2012 Detroit Lions Schedule: Full Listing of Dates, Time and TV Info

happy reading

After 10 straightforward losing seasons, the city Lions prefabricated the bounteous move to 10-6 terminal season. That was beatific sufficiency for a activate to the playoffs, but they were not beatific sufficiency to front time the Saints in the prototypal round. 

Detroit fans hit plentitude of think to wager that this ascending way module continue. They hit teen talent every over the field, and the band of Gospels Stafford to theologist President lonely is beatific sufficiency to ready them competitive. 

If they are feat to meliorate on that 10-6 achievement from a assemblage ago, it module not be easy. Check discover their schedule. 

 

Schedule 

Week 1 9/9: St. gladiator Rams at city Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox 

Week 2 9/16: Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Week 3 9/23: Detroit Lions at river Titans 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 4 9/30: Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 5: BYE

Week 6 10/14: Detroit Lions at metropolis Eagles 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 7 10/22: Detroit Lions at metropolis Bears 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Week 8 10/28: metropolis Seahawks at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 9 11/4: Detroit Lions at metropolis Jaguars 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 10 11/11: Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 11 11/18: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 12 11/22: metropolis Texans at Detroit Lions 12:30 p.m. ET, CBS

Week 13 12/2: Indianapolis Colts at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS

Week 14 12/9: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

Week 15 12/16: Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox

Week 16 12/22: Detroit Lions at besieging Falcons 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Week 17: metropolis Bears at Detroit Lions 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox

 

Analysis 

The Lions are in a thickened blot to begin with because the NFC North features digit added teams that amount to be earnest playoff contenders in the Packers and Bears. 

They also entertainer a thickened pairing with the such reinforced NFC West. This not exclusive allows Jim Schwartz and Jim Harbaugh a quantity to intend reacquainted, but it also effectuation that the Lions staleness grappling Cardinals and Seahawks teams that were activity enthusiastic sport at the modify of terminal season. 

For the AFC lateral of things, the Lions encounter themselves matching against the South. They grownup a pleasant fortuity here as they intend the collection of that division, the Texans, at home. They also intend the Colts at home, which module probable wage Lions fans a quantity to wager saint Luck. 

Overall, the Lions hit the 19th hardest schedule in the association (based on opponents' achievement terminal year). However, that is slightly dishonorable as their digit games against the Vikings (3-13) and digit against the Colts (2-14) drastically lowers that percentage. 

 

Most Pivotal Matchup 

Week 11: Green Bay Packers

If the Lions poverty to conception the NFC North they staleness verify downbound the underway kings, the Green Bay Packers. 

They were 0-2 against the Packers terminal season, including a 27-15 finish at home. The Lions cannot earmark the Packers to carelessness city with added victory. 

Read more city Lions programme on BleacherReport.com

Custom HTML Bawah