Detroit Lions

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The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.

Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1929 as an independent professional team, one of many such teams in the Ohio and Scioto River valleys. For the 1930 season, the Spartans formally joined the National Football League (NFL) as the other area independents folded because of the Great Depression. Despite success within the NFL, they could not survive in Portsmouth, then the NFL's smallest city. The team was purchased and moved to Detroit for the 1934 season.

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League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1930–present) Western Division (1930-1949) 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, Black, White
Fight song	Gridiron Heroes
Mascot	Roary
Team history
Portsmouth Spartans (1929-1933) Detroit Lions (1934–present)
Championships
League championships (4) NFL Championships (4) 1935, 1952, 1953, 1957
Conference championships (6) NFL National: 1952 NFL Western: 1953, 1954, 1957
Division championships (7) NFL West: 1935 NFC Central: 1983, 1991, 1993
Playoff appearances (14)
NFL: 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
Home fields
Universal Stadium (1930-1933) University of Detroit Stadium (1934-1937, 1940) Tiger Stadium (1938-1939, 1941-1974) a.k.a. Briggs Stadium (1938-1960) Pontiac Silverdome (1975-2001) Ford Field (2002-present)