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When the team played in three Championships in a row in 1952,53,54 and won the first two. Plus winning another in 1957... Not a bad decade to be a Lions fan..
1952 Detroit 17 Cleveland 7.
1953 Detroit 17 Cleveland 16.
1954 Cleveland 56 Detroit 10.
1957 Detroit 59 Cleveland 14.
Plus in 1951 the Lions finished second to the Rams 8-4 by a half a game in their division with a 7-4-1 record. (Ram's beat 11-1 Cleveland for the title).
In 1956 the Lions 9-3 finished in second again by a half a game to the Bears 9-2-1 losing to the bears at Wrigley field in the last game of the season by a score of 38-21. In this game the Bears Ed Meadows knocked out Bobby Layne in the first quarter as Layne was running out the fake of a sweep. Without Bobby the Lions had no chance.. (To bad because the Lions had beaten the bears 2 weeks earlier in Detroit 42-10. Fittingly the bears were crushed by the giants in the title game that year
The Detroit Lions from 1951 to 1957 played in four title games and won three of them. Only one losing season in the stretch was 1955. In 1951 and 1956 a win in the last game of the season would have put the Lions in the title game in each of those seasons.
Just follow the links bellow and you can get highlights of the 1952 and 1953 game. Plus the 1957 game..
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=1952+NFL+Championship&aq=f
1952 Detroit 17 Cleveland 7.
1953 Detroit 17 Cleveland 16.
1954 Cleveland 56 Detroit 10.
1957 Detroit 59 Cleveland 14.
Plus in 1951 the Lions finished second to the Rams 8-4 by a half a game in their division with a 7-4-1 record. (Ram's beat 11-1 Cleveland for the title).
In 1956 the Lions 9-3 finished in second again by a half a game to the Bears 9-2-1 losing to the bears at Wrigley field in the last game of the season by a score of 38-21. In this game the Bears Ed Meadows knocked out Bobby Layne in the first quarter as Layne was running out the fake of a sweep. Without Bobby the Lions had no chance.. (To bad because the Lions had beaten the bears 2 weeks earlier in Detroit 42-10. Fittingly the bears were crushed by the giants in the title game that year
The Detroit Lions from 1951 to 1957 played in four title games and won three of them. Only one losing season in the stretch was 1955. In 1951 and 1956 a win in the last game of the season would have put the Lions in the title game in each of those seasons.
Just follow the links bellow and you can get highlights of the 1952 and 1953 game. Plus the 1957 game..
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=1952+NFL+Championship&aq=f
