Who Was The Lions Coach In 2008?

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2008 Detroit Lions season Owner William Clay Ford Sr. Head coach

Rod Marinelli
General manager Matt Millen (Fired Week 4) Martin Mayhew (interim) Home field Ford Field

Who was the coach of the Lions in 2009?

The 2009 Detroit Lions season was the franchise’s 80th season overall in the National Football League. It was the first season with the Lions for new head

coach Jim Schwartz

, and most of his new coaching staff.

Who was the Lions defensive coordinator in 2008?

Head Coach Rod Marinelli Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator Kippy Brown Defensive Coordinator

Joe Barry
Quarterbacks Coach Scot Loeffler Running Backs Coach Wilbert Montgomery

What year did the Lions go 0 16?

The Lions were the first franchise to finish a full (non-strike shortened) regular season with no wins or ties since the move to sixteen season games in 1978, going 0–16 during the

2008

NFL season.

Was Calvin Johnson on the 0 16 Lions team?

Johnson and the

2008 Detroit Lions

finished the first ever 0–16 season in NFL history after a 31–21 loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 17.

Who was the last British Lions coach?

The British & Irish Lions secured their first series victory in 16 years in the most emphatic fashion in Sydney as they defeated Australia 2-1 in 2013.

Warren Gatland

was the man charged with overseeing the Tour, the second New Zealander to coach the Lions, after Graham Henry led the party in 2001.

Who captained Springboks in 2009?

Watch: Smit on leading Boks to glory in 2009

Former Springbok captain

John Smit

reflects on the memorable first Test against the British & Irish Lions in Durban twelve years ago and changing position to accommodate the in-form Bismarck du Plessis at hooker.

Are the Lions the worst team ever?

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the worst NFL team during the 16-game schedule era

. The 16-game schedule is dead. Long live the 16-game schedule. … As pointed out by Kendall Baker of Axios.com, the Lions actually had the worst winning percentage of any NFL franchise over those 43 years.

Who was the QB for the 0 16 lions?

The Lions tried to come back as QB

Jon Kitna

completed a 34-yard TD pass to RB Rudi Johnson.

Has there ever been a 0 16 NFL team?

Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017

Cleveland Browns

(0–16).

Who has the worst record in the NFL history?

Rank 1 Team
Green Bay Packers
GP 1,386 Won 770 Lost 578

What teams have never won a Superbowl?

  • Houston Texans. …
  • Detroit Lions. …
  • Carolina Panthers. …
  • Atlanta Falcons. …
  • Cincinnati Bengals. …
  • Jacksonville Jaguars. …
  • Los Angeles Chargers. …
  • Minnesota Vikings.

Will the Jets go 0 16?

According to BetMGM,

the Jets are now -115 odds to go 0-16

. … The Jets had their best shot at their first victory of the season during Sunday’s loss to the Raiders.

How much did Calvin Johnson have to pay back?

Johnson was reportedly forced to pay back

$1.6 million

after retiring, which doesn’t sound like enough money to be worth angering your best player of a generation (the team is on track to pay kicker Randy Bullock more this season), but the Lions will do what they want, apparently.

Has there ever been an NFL team that lost every game?


Detroit

was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below). … If one includes the 1944 Card-Pitt team (see above), the Cardinals are the only NFL team to have back-to-back full seasons without a victory.

Why do the Lions wear red?

In 1888, the promoter of the first expedition to Australia and New Zealand, Arthur Shrewsbury, demanded “

something that would be good material and yet take them by

storm out here”. The result was a jersey in thick red, white and blue hoops, worn above white shorts and dark socks.

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