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Lions Super Bowl Odds Insights

The Lions' Super Bowl odds (+1200) rank them fourth-best in the league, one spot better than our computer rankings, where they are fifth-best. With Super Bowl odds of +1200, the Lions sport a 7.7% chance of being Super Bowl champions.

The Lions have won four National Football League championships. They secured victory against the New York Giants in 1935, and defeated the Cleveland Browns in 1952, 1953, and 1957. The team has struggled since its last championship, only winning one playoff game since then, which occurred in 1991.

The Detroit franchise started as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans in 1930. Detroit radio executive George A. Richards purchased the Spartans in 1934 and moved them to Detroit where they were renamed the 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.

Still, going by FPI's overall probabilities, the dataset has the Lions with a 10.3 percent chance to win the Super Bowl, only behind the 49ers (15.8%) and Chiefs (11.9%). They also have the third-best odds to make the Super Bowl (17.6%).

The Lions are one of the NFL's oldest franchises (founded in 1930), yet they have zero Super Bowl appearances and arguably the worst postseason résumé in league history. That's why their 2023 run to the NFC Championship Game was such a big deal for Detroit fans.

The short answer

George Richards — who owned the Detroit radio station WJR and bought the team in the spring of 1934 — chose that name Honolulu blue because it reminded him of the ocean water he saw on a trip to Hawai'i, according to an old Lions media guide. So began a new — and blue — era for the Detroit Lions.

Among their most famous players include Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, Joe Schmidt, Doak Walker, Bobby Layne and Dick LeBeau.

At +800, the Lions have an 11.1% chance of winning the Super Bowl.

Who is the oldest team in the NFL? ›

The Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States, and, along with the Chicago Bears, are the only NFL charter member franchises still in operation.

Portsmouth Spartans (1928–1933)

The Lions franchise was originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans. Originally an independent team, they joined the National Football League in 1930 after which they compiled a 28–16–7 record by the end of the 1933 season before moving to Detroit the next year.

McQuaide, 35, is now the oldest player on the Lions roster. He's in his 13th NFL season, the first 10 of which were with the Los Angeles Rams. Irvin is technically older than McQuaide at 36, but the practice squad doesn't count in the official tally.

Answer: The Den is the name given to a lion's home. The lion is a lovely species that like to live in groupings. A lion and at least one lioness are usually present in the group.

Detroit Lions Super Bowl Odds

They are +1200, behind only the Chiefs (+600), 49ers (+650) and Ravens (+1000).

Underdogs are given plus moneyline odds, meaning a $100 bet would yield that moneyline's total if the underdog wins the matchup: +300 odds means a $300 profit; +550 odds means a $550 profit; +1200 odds means a $1200 profit.

As of the end of the 2023 regular season, the Lions have an all-time record of 591 wins, 707 losses, and 34 ties in the regular season, with an additional 9 wins and 14 losses in the playoffs. The team has had 39 winning seasons, 49 losing seasons, and 6 seasons with as many wins as losses.