1986 Detroit Lions season

1986 Detroit Lions season
Head coach Darryl Rogers
Owner William Clay Ford, Sr.
Home field Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 5–11
Division place 3rd NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1986 Detroit Lions season was their 57th in the league. The team failed to improve[1] upon their previous season's output of 7–9 and missed the playoffs for the third straight year with a 5–11 record. The highlight of the season was first round draft choice Chuck Long’s first pass for a TD.

This season would provide the last occasion the Lions defeated the Eagles until 2012,[2] although the teams did not meet again until the 1995 playoffs and not again in the regular season until 1996.[2] The reason for this long gap is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.[3]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 7, 1986 at Minnesota Vikings W 13–10
54,851
2 September 14, 1986 Dallas Cowboys L 31–7
73,812
3 September 21, 1986 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 24–20
38,453
4 September 28, 1986 at Cleveland Browns L 24–21
72,029
5 October 5, 1986 Houston Oilers W 24–13
41,960
6 October 12, 1986 at Green Bay Packers W 21–14
52,290
7 October 19, 1986 at Los Angeles Rams L 14–10
50,992
8 October 26, 1986 at Chicago Bears L 13–7
62,064
9 November 2, 1986 Cincinnati Bengals L 24–17
52,423
10 November 9, 1986 Minnesota Vikings L 24–10
53,725
11 November 16, 1986 at Philadelphia Eagles W 13–11
54,568
12 November 23, 1986 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 38–17
30,029
13 November 27, 1986 Green Bay Packers L 44–40
61,199
14 December 7, 1986 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 27–17
45,042
15 December 15, 1986 Chicago Bears L 16–13
75,602
16 December 21, 1986 Atlanta Falcons L 20–6
35,255

Season summary

Week 6

1 234Total
• Lions 0 1407 21
Packers 0 707 14

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Chicago Bears(2) 14 2 0 .875 7–1 10–2 352 187 W7
Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 .563 6–2 8–4 398 273 W1
Detroit Lions 5 11 0 .313 3–5 4–8 277 326 L4
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 3–5 3–9 254 418 L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 1–7 1–13 239 473 L7

References

  1. ↑ 1986 Detroit Lions
  2. 1 2 Detroit Lions v Philadelphia Eagles
  3. ↑ History of the NFL’s Structure and Formats
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