The browns are the only afc team against whom the lions currently hold a winning away record there are two nfc teams, philadelphia at 87. The two fan bases know a thing or two about hardship, but the lions are the better team in 2017. Cleveland browns 37 at detroit lions 38 on november 22nd, 2009 full team and player stats and box score. Detroit lionsh 1 against cleveland brownsa streaks. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Detroit at least has the pistons 3 championships the red wings 11, and the tigers 4. Detroit lions 14 at cleveland browns 24 on september 23rd, 2001 full team and player stats and box score. The 1952 cleveland browns season was the teams third season with the national football league and seventh season overall.
Reserve quarterback tobin rote, a starter the previous year with. The detroit lions story scholastic library publishing. The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the detroit lions and cleveland browns. Detroit lions beat cleveland browns, 1716 to retain title 19541226 national football league championship, cleveland municipal stadium. Levy restaurants brings its signature high quality culinary experience to the home of the. Detroit lions at cleveland browns september 23rd, 2001. Nov 12, 2017 cleveland scored the first 10 points of the game, but the lions rallied to take a 1710 lead by halftime. Levy restaurants is the official caterer and concessionaire for ford field. Cleveland scored the first 10 points of the game, but the lions rallied to take a 1710 lead by halftime. Theyve been in the playoffs a total of 12 times in their 60 seasons. The lions defeated the browns by a score of 177 to win the second title in franchise history. Detroit lions uniform and team history heritage uniforms.
Nov 12, 2017 cleveland browns v detroit lions detroit, mi november 12. Written by lomas brown, the former detroit lions offensive tackle who paved. Cleveland hosted the nfl championship game, but lost 177 to the detroit lions. The franchise that would eventually be know as the detroit lions was first known as the spartans and located in what city. Mar 31, 2011 the lions stage their greatest comeback in history in a one game playoff with the 49ers and play the browns for the title for the fourth time in six years. The detroit lions announced thursday their 2020 regular season schedule that features a week 1 home game against the chicago bears, as well as a thanksgiving day matchup against the houston texans.
Below is the most comprehensive bibliography anywhere focused on the cleveland browns journalism, memoir, history, biography, photography, reference, and more even true crime and fiction. Lucci played collegiately at the university of tennessee and for one year at the university of pittsburgh. Coach paul brown led his teams to seven league title games in their first 17 seasons. The detroit lions 84, winners of the western conference, hosted the cleveland browns 921, champions of the eastern conference. The detroit lions have played a total of 60 seasons. The detroit lions and ford field management are equal opportunity employers.
Cleveland browns join 2008 detroit lions as nfls only 0. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. They were 84 in the regular season and won the american conference. Detroit had won the regular season game 207 three weeks earlier on december 8, also at briggs stadium, but lost quarterback bobby layne with a broken right ankle late in the first half. The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the cleveland browns and detroit lions. The cleveland browns are well, theyre definitely not.
Cleveland nearly escaped enshrining themselves in the nfl history books. The detroit lions professional football team formed in 1929 as the portsmouth. Complete list of cleveland browns books browns plainly. Cleveland ranks third in run defense and 17th in pass defense, better numbers than. Cleveland brownsh 311 against detroit lionsa streaks. Jul 06, 2005 cleveland browns history is the story of championship seasons, legendary coaches, and hall of fame players.
The detroit lions are no longer the only 016 team in history. Paper lion is a 1966 nonfiction book by american author george plimpton. Retraces the glory days of any nfl team you select through reprinted newspaper pages and offer optional personalization on the cover. The detroit lions are not one of the nfls best teams. They will have long ago lost any motivation but pride.
Our positionbyposition evaluation and game prediction are below. They join the lions as the only teams to go 016 in nfl history. Should the detroit lions trade up with the cleveland browns. Dec 24, 2016 the cleveland browns won their first game of the season on saturday, meaning that the 2008 detroit lions remain the only team in nfl history to finish 016. Seatgeek is the largest ticket hub on the web which means your chances are increased at finding the right tickets at the right price lets go. Oct 11, 20 take a look back at the history between the detroit lions and cleveland browns, as well as one of the best games between the two teams. Of course, when you are 08 and have lost 23of24 games under your current head coach, you need all the help you can get. Browns placekicker lou groza makes 8 extra points, a new title game record. Zane gonzalez put the browns on the board with a 23yard field goal.
Disc one features the history of the browns from their early days of winning many nfl championships in the 1940s and 1950s to the thenpresent day 2008. Take a look back at the history between the detroit lions and cleveland browns, as well as one of the best games between the two teams. The two teams have met each other 24 times including 4 postseason games, with the cleveland browns winning 5 games and the detroit lions winning 19 games. After the second biggest blowout ever for the championship, the victorious lions played before a sellout crowd with standing room only and their greatest star halloffamer bobby layne. The second home game of the 2009 season in which the lions broke the losing streak, also against the redskins, was blacked out locally, as well as the comeback victory over the cleveland browns. Driving deep into steelers territory down just four points.
Cleveland browns az by roger gordon, 2002, reissued in 2015. Matthew stafford throws three touchdowns as detroit lions. In a game that was statistically dominated by the browns the browns had 22 1st downs to detroits 10, the lions came out on top 177 on the strength of their great defense, bobby laynes 7 for 10. This week, the cleveland browns take on the detroit lions in week 10 of the nfl regular season. This book covers all of the successes and failures, elation and embarrassment of recent lions history. Running backs marion motley, jim brown, and leroy kelley each rushed over opposing defenses andstraight into canton, ohio, along with fellow browns like. The lions face the browns in week 14 of the nfl season. Relive the history of the organization, from its inception in 1946, through the marion motley years, the otto graham years, the championship season of 1964, the decade of the kardic kids, through the teams move to baltimore and right up to the kickoff of the new browns just in time for the 1999 season. His book stand tall and straight 1967, word books written with stan mosier and dr. The book provides a historical account of the entire season from the banquet where.
The cleveland browns have had some extra time to prepare for this clash with the detroit lions on sunday. To the best rookie football player in detroit lions history. See also other dates, venues, and schedules for the lions vs. Cleveland browns 14 at detroit lions 59 on december 29th, 1957 full team and player stats and box score. Moser, advised young men on successful life skills, and went into multiple printings.
Detroit lions quarterback matthew stafford throws four touchdown passes in a 3117 road win against the cleveland browns. From the beginning of play in 1946 at cleveland municipal. Detroit beat the cleveland browns in the nfl championship game in both. On tuesday espns bill barnwell posted an all trades mock draft, a wild exercise in projecting a plausible trade scenario at each individual slot. Cleveland browns join 2008 detroit lions as nfls only 016 teams carlos monarrez, detroit free press published 4. Browns are 441 in last 45 games, matching lions 200710 for worst stretch in league history. The detroit lions face the cleveland browns in week 14 of the season. Except blake williams who does a really good job with our linebackers. Media guides, yearbooks, and kids books arent included. This nfl films 2dvd set called history of the cleveland browns 2008 is everything youd want when it comes to a nearly complete history of one of the nfls greatest and most successful teams. The detroit lions last missed the playoffs in 2019. Through the first weeks, the lions and winless browns were the only two teams to have trailed in every fourth quarter this season.
With the hardnosed character that symbolized the motor city of the fifties. The detroit lions nearly disrupted the cleveland browns bid to join them as the only 016 teams in nfl history. The keys to victory, xfactor, and game prediction for the week 10 matchup between the cleveland browns and the detroit lions. Nov 08, 2017 the keys to victory, xfactor, and game prediction for the week 10 matchup between the cleveland browns and the detroit lions. Detroit lions, american professional gridiron football team based in detroit that.
Please join the boyscouts of america for the 2nd annual scout day 2017. Cleveland browns results the following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the detroit lions and cleveland browns. If the past is any indication, they will face a beleaguered team. As for the lions, the team comes off a convincing 3017 victory over the green bay packers at lambeau field. The browns join the lions as the only 016 teams in nfl history. The destination for all national football leaguerelated video on the web. Dec 20, 2017 as far as the comparison, the 2008 lions were as a whole a bad team, the 17 browns are a product of the most overrated coaching staff of all time, every guy on that staff literally is overrated. Importantly, none of the trades affect the other slots, so each pick is its own little adventure in what might be possible.
The cleveland browns won their first game of the season on saturday, meaning that the 2008 detroit lions remain the only team in nfl history to. A onestop record containing everything browns fans want to know about their favorite football team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations. Talk detroit lions, why are there lots of pages about the cleveland browns. They are 44, with some good wins, understandable losses, and one really bad blowout defeat. Paperback edition of one of the indispensable books in the browns canon, 1997s when all the world was browns town. His individual performance is the 3rdbest in browns history and he still holds the record for seven consecutive games with an interception. Levy restaurants brings its signature high quality culinary experience to the home of the national football leagues detroit lions and provides food service operations for all events at ford field. Over the course of its 300year history, detroit has been sculpted into a city unique in the american. Our online detroit lions trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top detroit lions quizzes.
An interesting fact is that the detroit lions have hosted a game every thanksgiving day since 1934, with the exception of the. With the browns on pace for the second 016 season in league history, how do they compare to the 2008 detroit lions. Their first season was in 1960, and their most recent season was in 2019. Celebrate the return of one of the national football leagues great franchisesthe cleveland brownsin this keepsake book that includes more than 200 photographs.
This book is the life story of the greatest defensive end of the cleveland browns. Glass appeared at churches around the united states to promote the book. The detroit lions will play the cleveland browns on sunday, november 12, 2017. The more the cleveland browns throw the better for the detroit lions. Before he left, however, the lions awarded him a gold football that was engraved. He, along with a draft pick, was first sent by the browns to the new york giants for allpro cornerback erich barnes. The browns more than likely wont be the opponent you see the lions get their running game going against. Nov 11, 2017 this week, the cleveland browns take on the detroit lions in week 10 of the nfl regular season. Elite company for a playoffcontending team like detroit. A comprehensive database of more than 10 detroit lions quizzes online, test your knowledge with detroit lions quiz questions.
Mickey mcbride secured a cleveland, ohio franchise in the newly formed allamerica football conference aafc. There hasnt been a championship team in cleveland since before the merger. Dec 31, 2017 cleveland browns join 2008 detroit lions as nfls only 016 teams carlos monarrez, detroit free press published 4. A torn anterior cruciate ligament benched davis during the 1969 season, and half the 1970 season. He was traded to the detroit lions in 1974 for a 5thround draft pick. Known as pro footballs version of the gashouse gang, the 1957 detroit lions were one of the most dominant and colorful teams in nfl history. The browns are terrible throwing the football, and forcing a couple firsthalf turnovers will put cleveland in a hole. Detroit lions results the following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the cleveland browns and detroit lions. The cleveland browns and the 1964 championship by terry pluto, 2003. Watch the highlights from the detroit lions 3824 victory over the cleveland browns in week 10 of the 2017 nfl season. Dec 31, 2017 the browns join the lions as the only 016 teams in nfl history. The history of the cleveland browns american football team began in 1944 when taxicab magnate arthur b. Cleveland browns join 2008 detroit lions as nfls only 016 teams.
The lions stage their greatest comeback in history in a one game playoff with the 49ers and play the browns for the title for the fourth time in six years. The win sent the lions back to the nfl championship game against the cleveland browns, which was the first of four championship games the two teams would play against each other during the decade. The detroit lions last made the playoffs in 2016, when they lost the wild card round. They secured victory against the new york giants in 1935, and defeated the cleveland browns in 1952, 1953, and 1957. In 2008, detroit became only nfl team so far to go 016. Please contact levys employment hotline with inquiries. Paul brown, who coach bill walsh once called the father of modern football, was the teams namesake and first coach. Cleveland browns history is the story of championship seasons, legendary coaches, and hall of fame players. Michael gene lucci is a former national football league player for the cleveland browns for 3 seasons from 1962 to 1964 and 9 seasons with the detroit lions from 1965 to 1973.
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