Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Current season
	Established July 12, 1930; First season: 1930; Play in Ford Field; Detroit, Michigan; Headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan
Logo	Wordmark
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); ;
	Current uniform
Team colors	Honolulu blue, silver, dark steel grey, white;
Fight song	Gridiron Heroes
Mascot	Roary the Lion
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 (1930–1933); Detroit Lions (1934–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 (5) NFL Western: 1935; NFC Central: 1983, 1991, 1993; NFC North: 2023;
Playoff appearances (19)
	NFL: 1932, 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2023;
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);

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 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.

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