Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Current season
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Basic info
Established	July 12, 1930
Stadium	Ford Field; Detroit, Michigan
Headquartered	Meijer Performance Center; Allen Park, Michigan
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 (1928–1933); Detroit Lions (1934–present);
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);
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); ;
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: 6 NFL Western: 1935; NFC Central: 1983, 1991, 1993; NFC North: 2023, 2024;
Playoff appearances (20)
	NFL: 1932, 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2023, 2024;
Owner(s)
	Harry N. Snyder (1930–1934); George A. Richards (1934–1940); Fred L. Mandel Jr. (1940–1948); Detroit Football Company (1948–1964); William Clay Ford Sr. (1964–2014); Martha Firestone Ford (2014–2020); Sheila Ford Hamp (2020–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 in 1928 and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. 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.

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.