Arizona Cardinals vs Detroit Lions:All-Time Matchup History

Matchup Overview

The Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions have met 71 times in NFL regular-season and playoff games since 1930. Detroit Lions hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 37–28, with 6 draws. Detroit Lions have been dominant in recent meetings, winning 4 of their last 5. Their most recent matchup ended 45–21 in favor of Detroit Lions on October 11, 2026.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 71 games from available historical data. Preseason games are not included.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Oct 11, 26	2026 W5	DET	45–21	ARI
Sep 22, 24	2024 W3	DET	20–13	ARI
Dec 19, 21	2021 W15	ARI	12–30	DET
Sep 27, 20	2020	DET	26–23	ARI
Sep 8, 19	2019	DET	27–27	ARI
Dec 9, 18	2018	DET	17–3	ARI
Sep 11, 17	2017	ARI	23–35	DET
Oct 11, 15	2015	ARI	42–17	DET
Nov 16, 14	2014	DET	6–14	ARI
Sep 15, 13	2013	DET	21–25	ARI
Dec 16, 12	2012	DET	10–38	ARI
Dec 19, 09	2009	ARI	31–24	DET
Nov 10, 07	2007	DET	21–31	ARI
Nov 18, 06	2006	DET	10–17	ARI
Nov 12, 05	2005	ARI	21–29	DET
Dec 4, 04	2004	ARI	12–26	DET
Sep 6, 03	2003	ARI	24–42	DET
Dec 7, 02	2002	DET	20–23	ARI
Nov 17, 01	2001	DET	38–45	ARI
Nov 13, 99	1999	DET	19–23	ARI
Oct 31, 98	1998	ARI	17–15	DET
Sep 16, 95	1995	ARI	20–17	DET
Dec 11, 93	1993	DET	21–14	ARI
Sep 25, 93	1993	ARI	20–26	DET
Sep 9, 89	1989	ARI	16–13	DET
Dec 6, 80	1980	DET	23–24	ARI
Sep 20, 80	1980	ARI	7–20	DET
Dec 2, 78	1978	DET	14–21	ARI
Dec 20, 75	1975	ARI	24–13	DET
Dec 1, 73	1973	DET	20–16	ARI
Dec 5, 70	1970	ARI	3–16	DET
Nov 15, 69	1969	ARI	0–20	DET
Sep 30, 67	1967	DET	28–38	ARI
Nov 11, 61	1961	DET	45–14	ARI
Dec 5, 59	1959	ARI	21–45	DET
Nov 5, 49	1949	ARI	42–19	DET
Oct 22, 49	1949	DET	24–7	ARI
Nov 24, 48	1948	ARI	28–14	DET
Nov 6, 48	1948	DET	20–56	ARI
Nov 8, 47	1947	ARI	17–7	DET
Sep 27, 47	1947	DET	21–45	ARI
Oct 12, 46	1946	ARI	36–14	DET
Sep 29, 46	1946	DET	14–34	ARI
Oct 20, 45	1945	ARI	0–26	DET
Sep 22, 45	1945	DET	10–0	ARI
Oct 16, 43	1943	DET	7–0	ARI
Sep 18, 43	1943	ARI	17–35	DET
Oct 17, 42	1942	ARI	7–0	DET
Sep 19, 42	1942	DET	0–13	ARI
Nov 29, 41	1941	ARI	3–21	DET
Sep 26, 41	1941	DET	14–14	ARI
Oct 4, 40	1940	ARI	14–43	DET
Sep 14, 40	1940	DET	0–0	ARI
Sep 30, 39	1939	DET	17–3	ARI
Sep 9, 39	1939	ARI	13–21	DET
Nov 19, 38	1938	DET	7–3	ARI
Oct 22, 38	1938	ARI	0–10	DET
Nov 20, 37	1937	DET	16–7	ARI
Sep 18, 37	1937	ARI	7–16	DET
Nov 21, 36	1936	DET	14–7	ARI
Sep 27, 36	1936	ARI	0–39	DET
Nov 2, 35	1935	DET	7–6	ARI
Sep 28, 35	1935	ARI	10–10	DET
Nov 10, 34	1934	DET	17–13	ARI
Sep 29, 34	1934	ARI	0–6	DET
Sep 30, 33	1933	ARI	6–7	DET
Oct 1, 32	1932	ARI	7–7	DET
Nov 21, 31	1931	DET	19–20	ARI
Sep 22, 31	1931	ARI	3–13	DET
Oct 25, 30	1930	DET	13–23	ARI
Oct 4, 30	1930	ARI	0–0	DET

Games before the 2010 season: Data from FiveThirtyEight, used under the MIT License and limited to today's franchises.