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The team entered the NFL in 1928 as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, before relocating to Detroit in 1934.

The team entered the NFL in 1928 as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, before relocating to Detroit in 1934.

In 2008, the Lions became the first ever to go 0–16 and the second team in the post-merger era to go winless in a season (the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] were the first to not win a game in a season, going 0–14 in their inaugural 1976 season prior to the league expanding the number of games in a season).

In 2008, the Lions became the first ever to go 0–16 and the second team in the post-merger era to go winless in a season (a feat later matched by the [[Cleveland Browns]]; the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] were the first to not win a game in a season in the post-merger era, during its inaugural season when there were only 14 games in a season).

The Detroit Lions have won four NFL championships (1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957) all prior to the advent of the [[Super Bowl]]; they are one of four franchises never to have appeared in the Super Bowl, and one of two – along with the [[Cleveland Browns]] – to have been in existence prior to the Super Bowl, yet never participated in it.

The Detroit Lions have won four NFL championships (1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957) all prior to the advent of the [[Super Bowl]]; the team has never appeared in the Super Bowl, one of two NFL teams existing at the time of the AFL-NFL merger never to appear (the Browns are the other)..

==NFC North Rivals==

==NFC North Rivals==