1991 Detroit Lions season

The 1991 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League. It is the team's best season since 1970.

1991 Detroit Lions season
Owner	William Clay Ford, Sr.
Head coach	Wayne Fontes
General manager	Chuck Schmidt
Home field	Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st NFC Central
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Cowboys) 38–6 Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 10–41
Pro Bowlers	5 RB Barry Sanders OT Lomas Brown ILB Chris Spielman FS Bennie Blades KR Mel Gray
AP All-Pros	5 RB Barry Sanders (1st team) DT Jerry Ball (1st team) ILB Chris Spielman (1st team) KR Mel Gray (1st team) OT Lomas Brown (2nd team)

Offseason

NFL Draft

See the main article: 1991 NFL Draft

1991 Detroit Lions draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	10	Herman Moore *	Wide receiver	Virginia
3	58	Reggie Barrett	Wide Receiver	Texas-El Paso
4	91	Kevin Scott	Defensive Back	Stanford
5	118	Scott Conover	OT	Purdue
6	151	Richie Andrews	K	Florida State
7	178	Franklin Thomas	TE	Grambling State
8	205	Cedric Jackson	RB	TCU
9	231	Darryl Milburn	DE	Grambling State
11	285	Slip Watkins		LSU
12	318	Zeno Alexander		Arizona
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 1	at Washington Redskins	L 0–45	0–1	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	52,958
2	September 8	Green Bay Packers	W 23–14	1–1	Pontiac Silverdome	43,132
3	September 15	Miami Dolphins	W 17–13	2–1	Pontiac Silverdome	56,896
4	September 22	at Indianapolis Colts	W 33–24	3–1	Hoosier Dome	53,396
5	September 29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 31–3	4–1	Pontiac Silverdome	44,479
6	October 6	Minnesota Vikings	W 24–20	5–1	Pontiac Silverdome	63,423
7	Bye
8	October 20	at San Francisco 49ers	L 3–35	5–2	Candlestick Park	61,240
9	October 27	Dallas Cowboys	W 34–10	6–2	Pontiac Silverdome	74,906
10	November 3	at Chicago Bears	L 10–20	6–3	Soldier Field	57,281
11	November 10	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 21–30	6–4	Tampa Stadium	37,742
12	November 17	Los Angeles Rams	W 21–10	7–4	Pontiac Silverdome	60,873
13	November 24	at Minnesota Vikings	W 34–14	8–4	Metrodome	51,644
14	November 28	Chicago Bears	W 16–6	9–4	Pontiac Silverdome	78,879
15	December 8	New York Jets	W 34–20	10–4	Pontiac Silverdome	69,304
16	December 15	at Green Bay Packers	W 21–17	11–4	Lambeau Field	43,881
17	December 22	at Buffalo Bills	W 17–14 (OT)	12–4	Rich Stadium	78,059

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(2) Detroit Lions	12	4	0	.750	6–2	8–4	339	295	W6
(4) Chicago Bears	11	5	0	.688	7–1	9–3	299	269	L1
Minnesota Vikings	8	8	0	.500	3–5	8–6	301	306	L1
Green Bay Packers	4	12	0	.250	3–5	3–9	273	313	W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	13	0	.188	1–7	2–10	199	365	W1

Postseason

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue
Divisional Round	January 5, 1992	Dallas Cowboys (5)	W 38–6	1–0	Pontiac Silverdome
NFC Championship	January 12, 1992	at Washington Redskins (1)	L 10–41	1–1	RFK Stadium