| Detroit Lions | |||||
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| Established July 12, 1930[1] First season: 1930 Play in Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan | |||||
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National Football League (1930–present)
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| Team colors | Honolulu blue, silver, black, white[2][3][4] | ||||
| Fight song | Gridiron Heroes | ||||
| Mascot | Roary the Lion | ||||
| Website | detroitlions.com | ||||
| Personnel | |||||
| Owner(s) | Sheila Ford Hamp[5] | ||||
| Chairman | Sheila Ford Hamp | ||||
| General manager | Brad Holmes | ||||
| President | Rod Wood | ||||
| Head coach | Dan Campbell | ||||
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League championships (4)
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| Conference championships (4) | |||||
| Division championships (5) | |||||
| Playoff appearances (19) | |||||
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The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The team plays their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.
The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Portsmouth Spartans and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930.[1] Amid financial struggles, the franchise was relocated to Detroit in 1934 and renamed the Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise, the Detroit Tigers.[6][7]
The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957. Following the 1957 championship, the franchise did not win a playoff game until the 1991 season and did not win another until the 2023 season. They are the only franchise operational for the entirety of the Super Bowl era to not appear in the Super Bowl.[8][9]
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- ^ Smith, Coral (April 18, 2024). "New-look Lions: Reigning NFC North champions unveil fresh uniforms, including all-black alternates". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on April 25, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
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- ^ "Martha Firestone Ford to step down as principal owner of Detroit Lions". DetroitLions.com. NFL Enterprises. June 23, 2020. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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- ^ Holmes, Dan (March 13, 2015). "How the Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, and Pistons got their names". Vintage Detroit. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ Carroll, Charlotte (February 3, 2019). "What Teams Have Never Won the Super Bowl?". SI.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ Barringer, Daisy (January 2, 2019). "21 Football Facts to Fake Your Super Bowl Street Cred". Eventbrite. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2019.