Want to read something pathetic?

Try the Detroit Lions team chronology. Best stretch for the franchise has to be from 1970 to the present. Couple of highlights:

• Oct. 24, 1971
  Wide Receiver Chuck Hughes dies on field during game after suffering a heart attack.
• July 28, 1974
  Head Coach Don McCafferty dies of heart attack.
• Dec. 22, 1988
  Wayne Fontes is named head coach.
• Nov. 17, 1991
  Guard Mike Utley suffers paralyzing neck injury in Detroit’s 21-10 win over the Rams.
• Jan. 12, 1992
  Lions make their first appearance in NFC Championship Game, losing to the Redskins 41-10 in Washington.
• Dec. 10, 1995
  Quarterback Scott Mitchell breaks Bobby Layne's 44-year-old club record for most touchdown passes in a season, ending the season with 32.
• Jan. 13, 1997
  Bobby Ross is named Head Coach.
• Nov. 6, 2000
  With a 5-4 record on the season, head coach Bobby Ross resigns and linebackers coach/asst. head coach Gary Moeller takes over.
• Jan. 9, 2001
  William Clay Ford names Matt Millen President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lions.
• Jan. 25, 2001
  Marty Mornhinweg is named the 21st head coach of the Lions; the two remaining years on Gary Moeller's contract is bought out by the team.
• Jan. 27, 2003
  Following a 2-14 season in 2001 and a 3-13 mark in 2002, Marty Mornhinweg is fired as the head coach of the Detroit Lions.

By the way, the last NFL championship for the Detriot Lions: 1957.