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Washington at Detroit Lions

Final · Kickoff

2000 Regular season · Week 2 · Pontiac Silverdome

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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DETDetroit Lions15Home
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Lions beat Washington 15–10 in 2000 Week 2

The Detroit Lions beat Washington 15–10 at home at Pontiac Silverdome in Week 2 of the 2000 regular season on September 10, 2000. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 5 points.

The result moved the Lions to 2–0 and dropped Washington to 1–1. Washington finished 2000 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs. The Lions finished 2000 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, Washington won 27–13 on January 8, 2000. When they met again, Washington won 17–10 on November 7, 2004.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Lions lead the series 2–1 after meeting No. 3 since 1999 Full series history

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