Overview
Week 9: Lost to Vikings (27-24)

• Since starting the season 4-1, Detroit has lost two of its last three games. The Lions' three losses this season are one more than they had all of last season (15-2 record).
• Sunday will be the first of three straight games vs. NFC East opponents. Next week, the Lions visit Philadelphia, and on Nov. 23 they host the Giants.
• Four of the Lions' next five games are against NFC East opponents (Week 14 vs. Dallas)
• Although they are 5-3, this is the Lions' worst record through eight games since 2022 (started 2-6).
• Detroit is 4-1 this season vs. opponents outside its own NFC North Division.
• The Lions enjoyed their best regular season in franchise history last season, finishing 15-2.
• Prior to last season, they had never won more than 12 games in a season (1991, 2023).
• Since the start of the 2023 season, the Lions are 32-10 over the last two seasons (.762 win percentage)
• Detroit needs four wins in its final nine games to finish with a winning record for the fourth straight season. It has been more than a half century since the Lions have had four consecutive winning seasons (1969-1972).
• Head coach Dan Campbell ranks third on the Lions' coaching list for win percentage at .586 (minimum: 25 games coached).
• His 44 regular season wins are the fifth-most in franchise history (4th is Buddy Parker at 47 wins).
• If the Lions can reach the playoffs this season, Dan Campbell will become only the third coach in Lions history to go to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. The first two are Buddy Parker (1952-54) and Wayne Fontes (1993-95).
• Detroit is trying to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. It is one of just four franchises that has never reached the Super Bowl. The other three: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns.
• The Lions last NFL championship came in 1957.
• Detroit has won six of the last seven regular season meetings vs. Washington.

Offense
Season Averages: Rushing (125.1 YPG); Passing (225.6 YPG), Total (350.8 YPG), Scoring (29.9 PPG)
Season Rankings: Rushing (9th); Passing (12th); Total (11th); Scoring (2nd)

• After leading the NFL in scoring last season (1st time since 1954), the Lions are 2nd in the league in scoring so far this season.
• Detroit is trying to finish in the top 5 of the league in scoring offense for the fourth straight season. The last time the Lions finished top 5 in scoring for this many seasons in a row was a five season stretch from 1950-54.
• Keep in mind, the NFL never had more than 13 teams in those seasons (12 teams from 1951-54).
• Along with trying to finish in the top 5 in scoring four a fourth consecutive season, the Lions are trying to finish in the top 10 in total yards for a fourth straight season (currently 11th entering Week 10).
• Detroit hasn't finished top 10 in total yards in four straight seasons since a six-season stretch from 1959-1964.
• The Lions are coming off a loss at home to the Vikings in a game in which Detroit finished with just 305 total yards, the second time in the last three weeks Detroit has finished with fewer than 310 total yards (Had 297 in Week 6 loss at Kansas City).
• Last season, the Lions had three games in which they failed to gain at least 350 yards (and only two games in which they were held under 300 yards).
• Through eight games this season, Detroit has been held under 350 total yards in four games, and held under 300 yard this times.
• Lions are 4-0 when they have more than 310 total yards, and 1-3 when held under 310 yards.
• QB Jared Goff finished last week with 284 passing yards, 2 pass TD and 0 INT in the loss to the Vikings (108.4 passer rating).
• It was just the second time in his career Goff lost a game in which he had at least 250 passing yards, 2 or more passing touchdowns and 0 giveaways (Week 15 last season vs. Buffalo).
• Detroit finished with just 65 rush yards last week, its second-fewest in a game this season (46 in Week 1 at Green Bay).
• The Lions are 5-0 when they rush for 100 or more yards, and 0-3 when they are held under 100 rush yards
• Detroit is 5-0 when it has more than 25 rush attempts, and 0-3 when it has fewer 25 rush attempts
• RB Jahmyr Gibbs (551 yards) is trying to become the first player to lead the Lions in rushing yards in consecutive seasons since Kerryon Johnson in 2018-19
• WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is the only player in the NFL with 500 or more receiving yards (635) and seven or more touchdown receptions (7). He has just one TD reception since Week 6.
• St. Brown is 11 receptions away from becoming the 2nd player in NFL history with 500 or more receptions in their first five seasons in the NFL (only player is Michael Thomas: 510 receptionis)

Defense
Season Averages: Rushing (94.5 YPG); Passing (200.3 YPG), Total (294.8 YPG), Scoring (22.3 PPG)
Season Rankings: Rushing (10th); Passing (12th); Total (8th); Scoring (14th)

• Last week was the fourth time in eight games Detroit held an opponent under 300 yards, yet the Lions are just 2-2 in those games, with losses to the Vikings and Packers).
• Detroit lost despite allowing just 258 total yards. It was the fewest yards allowing in a losing effort since Week 2 of last season, when it allowed just 216 yards in a loss to the Buccaneers.
• Although it entered this season having finished in the bottom half of the league in yards allowed for six straight seasons, Detroit comes into Week 10 in the top 10 in yards allowed (8th).
• The last time the Lions finished in the top 10 in yards allowed 2018 (10th), and the last time they finished higher than 8th was 2014 (2nd).
• The Lions rank 13th in opponent 3rd-down conversions (37.1%), but over their last five games they've held opponents to a 30.2% 3rd-down conversion rate.
• Detroit ranks 8th in opponent completion percentage (62.4%), and its last two opponents – Tampa Bay and Minnesota – have completed just 56% of its pass attempts each.
• The Lions enter Week 9 ranked second in sacks with 28 (Denver is first). Last season, Detroit finished tied for 23rd in sacks (37).
• Detroit is tied for 6th in takeaways with 12. The Lions have at least 1 takeaway in six of their last seven games.