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List Of Detroit Lions Seasons
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The team plays its home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1928 as an independent professional team. The Lions have won four NFL championships, tied for 9th overall in total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises; although the last was in 1957, which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals. The Lions were the first franchise to finish a full (non-strike shortened) regular season with no wins or ties since the move to sixteen season games in 1978, going 0–16 during the 2008 NFL season. They are also one of four current teams, and the only one in the NFC, to have never played in the Super Bowl. Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Lions
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 play 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. Amid financial struggles, the franchise was relocated to Detroit in 1934. The team were also renamed the Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise, the Tigers. 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. While they share the distinction of never appearing in a Super Bowl with the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars, they are the only fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio. The Browns' official club colors are brown, orange, and white. They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets. The franchise was founded in 1944 by Brown and businessman Arthur B. McBride as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and began play in 1946. The Browns dominated the AAFC, compiling a 47–4–3 record in the league's four seasons and winning its championship in each. When the AAFC folded after the 1949 season, the Browns joined the NFL along with the San Francisco 49ers and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 NFL Playoff Game
The 1932 NFL Playoff Game was an extra game held to break a tie in the season's final standings in the National Football League. It matched the host Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans. Because of snowfall and anticipated extremely cold temperatures in Chicago, Illinois, it was moved indoors and played at the three-year-old Chicago Stadium on December 18 on a reduced-size field on Sunday night. Standings controversy Since the NFL's first season in 1920, the league title had been awarded to the team with the best regular season record based on winning percentage with ties excluded. While four of the first six championships were disputed, only once (in ) did two teams finish tied for first place in the standings: the Chicago Staleys, who became the Bears the following year, and the Buffalo All-Americans finished with identical 9-1 records, and had split a two-game series with each other, but league officials used a tiebreaker to controversially give the Staleys the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Portsmouth Spartans Season
In , the Portsmouth Spartans appeared in the league championship game, the first playoff game in NFL history, losing to the Chicago Bears 9–0. With a record of 6–1–4 in 1932, the Spartans finished in a tie for the NFL title with the Chicago Bears. It was the first time in history that the season ended with two teams atop the league's standings. (Ties were omitted in calculating winning percentage.) Both games during the season between Portsmouth and Chicago had ended in ties; to determine a sole champion, the league office arranged for the first playoff game in NFL history. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Wrigley Field, the Bears' home stadium. Due to severe blizzards and sub-zero wind chill throughout the week, the game was moved indoors to Chicago Stadium. The arena allowed only an 80-yard field (end lines) that came right to the walls, and the goal posts were moved from the end lines to the goal. The Bears won 9–0, scoring the winning touchdown o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clark (American Football Coach)
George M. "Potsy" Clark (March 20, 1894 – November 8, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, (1920), the University of Kansas (1921–1925), Butler University (1927–1929), and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1945, 1948), compiling a career college football record of 40–45–7. Clark was also the head coach of the National Football League's Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1931–1936, 1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), amassing a career NFL mark of 64–42–12. Clark's 1935 Detroit Lions team won the NFL Championship. From 1945 to 1953, Clark served as the athletic director at Nebraska. Head coaching record College football NFL See also * List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure This is a list of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Portsmouth Spartans Season
The 1931 Portsmouth Spartans season was their second in the league League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba .... The team improved on their previous season's output of 5–6–3, winning eleven games. They finished second in the league. Schedule Standings References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:1931 Portsmouth Spartans Season [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Griffen
Harold Winslow "Hal" Griffen (March 1, 1902 – December 31, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a Center and tackle with the New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers and Portsmouth Spartans of the National Football League (NFL). He also served as the first head coach for the Spartans, for one season in 1930. Griffen played College football at the University of Iowa. See also * List of Green Bay Packers players The following is a list of notable past or present players of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team. All-time roster * Green Bay Packers players: A-D * Green Bay Packers players: E-K * Green Bay Packers players: L-R * Green Bay ... References External links Coaching record 1902 births 1947 deaths American football centers American football tackles Detroit Lions head coaches Green Bay Packers players Iowa Hawkeyes football players New York Yankees (AFL) players Portsmouth Spartans players Sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Portsmouth Spartans Season
Established on July 12, 1930, the 1930 season was the inaugural season of the History of the Portsmouth Spartans, Portsmouth Spartans (now the Detroit Lions). The club was sponsored by the Green Bay Packers. In the team's first season, the Spartans tied for seventh in the league. The Spartans played their first game on September 14 beating the Newark Tornados 13–6. One notable game was on September 24 when the Spartans defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers at Universal Stadium. It was the first NFL night game played in front of portable lights. The Spartans scored 176 points (12.6 points per game), which ranked 3rd out of 11 in the NFL. On the defense, the club allowed 161 points (an average of 11.5 points per game), 8th in the league. Schedule Standings Roster Awards and records References External links 1930 Portsmouth Spartans at Pro Football Reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL Playoffs
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Currently, seven teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A tie-breaking procedure exists if required. The tournament culminates in the Super Bowl: the league's championship game in which two teams, one from each conference, play each other to become champion of the NFL. NFL postseason history can be traced to the first NFL Championship Game in 1933, though in the early years, qualification for the game was based solely on regular-season records. From 1933 to 1966, the NFL postseason generally only consisted of the NFL Championship Game, which pitted the league's two division winners against each other (pending any one-game playoff matches that needed to be held to break ties in the division standings). In , the playoffs were expanded to four teams (division winners). When the league completed its merger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFL Regular Season
The National Football League (NFL) regular season begins on the weekend following the first Monday of September (i.e, the weekend following the Labor Day holiday) and ends in early January, after which that season's playoffs tournament begins. It consists of 272 games, with each of the NFL's 32 teams playing 17 games during an 18-week period with one " bye" week off. Since 2012, the NFL generally schedules games in five time slots during the week. The first game of the week is played on Thursday night, kicking off at 8:20 PM ( ET). The majority of games are played on Sunday, most kicking off at 1PM (ET), with some late afternoon games starting at either 4:05 or 4:25 PM (ET). Additionally, one Sunday night game is played every week at 8:20 PM (ET). Finally, one or two Monday night games then starts at 8:15 PM (ET). In addition to these regularly scheduled games, there are occasionally games at other times, such as a Saturday afternoon or evening, or the annual Thanksgiving D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Leagues Of American Football
This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football. Leagues in North America Current professional leagues in North America Professional outdoor leagues ''Major'' * National Football League (NFL), 1920– ::Originally American Professional Football Conference, American Professional Football Association (1920–1921) ::Merged with the American Football League (1960–69) * Canadian Football League (CFL), 1958– (Grey Cup Canadian Football Championships since 1909) ::Formed from Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (1909) and Western Interprovincial Football Union (1936). ''Other'' * XFL, 2020; 2023– * Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), 2016– * United States Football League, 2022– Professional arena/indoor leagues * Indoor Football League, (14 teams) 2009– ::Formed from United Indoor Football and Intense Football League * Champions Indoor Football, (7 teams) 2015– ::Formed from Champions Professional Indoor Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of NFL Seasons
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest professional level of American football in the world. It was formed in 1920 as the ''American Professional Football Association'' (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game. Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the rival American Football League (AFL) in 1966, the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970. After the merger, all AFL Championship Games and records were included in NFL record books, and the teams have been divided between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Since 2002, the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
