<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← 2007 </Li> <Li> Lions seasons </Li> <Li> 2009 → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← 2007 </Li> <Li> Lions seasons </Li> <Li> 2009 → </Li> </Ul> <P> The 2008 Detroit Lions season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Football League . The Lions entered their third season under head coach Rod Marinelli . The Lions had one of the worst seasons in NFL history . The team lost all sixteen of their games in 2008, becoming the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to end an NFL season with no wins and no tied games, as well as the first to do it since the schedule was expanded to sixteen games in 1978 (a feat that has since been matched by the 2017 Cleveland Browns). The Lions were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by Week 11, when they stood 0--10 . The team's victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 16 of 2007 stood as their last until Week 3 of the 2009 season . From the time the Lions recorded a win over the Denver Broncos in 2007 to reach 6--2, the team went 5--47 over their following 52 games (including all of 2008 and 2009) before winning four games in a row at the end of the 2010 season . </P> <P> The Lions gave up 517 points during the season, coming within 16 of matching the 1981 Colts' record of 533 points allowed . The Lions' 32.31 points per game allowed on defense is the third worst of any NFL team since the 1960s, bettering only the 1966 Giants (35.79 PPG) and the aforementioned 1981 Colts (33.31 PPG). Embattled team president and CEO Matt Millen, who had served in those roles since 2001 was fired on September 24, 2008 . Marinelli was fired after the season ended along with most of his staff . </P>

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