THE WHY BEHIND THE GAME
Cleveland Browns vs Detroit Lions.
Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs.
The Browns and Lions have met 7 times since 2001. Home field has mattered: the home side has won 5 of the 7 decided meetings. The most recent meeting, in 2025, went to the Lions, 34–10.
- Regular season
- CLE 2 · DET 5
- Playoffs
- No meetings
- Home record
- CLE 2–2 · DET 3–0
- Points per meeting
- CLE 19.3 · DET 25.4
- Current streak
- DET won the last meeting
- CLE biggest win
- By 10 · DET 14, CLE 24 (2001)
- DET biggest win
- By 24 · CLE 10, DET 34 (2025)
Every meeting
| Season | Game | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Week 4 | CLE 10, DET 34 | DET |
| 2021 | Week 11 | DET 10, CLE 13 | CLE |
| 2017 | Week 10 | CLE 24, DET 38 | DET |
| 2013 | Week 6 | DET 31, CLE 17 | DET |
| 2009 | Week 11 | CLE 37, DET 38 | DET |
| 2005 | Week 7 | DET 13, CLE 10 | DET |
| 2001 | Week 2 | DET 14, CLE 24 | CLE |
Results through (Eastern time).
From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999. Regular season and playoffs, counted by franchise: Raiders games include Oakland, Chargers games San Diego, Rams games St. Louis.