Detroit (NFL)

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"Detroit Panthers" redirects here. For the ABA team, see Detroit Panthers (ABA).

Detroit, Michigan had four early teams in the National Football League before the Detroit Lions. The Heralds played in 1920. The Tigers (some sources list as Heralds) in 1921. The Panthers from 1925-1926 and the Wolverines in 1928.

The Lions are well known for playing on Thanksgiving Day, the other Detroit teams also played on Thanksgiving Day.

1920 Heralds at Dayton Triangles (lost 28-0)
1925 Panthers vs Rock Island Independents (lost 6-3)
1926 Panthers vs Los Angeles Buccaneers (lost 9-6)
1928 Wolverines vs Dayton Triangles (won 33-0)

[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers

Detroit Panthers
- Jimmy Conzelman
Detroit Wolverines
- Benny Friedman

[edit] Season-by-season

	Year	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
Heralds	1920	2	3	3	9th	Bill Marshall
Tigers	1921	1	5	1	16th	Bill Marshall
Panthers	1925	8	2	2	3rd	Jimmy Conzelman
Panthers	1926	4	6	2	12th	Jimmy Conzelman
Wolverines	1928	7	2	1	3rd	Roy Andrews

Defunct NFL franchises

1920s	Chicago Tigers (1920) \| Cleveland Tigers/Indians (1920-21) \| Muncie Flyers (1920-21) \| Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25) \| Rock Island Independents (1920-25) \| Akron Pros/Indians (1920-26) \| Canton Bulldogs (1920-26) \| Columbus Panhandles/Tigers (1920-26) \| Hammond Pros (1920-26) \| Detroit Heralds/Tigers/Panthers/Wolverines (1920-28) \| Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons/Rangers (1920-29) \| Dayton Triangles (1920-29) \| Cincinnati Celts (1921) \| New York Giants (Brickley's) (1921) \| Tonawanda Kardex (1921) \| Washington Senators (1921) \| Evansville Crimson Giants (1921-22) \| Louisville Brecks/Colonels (1921-23, 1926) \| Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets (1921-24, 1929-31) \| Oorang Indians (1922-23) \| Toledo Maroons (1922-23) \| Racine Legion/Tornadoes (1922-24, 1926) \| Milwaukee Badgers (1922-26) \| St. Louis All Stars (1923) \| Cleveland Indians/Bulldogs (1923-27) \| Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos (1923-27) \| Kenosha Maroons (1924) \| Kansas City Blues/Cowboys (1924-26) \| Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924-31) \| Pottsville Maroons/Boston Bulldogs (1925-29) \| Providence Steam Roller (1925-31) \| Brooklyn Lions (1926) \| Hartford Blues (1926) \| Los Angeles Buccaneers (1926) \| New York Yankees (1927-28) \| Orange/Newark Tornadoes (1929-30) \| Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32)
1930s	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers (1930-44) \| Cleveland Indians (1931) \| Cincinnati Reds (1933-34) \| St. Louis Gunners (1934)
1940s-50s	Boston Yanks (1944-48) \| Baltimore Colts (1950) \| New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949-51) \| Dallas Texans (1952)