The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, MI. The Lions compete in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Portsmouth, OH, 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 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 seasonç 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 franchise operational for the entirety of the Super Bowl era to have never made it.
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The Detroit Lions were founded in 1930 as the Portsmouth Spartans, based in Portsmouth, Ohio. They relocated to Detroit in 1934 and became the Detroit Lions. The franchise has a long history in the NFL and is one of the league's original teams.
The Lions have never been to a Super Bowl; however, prior to the AFL-NFL merger, the team won four league championships.
Since 1934, with few exceptions, the Lions have hosted a Thanksgiving Day game.
Yes, the Lions have a mascot named "Roary" who is a lion that wears a team jersey and entertains fans during games and team events.