Detroit Lions

No fun in Philly

In the final analysis, this little nugget won’t impact anything on Sunday, but it’s a little scary to note the last two times the Lions played in Philadelphia, things didn’t exactly go too well.

In those last two games, the Lions gave up a total of 114 points. There was the 56-21 loss in 2007 and the 58-37 loss in a playoff game in 1995. Ah, memories, huh?

The last time the Lions stole a win in Philly? You have to go back to 1986 when they tied a team record by sacking quarterback Randall Cunningham 11 times.

They’ve gone into Philly six times since and lost them all.

So, there’s that.

Chris McCosky
Chris McCosky has covered sports – prep, college and pros – in Michigan since 1980. Before taking over the Lions beat in 2010, he covered the Pistons for 16 years and then the Red Wings in 2009-2010. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University (B.S., 1980), McCosky began his long and winding journalistic journey – covering preps at the Observer & Eccentric, to being associate sports editor at the Muskegon Chronicle to covering University of Michigan football and basketball for the Ann Arbor News from 1988-1992. In that time he covered two Rose Bowls, the Wolverines' NCAA basketball championship run in 1989 and in 1990, he broke the news of Bo Schembechler's retirement. McCosky lives in Livonia and is the proud father of three grown kids – Ryan, 26, now the assistant varsity and head junior varsity baseball coach at Davenport University; Rory, 23, living and working in Livonia; and Molly, 21, in a medical assistant program at Davenport. He can he reached at cmccosky@detnews.com. Follow him on Twitter, @cmccosky.

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