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Lions Are Already 0-17 ... In Wisconsin

Dec 27, 2008 – 12:53 AM
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The now 0-15 Lions have many believing that a winless season is not only possible, but probable. This is 0for08, FanHouse's eye on the Detroit Lions and their quest for a winless season.

Fellow FanHouse-r Bruce Ciskie touched on this earlier but the fact is that the Detroit Lions haven't won a game in Wisconsin since 1991. That means that in the Lions' quest to not be 0-16 for the season, they will have to win in a state they've lost in 17 straight times (18, if you count their playoff loss at Lambeau in 1994).

The 0-15 Lions take on the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

Their last win in Wisconsin was a season before some guy name Brett Favre arrived in Green Bay. Favre would never lose to the Lions at home during his entire stay as a Packer. It was also the season Detroit won their last playoff game and wound up in the NFC Championship game. They'd lose to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Washington Redskins.

In 1991, the Soviet Union was crumbling. Current Panthers kicker John Kasay was a rookie, as was Keenan McCardell, Leon Lett and Brian Cox. Rocket Ishmael decided that being a Toronto Argonaut was better than being an NFL player. In baseball, the Atlanta Braves would win their first of 14 consecutive division championships. Michael Jordan just won his first NBA title.

The win was just one month after Lions' right guard Mike Utley would suffer paralysis after a neck injury during a game against the LA Rams.

I guess I'm saying it has been a long time. I mean, Erik Kramer was the last Lions' QB to win in the Badger State.

Also, the United States was wrapping up their conflict in Iraq, we were entering a recession and President Bush was on his way out of the White House.

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