1991
Before the 2011 Detroit Lions accomplished the feat, it had been 31 years. Spearheaded by rookie running back Billy Sims, the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner, the Detroit Lions won their first four games of the 1980 season. Unfortunately, the team finished with a 9-and-7 record and failed to make the playoffs.
The Detroit Lions won four division titles.NFL West - 1935NFC Central - 1983, 1991, 1993
The Detroit Lions have never played in a Superbowl.
Four. The last being in 1957.
Through Super Bowl XLIII, 5: Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints. Through Super Bowl XLIV, 4: Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions.
Four teams: The Cleveland Browns, the Detroit Lions, the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Through Super Bowl XLIII, the five teams who have never been to the Super Bowl are: Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars New Orleans Saints
1) 1935 - Lions 26, New York Giants 7 2) 1952 - Lions 17, Cleveland Browns 7 3) 1953 - Lions 17, Cleveland Browns 16 4) 1957 - Lions 59, Cleveland Browns 14
The Lions began play in 1929 as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans. They played local teams in the Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia areas. They entered the NFL in 1930. After four years the team moved to Detroit and became the Lions for the 1934 season. the lions started playing when the ironton tanks and the Portsmouth Spartans left ironton and portsmounth in the 1931 season
In the NFL, there are four teams named after cats. The Cinncinati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
They haven't won any. Actually they have won four. 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957. This was before the Super Bowl Era. The Lions have never played in a Super Bowl but they came close in 1991 advancing all the way to the NFC Championshp game before losing to the Washington Redskins.
The duration of Four Lions is 1.62 hours.