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2001 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Lions 2001 Season Recap

The final season in the Pontiac Silverdome was one the Lions would rather forget. The Lions went through 3 Quarterbacks, and became the punch line of countless jokes as they lost their first 11 games. On December 16th rookie QB Mike McMahon finally ended the Lions season long frustrations by leading the way in a win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions would go on to finish with a franchise worst 14 losses. However, they were able to end the season on a positive not by winning just their 2nd game of the season on January 5th against the Dallas Cowboy to close out the Silverdome.

The final season in the Pontiac Silverdome was one the Lions would rather forget. The Lions went through 3 Quarterbacks, and became the punch line of countless jokes as they lost their first 11 games. On December 16th rookie QB Mike McMahon finally ended the Lions season long frustrations by leading the way in a win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions would go on to finish with a franchise worst 14 losses. However, they were able to end the season on a positive not by winning just their 2nd game of the season on January 5th against the Dallas Cowboy to close out the Silverdome.

2001 Detroit Lions season

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Missed Playoffs

2-14 (.125)

5th place in NFL NFC Central

League Note
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the NFL postponed the games for Week 2 of the 2001 season until the end of the regular season. All playoff games following the 2001 regular season were re-scheduled one week later.

Head Coach

Marty Mornhinweg

General Manager

Team Owner

William Clay Ford Sr.

Stadium

Attendance

601,821 total
75,228 per game

2001 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 18 Jeff Backus T

2 50 Dominic Raiola C

2 61 Shaun Rogers DT

5 148 Scotty Anderson WR

5 149 Mike McMahon QB

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