The 1950s proved a golden age for Lions rugby, although only in the 1970s did style begin to match the substance of victory in New Zealand and South Africa.

In 1927 a short nine-game series took place in Argentina, with the Lions winning all nine encounters ; the tour did however become a financial success for Argentine rugby.

The Lions won all of their games that did not have test status except for the matches against Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury ; they did however lose three of their four test matches against the All Blacks, winning the first test 6 – 3 ..

The Lions performed well in the remaining All Black tests though they lost all three, the team did not lose another non-test in the New Zealand leg of the tour.

The Lions easily won both tests against Australia and lost the first three tests against the All Blacks, but did find victory ( 9 – 6 ) in the final test.

The 1962 tour to South Africa saw the Lions still win 16 of their 25 games, but did not fare well against the Springboks, losing three of the four tests.

The Lions did not return to South Africa until 1997, after the Apartheid era.

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

The Super Bowl did return to Michigan for Super Bowl XL but that game was played at Ford Field in Detroit, which by 2006 had replaced the Pontiac Silverdome as the home site for the Detroit Lions.

Many sports writers predicted that the NFC Championship Game would be much closer than the Redskins ' win over the Lions in the season opening game because Detroit's future hall of fame running back Barry Sanders did not play in it due to injury.

He was inactive until Week 12 against the Detroit Lions, but did not play in that game.

The Royals did enjoy brief run of form in late June in which they won three straight games, including an exciting 3-2 victory at home over Greenville Lions, and they followed that up with a comprehensive 3-0 win over the Chesapeake Dragons in early July, but this as good as it got for the team in 2003.

The first National Football League team in New York City, the New York Brickley Giants used the stadium in 1921, as did the NFL's Brooklyn Lions in 1926.

Despite his international retirement, Dallaglio was called up for his third Lions tour in 2005 but he fractured his ankle during the first tour match, against Bay of Plenty on 4 June, and did not play again during the tour.

It was generally thought that the Lions Club and others would have liked to have returned the football game to Montgomery, but it did not do so because of deteriorating condition of the Cramton Bowl stadium.

In 1997, they did not qualify, the 4th South African team being the Orange Free State ( now the Free State Cheetahs at Currie Cup level ; the region would later be represented in Super 12 by the Cats ( now known as the Lions ) and in Super 14 by the Central Cheetahs ).

The following season, in 1997, the Western Province did not gain promotion to the Super 12, and the Cape Town area was not represented that season, as the South Africa teams in competition were instead the Natal Sharks, Gauteng Lions, Free State and Northern Transvaal.

However, Jenkins did gain his fourth Lions cap as a late replacement in the second test.

Great Britain dominated in the early years, and Australia did not win a Test against the Lions until 11 November 1911 under captain Chris McKivat.

This marked the first time since the 2002 season that Harrington did not appear in a Lions ' game, breaking a string of 37 consecutive appearances.

He was a member of the 1930 British Lions tour of Australasia but did not represent the Lions in any of the test matches.

In 2001 Gibbs was called up as a replacement to the 2001 British Lions tour to Australia, though he did not play in any of the Tests.

The Lions however experienced mixed results during the New Zealand leg of the tour, as well as losing all of the tests against the All Blacks.

The Lions ' 2005 tour to New Zealand, coached by 2003 England world cup winning coach Clive Woodward, won all seven games against provincial teams however suffered heavy defeats in all three tests and were narrowly defeated by the New Zealand Maori team.

Devlin and Emmerich gave the rights to the franchise to MGM when they were working on their 1996 film Independence Day ( the rights to the Stargate film are currently owned by StudioCanal, with Lions Gate Entertainment handling most distribution in terms of international theatrical and worldwide home video releases ); however, MGM retains the domestic television rights.

Swamp Rat XIV was however so successful that in 1971, Garlits won two of his next three Top Fuel Eliminator titles ( the Winternats and Bakersfield ), plus a runner-up at Lions, all in the new car.

Baltimore had the upper hand against the Lions, leading 17 – 10 at halftime and silencing the Lions ' faithful ; however, the Lions came back in the second half, winning by a score of 26 – 23 on a last-second Lui Passaglia field goal.

In 1938, the Lions Gate Bridge was completed and took away much business from the ferries, however, there was an increased demand with the onset of World War II because of the shipbuilding boom in North Vancouver.

A long battle with chronic fatigue syndrome threatened his career ; however, after many years in absence Lynch's return to form at a relatively late age in his career was hailed by the football community, and he became part of Brisbane Lions ' celebrated premiership winning formula.

After the Lions relocated, activity in the Silverdome dropped drastically, however it still staged some events.

Before the start of the 2004 – 05 season, however, the ' Lions ' was dropped from the name.

Some NCL clubs have however chosen to " move across " to the summer structure in order to progress towards the professional ranks, one example of this being Warrington Wizards ( who formerly competed in the NCL as Woolston Rovers ) and Featherstone Lions ( accepted by National League three ).

Not all was unfamiliar to Hakim, however, as this time around with the Lions he would be working with former Rams offensive coordinator and head coach Mike Martz, who was now the offensive coordinator in Detroit.

The first reports of a pilgrimage route corresponding to the Biblical events dates from the Byzantine era ; during that time, a Holy Thursday procession started from the top of the Mount of Olives, stopped in Gethsemane, entered the Old City at the Lions ' Gate, and followed approximately the current route to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ; however, there were no actual stops during the route along the Via Dolorosa itself.

Right on the summit of Lions Head however, is a tiny patch of endangered Sandstone Fynbos, a different ecosystem that is also found nearby on the top of Table Mountain.

The Lions however, have one of the lowest winning percentages in the NFL, including the only winless 16-game season in NFL history.

It was reported by some news outlets to be the first time an independent American baseball club had formed an affiliation with a foreign team or league, however, in 1972 and 1973 the California League's team based in Lodi, California had an affiliation with Nippon Professional Baseball's Nishitetsu Lions.

At the end of this season, however, Merrett was not retained as Brisbane Lions coach.

After his collegiate career, Sinkwich joined the United States Marine Corps ; however, due to his flat feet he received a medical discharge and proceeded to play with the Detroit Lions, who had selected him first overall in the 1943 NFL Draft.

The next year however, he went back to his old position of quarterback for the Lions, backing up Doug Flutie, in his last season.

He did not feature regularly for the England side after that but was selected for the 1993 Lions Tour to New Zealand however injury cruelly struck and he was the first player sent home through injury when he dislocated his shoulder in a tackle in the first game against North Harbour.

Orlovsky was projected to be the second-string quarterback in 2007 because Drew Stanton, who was picked in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft, was placed on injured reserve ; however, the Lions acquired J. T. O ' Sullivan, who bumped Orlovsky back to third on the depth chart.