10 Best Rivalries in Detroit Sports History

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Sep 21, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions outside linebacker DeAndre Levy (54) tackles Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy (27) in the end zone for a safety during the second quarter at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers

Fans in Green Bay probably don’t have any problems listing other teams at the top of their rivalry list before mentioning the Lions, but that doesn’t keep the Pack from being one of the most hated teams in Detroit.

There’s no shortage of reasons to hate the Packers given the level of success they’ve enjoyed over the last couple decades that the Lions haven’t been able to touch. In addition to consistently being the gold standard in the NFC North, the Packers have dominated the Lions in recent memory.

The Packers won 17 of 20 games in the 2000s and had a ten game winning streak from 2005-2010. That matches the Packers best stretch in rivalry history, superseded only by the 11 in a row the Lions won from 1949-54. And then there was the 24-game road losing streak the Lions endured to the Packers.

The most recent playoff win might not have been so far in the distance if not for a blown coverage late in the 1994 Wild Card game in which Brett Favre found a wide open Sterling Sharpe for a 28-24 win at the Silverdome. That game was not only the Lions’ last home playoff game, but the only home playoff game they’ve lost in team history.

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