{"id":20522,"date":"2023-12-25T09:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T14:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=20522"},"modified":"2023-12-25T09:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T14:22:42","slug":"when-did-the-lions-last-win-the-nfc-north-detroits-2023-divisional-title-marks-historic-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/when-did-the-lions-last-win-the-nfc-north-detroits-2023-divisional-title-marks-historic-milestone\/20522\/","title":{"rendered":"When did the Lions last win the NFC North? Detroit\u2019s 2023 divisional title marks historic milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lions approached Week 16 with a straightforward objective: triumph over the Vikings to secure the NFC North title, granting them a divisional championship with two weeks remaining in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting this goal, they clinched the division crown, a significant accomplishment for the Lions franchise. Winning the NFC North holds substantial importance as it guarantees Detroit the opportunity to host a playoff game. This home-field advantage is particularly valuable considering Jared Goff\u2019s tendency to perform well in familiar surroundings. Such an advantage could potentially propel Detroit towards its first-ever Super Bowl contention.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the Lions don\u2019t make significant waves in the postseason, their NFC North victory stands as a monumental achievement. Why? Because it marks a historical milestone\u2014the team had never previously claimed this divisional title.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Regarding the Lions\u2019 history as division champions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The NFC North was officially established in 2002 following the NFL\u2019s inclusion of the Houston Texans as an expansion team. This expansion prompted a divisional realignment, splitting the then-NFC Central into two divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2023 NFL season, the Lions had never clinched the NFC North title. In the division\u2019s existence since 2002, the Packers have secured the most divisional victories, while the Lions were the sole team among the four to have not previously claimed this title in its current configuration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table style=\"height: 145px\" border=\"1\" width=\"697\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NFC North titles\u00a0(entering 2023)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Packers<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vikings<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bears<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lions<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How many division titles have the Lions won?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table style=\"height: 147px\" border=\"1\" width=\"802\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Coach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Playoff results<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983<\/td>\n<td>9-7<\/td>\n<td>Monte Clark<\/td>\n<td>Divisional round, lost to 49ers 24-23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991<\/td>\n<td>12-4<\/td>\n<td>Wayne Fontes<\/td>\n<td>NFC championship, lost to Redskins 41-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>10-6<\/td>\n<td>Wayne Fontes<\/td>\n<td>Wild-card round, lost to Packers 28-24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>11-4<\/td>\n<td>Dan Campbel<\/td>\n<td>TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lions approached Week 16 with a straightforward objective: triumph over the Vikings to secure the NFC North title, granting\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":20523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[6339,6340],"class_list":["post-20522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-lions","tag-nfc"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}