How many Super Bowls have the Detroit Lions won?

In the Super Bowl era, the Lions are the only team across the league to never reached to the Super Bowl.

How many Super Bowls have the Detroit Lions won?

Detroit Lions (Via Pride of Detroit)

Counted among the most famous teams in the league, Detroit Lions is the American football team based in Detroit. The franchise has been in play for nearly a century and was founded in 1930. As being one of the only two small-town members in the pre-Super Bowl NFL besides the Green Bay Packers, they were called the Spartans. The franchise was sold in 1934, and they relocated to Detroit, from where they got the name ‘Lions’ inspired by baseball’s Detroit Tigers. In the first season with the Lions, the franchise established a long-standing tradition of scheduling a game on Thanksgiving. Ever since then, they have been featuring the home game every year.

The Lions brought home their first NFL championship that season. They proceeded to win three more NFL championships in 1952, 1953, and 1956. Then came the AFC-NFC merger and the Lions began falling apart. From 1958 to 1981, they barely qualified for one playoff, but they were far from terrible. In most of the games, they were stuck with mediocrity at a .500 finishing record.

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By the late 1980s, the Lions hit a jackpot by hiring Barry Sanders, with whom they proceeded to win Pro Bowl honours in all 10 seasons, across the league. Then in 1991, they lost to the Redskins in the NFC Championship game, the Lions made four more playoff appearances during the period from 1992 to 1997.

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Moving forward, after 12 years of playoff drought, the Lions finally qualified for their playoff appearance in 2011. However things didn’t go as planned, and for the next two years, they never made it to the playoffs. So far, the Detroit Lions have neither made it to the Super Bowl nor the trophy. For the playoffs, they have a 7 wins and 13 losses record, with four NFL Championship titles.

Franchise NameDetroit Lions
Date1930 – present
HeadquartersDetroit
Super Bowl TrophyNone

How many Super Bowls do the Detroit Lions have?

As of today, the Lions have never been able to reach the Super Bowl. Despite being in play for nearly a century now, the Lions are the least successful in the league. Over the years, fans have witnessed numerous coaching changes and attempts to build a strong team. But there was always something that crumbled them all over again.

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Detroit Lions 1970 (Via Pride of Detroit)

Though they never won a Super Bowl, they have won the championships of the NFL four times between 1935 to 1957. It was the pre-merger era when the Lions were a very successful and powerful team. In the Super Bowl era, they are the only team across the league who have never appeared in the Super Bowl.

How many times did the Detroit Lions win NFL championships?

Before the AFC-NFC merger in football, the Lions were in their glorious era with the recent change in ownership and relocation to Detroit from Portsmouth, Ohio. In 22 years, the Lions won four NFL championships, in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957 respectively. Since then, they have not won any championships. The detailed list of the Lions’ four NFL championships is as follows:

1935: First NFL Championship title

The first-ever NFL Championship title that the Lions won was in 1935, a year after they were sold and relocated to Detroit. They won the title in the same year, they established the Thanksgiving-giving tradition of hosting a game in their home stadium, the University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. They faced off against the New York Giants and defeated them with a remarkable 26-7 victory.

1952: Second NFL Championship title

For the second NFL Championship title, the Lions had their starting quarterback Bobby Layne, who began with the 1950 season, and the running back Doak Walker. As both of them were future Hall of Famers, the Lions became one of the strongest teams across the league, in the following year.

In the 1952 season, they faced off against the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. They defeated the Browns by an awesome 17-7 victory and brought home their second NFL championship title.

1953: Third NFL Championship title

Following the 1952 victory, the Lions again faced off against the Browns in the 1953 season where they again defeated them. They scored a victory by 17-16 wins and brought home their third NFL Championship title.

1957: Fourth NFL Championship title

After beating the Browns twice in 1952 and 1953, the Lions faced them again in the 1945 championship. However, this time the Browns defeated them. The fourth time they went against the Browns was their last NFL Championship title in the 1957 season. They scored the victory against Cleveland by 45 points and brought home their last NFL Championship title.

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Detroit Lions 1957 NFL Championship (Via Golden Football Ranking)

FAQs

How many Super Bowl appearances does the Detroit Lions have?

Despite the longevity of football, the Detroit Lions have never been able to make it to the Super Bowl trophy, neither in its appearances. They have been to the playoffs many times, but have never been able to score a win. They are the only team in the league to never have reached the Super Bowl.

Where is the Detroit Lions stadium during the home games?

Detroit Lions have their home games at Fort Field, Downtown Detroit. The place was built for this very purpose — a home to the NFL Detroit Lions for their home games. Fort Field was constructed by keeping the existing site infrastructure of the Hudson warehouse in mind.

How many NFL championship titles do the Detroit Lions own?

Before the AFC-NFC merger and the Super Bowl era began, the Detroit Lions were known as the strongest contenders for the NFL championship. They have won four NFL championship titles in 1935 – against the New York Giants, 1952, 1953, and 1957, all against the Cleveland Browns.

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