 6 0 Fontes Mitchell Sanders Moore 2 1 14 23 3 4 7 30
1994 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 Fontes Krieg Sanders Moore 6 15 19 24 15 11 18 28
1993 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 6 0 Fontes Peete Sanders Moore 16 24 15 6 11 13 16 28
1992 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Fontes Peete Sanders Moore 19 19 20 20 19 16 20 28
1991 NFL Detroit Lions* 12 4 0 Fontes Kramer Sanders Perriman 9 17 11 15 7 8 18 28
1990 NFL Detroit Lions 6 10 0 Fontes Peete Sanders Clark 5 14 26 28 12 18 23 28
1989 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 Fontes Gagliano Sanders Johnson 19 18 19 18 24 20 20 28
1988 NFL Detroit Lions 4 12 0 Rogers,Fontes Hilger James Mandley 28 28 10 18 10 26 28 28
1987 NFL Detroit Lions 4 11 0 Rogers Long Jones Mandley 25 26 26 24 18 26 26 28
1986 NFL Detroit Lions 5 11 0 Rogers Hipple Jones Chadwick 22 24 13 15 11 20 23 28
1985 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 Rogers Hipple Jones Thompson 19 28 19 18 19 21 25 28
1984 NFL Detroit Lions 4 11 1 Clark Danielson Sims Thompson 21 12 23 17 24 24 16 28
1983 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 7 0 Clark Hipple Sims Thompson 15 18 2 11 16 6 17 28
1982 NFL Detroit Lions* 4 5 0 Clark Danielson Sims Sims 15 24 14 9 14 10 18 28
1981 NFL Detroit Lions 8 8 0 Clark Hipple Sims Scott 4 3 13 4 19 6 2 28
1980 NFL Detroit Lions 9 7 0 Clark Danielson Sims Scott 11 7 5 3 11 7 5 28
1979 NFL Detroit Lions 2 14 0 Clark Komlo Bussey Scott 28 26 23 11 28 28 24 28
1978 NFL Detroit Lions 7 9 0 Clark Danielson Bussey Hill 13 21 19 7 6 11 14 28
1977 NFL Detroit Lions 6 8 0 Hudspeth Landry King Hill 23 26 18 8 10 20 22 28
1976 NFL Detroit Lions 6 8 0 Hudspeth,Forzano Landry Bussey Jarvis 16 14 10 3 8 12 8 28
1975 NFL Detroit Lions 7 7 0 Forzano Reed Bussey Jarvis 18 18 8 8 10 13 14 26
1974 NFL Detroit Lions 7 7 0 Forzano Munson Taylor Jessie 14 19 15 20 7 16 22 26
1973 NFL Detroit Lions 6 7 1 McCafferty Munson Taylor Sanders 13 13 12 13 13 13 11 26
1972 NFL Detroit Lions 8 5 1 Schmidt Landry Taylor Walton 6 15 17 19 9 10 16 26
1971 NFL Detroit Lions 7 6 1 Schmidt Landry Owens McCullouch 3 4 16 11 15 9 5 26
1970 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 4 0 Schmidt Landry Farr Sanders 2 13 2 2 1 2 6 26
1969 NFL Detroit Lions 9 4 1 Schmidt Munson Triplett Sanders 14 16 2 2 3 4 4 16
1968 NFL Detroit Lions 4 8 2 Schmidt Munson Farr McCullouch 14 11 5 6 7 10 7 16
1967 NFL Detroit Lions 5 7 2 Schmidt Plum Farr Malinchak 12 13 5 4 13 7 8 16
1966 NFL Detroit Lions 4 9 1 Gilmer Sweetan Nowatzke Studstill 14 10 9 12 13 13 11 15
1965 NFL Detroit Lions 6 7 1 Gilmer Plum Marsh Barr 12 14 5 1 5 10 9 14
1964 NFL Detroit Lions 7 5 2 Wilson Plum Pietrosante Barr 9 9 3 5 8 6 7 14
1963 NFL Detroit Lions 5 8 1 Wilson Morrall Lewis Barr 5 8 4 4 9 5 7 14
1962 NFL Detroit Lions 11 3 0 Wilson Plum Lewis Cogdill 5 8 2 1 2 2 2 14
1961 NFL Detroit Lions 8 5 1 Wilson Ninowski Pietrosante Cogdill 11 9 3 3 8 7 5 14
1960 NFL Detroit Lions 7 5 0 Wilson Ninowski Pietrosante Cogdill 9 9 3 5 7 6 7 13
1959 NFL Detroit Lions 3 8 1 Wilson Morrall Pietrosante Gibbons 11 10 8 4 9 9 9 12
1958 NFL Detroit Lions 4 7 1 Wilson Rote Rote Middleton 5 12 7 7 4 7 9 12
1957 NFL Detroit Lions* 8 4 0 Wilson Layne Johnson Doran 6 3 7 5 3 6 4 12
1956 NFL Detroit Lions 9 3 0 Parker Layne Gedman Middleton 2 3 3 6 3 2 2 12
1955 NFL Detroit Lions 3 9 0 Parker Layne Carpenter Middleton 8 4 9 10 8 10 7 12
1954 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 2 1 Parker Layne Carpenter Dibble 1 3 3 4 3 2 4 12
1953 NFL Detroit Lions* 10 2 0 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Walker 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 12
1952 NFL Detroit Lions* 9 3 0 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Box 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 12
1951 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 1 Parker Layne Hoernschemeyer Dibble 2 3 5 7 7 4 4 12
1950 NFL Detroit Lions 6 6 0 McMillin Layne Hoernschemeyer Box 3 4 6 6 3 6 6 13
1949 NFL Detroit Lions 4 8 0 McMillin Tripucka Dudley Mann 7 7 5 3 6 7 4 10
1948 NFL Detroit Lions 2 10 0 McMillin Enke Wilson Greene 7 7 10 8 9 10 9 10
1947 NFL Detroit Lions 3 9 0 Dorais LeForce Wilson Greene 8 7 8 10 8 8 9 10
1946 NFL Detroit Lions 1 10 0 Dorais Ryan Wilson Greene 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1945 NFL Detroit Lions 7 3 0 Dorais Fenenbock Westfall Greene 5 6 5 4 10 5 5 10
1944 NFL Detroit Lions 6 3 1 Dorais Sinkwich Sinkwich Diehl 4 4 5 7 3 5 7 11
1943 NFL Detroit Lions 3 6 1 Dorais Sinkwich Sinkwich Hopp 6 6 7 9 9 8 8 10
1942 NFL Detroit Lions 0 11 0 Karcis,Edwards Hopp Sanzotta Fisk 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10
1941 NFL Detroit Lions 4 6 1 Edwards White White White 7 10 6 10 5 7 10 10
1940 NFL Detroit Lions 5 5 1 Clark White White Cardwell 7 6 5 2 2 6 5 10
1939 NFL Detroit Lions 6 5 0 Henderson Sloan Shepherd Hanneman 6 4 3 4 8 6 4 10
1938 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 0 Clark Huffman Shepherd Cardwell 8 5 2 4 3 4 5 10
1937 NFL Detroit Lions 7 4 0 Clark Shepherd Clark Klewicki 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 10
1936 NFL Detroit Lions 8 4 0 Clark Clark Gutowsky Ebding 2 1 2 2 8 1 1 9
1935 NFL Detroit Lions* 7 3 2 Clark Presnell Caddel Caddel 2 3 5 2 3 4 3 9
1934 NFL Detroit Lions 10 3 0 Clark Clark Clark Ebding 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 11
1933 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 6 5 0 Clark Presnell Presnell Lumpkin 4 5 3 3 4 4 2 10
1932 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 6 2 4 Clark Clark Clark Ebding 3 5 3 1 3 3 5 8
1931 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 11 3 0 Clark 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 10
1930 NFL Portsmouth Spartans 5 6 3 Griffen 3 1 8 1 1 5 1 11

Playoff Game Log

Glossary
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

Glossary
Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 33 23 5 .589 1117 925
Atlanta Falcons 23 10 0 .697 747 669
Baltimore Ravens 1 1 0 .500 45 36
Buffalo Bills 4 3 1 .563 167 153
Carolina Panthers 1 4 0 .200 87 112
Chicago Bears 64 89 5 .418 2746 2988
Cincinnati Bengals 3 6 0 .333 185 224
Cleveland Browns 13 4 0 .765 410 282
Dallas Cowboys 9 11 0 .450 353 513
Denver Broncos 4 6 0 .400 203 225
Green Bay Packers 64 86 7 .427 2844 3295
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 63 2 .323 1759 2061
New England Patriots 4 5 0 .444 190 160
New Orleans Saints 9 9 1 .500 315 346
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 14 1 .500 559 475
San Diego Chargers 3 6 0 .333 184 201
San Francisco 49ers 26 33 1 .441 1258 1306
Seattle Seahawks 4 6 0 .400 193 237
St. Louis Rams 37 41 1 .474 1435 1559
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 25 0 .519 1094 896
Tennessee Titans 3 7 0 .300 209 245
Washington Redskins 10 27 0 .270 572 795
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