The Detroit Lions lost 8 games in the 2025 regular season. Here’s who they lost to.

Quick Scoop: Who the Lions lost to this season

In the 2025 NFL regular season, the Detroit Lions’ losses came against these teams, in order of the schedule:

  • Week 1: at Green Bay Packers
  • Week 6: at Kansas City Chiefs
  • Week 9: vs Minnesota Vikings
  • Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles
  • Week 13: vs Green Bay Packers
  • Week 15: at Los Angeles Rams
  • Week 16: vs Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings

They finished the regular season 9–8, with 8 total losses.

Extra context

  • All 4 divisional losses were to the Packers (twice) and Vikings (twice), with a season split against the Bears (one win, one loss avoided in Week 18).
  • Several of the defeats were close one-score games, which has been a big talking point among Lions fans discussing “what went wrong” in 2025.

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