There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season. The first Super Bowl was played in January 1967, so Detroit's championships do not count as Super Bowl wins. Longest Super Bowl appearance droughts. The Lions have a chance to snap the longest The Detroit Lions have never won a Super Bowl. The closest they came to winning a Super Bowl was in 1991 and 2023 when they lost the Conference Championship. Detroit Lions Pages 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. However, Detroit has four pre-Super Bowl NFL Championships, with the last coming in 1957. They are one of 14 teams in NFL history to have won four or more NFL Championships. NFL Championship Wins by the Lions Have the Detroit Lions Ever Won the Super Bowl? (The Lions fell short of an SB appearance in the 2023 season. Photo: Junfu Han-USA TODAY Sports) The Detroit Lions have never won the Super Bowl. They also have never played in the Super Bowl. Since 1970, Detroit has only appeared in the NFC Championship Game twice. The Detroit Lions have not yet won a Super Bowl, as of December 2024. Get detailed information on Detroit Lions Super Bowl Appearances, their championships wins and much more on Sportskeeda. The Detroit Lions have never won a Super Bowl. However, the Detroit Lions have won the NFL Championship 4 times, most recently in the 1957 season. Detroit Lions playoff history. The Lions have been around since 1934, and the Super Bowl was first played in 1967. Despite nearly six full decades of opportunities, Detroit has never won the Super Detroit Lions Playoff History. Team Names: Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Lions Seasons: 95 (1930 to 2024) Record (W-L-T): 606-709-34 Playoff Record: 9-15 Super Bowls Won: 0 (0 Appearances) This shows the Lions are still searching for their first Super Bowl win. The Super Bowl Era: A New Challenge. Since the Super Bowl era started, the Lions have had trouble winning in the playoffs. They’ve had great seasons but never made it to the Super Bowl. The team’s success has changed since the 1950s. Now, they want to win a Super Bowl. The Detroit Lions are entering 2025 with a renewed sense of purpose, a bolstered roster, and an elite coaching staff. After a heartbreaking but promising 2024 season, there are plenty of reasons to believe that the Lions will not only be contenders in 2025 but will WIN Super Bowl LX. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XL to Detroit during their November 1, 2000, meeting held in Atlanta. It marked the second Super Bowl held in the Detroit area, the first was XVI played at the Pontiac Silverdome in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac. [7] [8] Three Super Bowls host sites were selected during the meeting, XXXVIII, XXXIX, and XL This day in sports history: Pittsburgh Steelers win 'one for the thumb' at Super Bowl XL. Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10 (Feb. 5, 2006; Ford Field, Detroit) The Lions miss the playoffs in 2022, win their first playoff game this millennium in 2023, followed by a historic Super Bowl victory in 2024. You heard it here first. If you’re gonna drink Kool-aid might as well drink it all. In just a few days, the 59th Super Bowl will take place, and for the 59th consecutive time, it will not feature the Detroit Lions. This year, it felt like the Lions may finally break the streak Detroit shone in the spotlight on Feb. 5, 2006 as the city played host to Super Bowl XL at Ford Field. Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward was walking on air after his 43-yard touchdown catch An early Super Bowl prediction. I had the Lions winning the NFC and facing the Kansas City Chiefs in my preseason Super Bowl prediction, and I don’t see much reason to change that now. The Lions are the best team in the NFC and they have the best non-weather-related homefield advantage in all of football. Detroit Lions fans had a vested interest in Super Bowl 56.. Not only did former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford lead the Rams to a 23-20 win with a patented come-from-behind victory, but the Just two teams in the past 20 years have started 8-0 and went on to win the Super Bowl that same season (2006 Colts and '09 Saints). The 2024 Chiefs make it (a) three(-peat). Detroit hits its
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