As of the 2008 season, the Lions last made the playoffs in the 1999 season when they went 8-8 and made it in as a wild card team. They lost in the wild card round to the Washington Redskins, 27-13, but they will soon!!!!
January 5, 1992 when the Lions defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 38-6, in the Divisional Playoffs. The following week they lost to the Redskins, 41-10, in the NFC Championship game.
The Detroit Lions last playoff appearance was 1999, their last conference championship was in 1957 also that was the year of their last championship.
Wayne Fontes of the 1991 Lions who defeated the Cowboys, 38-6, in the Division round of the playoffs.
Through the 2009 season, that was January 5, 1992 when the Lions defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 38-6. The following week, the Lions lost the NFC championship game to the Redskins in Washington. The Lions have played four home playoff games in their existance, the 1991 Divisional Playoff game listed above and the 1935, 1953, and 1957 NFL Championship games. They won all four of those games.
Erik Kramer started at QB the last time the Lions won a playoff game. That was January 5, 1992 against the Cowboys, 38-6, at the Silverdome. The backup QB was Rodney Peete.
The last time the Steelers played the Detroit Lions was on October 11, 2009. The Steelers won the game 28-20.
Rodney Peete. The last playoff game the Eagles won before McNabb was December 30, 1995 against the Detroit Lions by the score of 58-37. Peete completed 17 passes in 25 attempts for 270 yards and 3 TDs. The Eagles had a 51-7 lead in the third quarter of the game.
On January 4, 2015, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions, 24-20, in a wild-card playoff game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, whose postseason record as a starter is 2-3, threw for two touchdowns and 293 yards in the contest.
On January 4, 2015, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions, 24-20, in a wild-card playoff game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, whose postseason record as a starter is 2-3, threw for two touchdowns and 293 yards in the contest. His passer rating for the game was 114.0.
The last season in which the Detroit Lions have won 9 games was the 2000 season.
Before they beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 on September 27, 2009, the Detroit Lions had a 19-game losing streak and their last win was December 23, 2007, when they defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-25 at Ford field in Detroit.
January 6, 2002 - Final Detroit Lions game played, a 15-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
On Sunday, October 2, 2011, the Detroit Lions defeated the Dallas Cowboys at Cowboys Stadium, 34-30. The Lions trailed the Cowboys, 27-3, early in the third quarter.