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The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be held between the two teams.
The Detroit Lions (8–4), winners of the Western Conference in a playoff the previous week, [7] hosted the Cleveland Browns (9–2–1), champions of the Eastern Conference. Detroit had won the regular season game 20–7 three weeks earlier on December 8, also at Briggs Stadium, but lost quarterback Bobby Layne with a broken right ankle late ...
On December 22, the Lions defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31–27, in a Western Conference playoff game. The two teams had finished the regular season tied in the standings at 8–4, which called for a tiebreaker game. The 49ers took a 24–7 lead at halftime, as Y. A. Tittle threw three touchdown passes in the first half. A field goal early ...
But the Lions’ strong finish left them tied with the 49ers for the best record in the Western Conference that year, which set up a playoff game in San Francisco. Down 24-7 at halftime, the Lions ...
The 1983-84 NFL Divisional Round game began a streak of playoff success for San Francisco -based teams over their Detroit counterparts. In 2012, the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, then in 2024, the 49ers again defeated the Lions in the NFC Championship. Previous playoff games.
No. 3 seed Detroit Lions at No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers ... 51 overall, 64-51 with 49ers, 7-3 in playoffs). Last game: Lions beat the Tampa ... off the cover price by visiting Lions ...
The Lions hired coach Dan Campbell in 2021, and he helped lead a turnaround that included Detroit hosting a playoff game for the first time in 30 years and winning one for the first time in 32 years.
Lions seasons. 1959 →. The 1958 season was Detroit Lions ' 29th in the National Football League (NFL), their 18th playing in Briggs Stadium, and their second under head coach George Wilson. The defending NFL champions failed to improve on their 8–4 record from the previous season and finished at 4–7–1, fifth in the six-team Western ...