Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions
Current season
Established July 12, 1930; 94 years ago (July 12, 1930)[1] First season: 1930 Play in Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan
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[2][3][4]
Fight song	Gridiron Heroes
Mascot	Roary the Lion
Personnel
Owner(s)	Sheila Ford Hamp[5]
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 (4) NFL Western: 1935 NFC Central: 1983, 1991, 1993
Playoff appearances (21)
NFL: 1932, 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2016
Home fields
Universal Stadium (1930–1933) University of Detroit Stadium (1934–1940) Tiger Stadium (1938–1939, 1941–1974) Pontiac Silverdome (1975–2001) Ford Field (2002–present)

The Detroit Lions are an American football team in Detroit. The Lions play in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The team plays its home games at Ford Field.

The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957, all prior to the Super Bowl era. Since the 1957 championship, the franchise has won only a single playoff game during the 1991 season and holds the league's longest postseason win drought.^[6] They are the only franchise that has existed for the entire Super Bowl era to not appear in the Super Bowl.^[7][8][9]

1. ↑ "Detroit Lions Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
2. ↑ "Detroit Lions statement regarding rebranding". DetroitLions.com. NFL Enterprises. February 1, 2017. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
3. ↑ "Lions Visual Identity" (PDF). 2021 Detroit Lions Media Guide. NFL Enterprises. August 3, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021. On Feb. 1, 2017 the Lions once again updated the team's logo and typeface as part of a rebranding initiative that also included four new uniform options. The updated logo and typeface includes the removal of black from the brand identity, emphasizing the team's class color combination of Honolulu blue and silver that has been synonymous with the Detroit Lions since 1934.
4. ↑ "Detroit Lions Team Capsule" (PDF). 2021 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book. NFL Enterprises. August 11, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
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.
6. ↑ Rogers, Justin (January 15, 2022). "With Bengals' victory, Lions own NFL's longest drought without playoff victory". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ 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.