Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Current season
	Established July 12, 1930; First season: 1930; Play in Ford Field; Detroit, Michigan; Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan
Detroit Lions logo	Detroit Lions wordmark
Logo	Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
	National Football League (1930–present) Western Division (1933–1949); National Conference (1950–1952); Western Conference (1953–1969) Central Division (1967–1969); ; National Football Conference (1970–present) NFC Central (1970–2001); NFC North (2002–present); ;
	Current uniform
Team colors	Honolulu blue, silver, white, black;
Fight song	Gridiron Heroes
Mascot	Roary the Lion
Website	detroitlions.com
Personnel
Owner(s)	Sheila Ford Hamp
Chairman	Sheila Ford Hamp
President	Rod Wood
General manager	Brad Holmes
Head coach	Dan Campbell
Team history
	Portsmouth Spartans (1930–1933); Detroit Lions (1934–present);
Championships
	League championships (4); NFL championships (pre–1970 AFL–NFL merger) (4); 1935, 1952, 1953, 1957;
	Conference championships (4) NFL National: 1952; NFL Western: 1953, 1954, 1957;
	Division championships (5) NFL Western: 1935; NFC Central: 1983, 1991, 1993; NFC North: 2023;
Playoff appearances (19)
	NFL: 1932, 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2023;
Home fields
	Universal Stadium (1930–1933); University of Detroit Stadium (1934–1937, 1940); Tiger Stadium (1938–1939, 1941–1974); Pontiac Silverdome (1975–2001); Ford Field (2002–present);

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]^[10]

^ ^a ^b "Detroit Lions Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
^ "Detroit Lions unveil new uniforms". DetroitLions.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. April 18, 2024. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "Detroit Lions Team Capsule" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). NFL Enterprises. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
^ "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.
^ Barnett, C. Robert (1980). "THE PORTSMOUTH SPARTANS" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^ 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.
^ Caldwell, Dave (February 1, 2019). "Meet The NFL Team That Might Never Make It To A Super Bowl". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^ 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.

[DetroitLionsFacts-1] "Detroit Lions Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

[Lions2024jerseys-2] "Detroit Lions unveil new uniforms". DetroitLions.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. April 18, 2024. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.

[3] 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.

[4] "Detroit Lions Team Capsule" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). NFL Enterprises. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

[5] "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.

[Barnett-6] Barnett, C. Robert (1980). "THE PORTSMOUTH SPARTANS" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[7] 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.

[Caldwell-8] Caldwell, Dave (February 1, 2019). "Meet The NFL Team That Might Never Make It To A Super Bowl". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

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