'Rolling' Lions beat Colts, are 10-1 for 1st time since 1934 - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — Ninety years ago, former NFL owner George A. Richards purchased the Portsmouth Spartans, moving the franchise to Detroit as the Lions and they would get off to a sweltering 10-1 start in that first season.

On the road Sunday at Indianapolis, coach Dan Campbell helped the team hit a feat that hasn't happened since 1934, a 10-1 start after beating the Colts 24-6, but he wasn't too caught up in the moment.

«We're so locked in on the here and now that it's hard,» Campbell said. «It's a little bit like last year — you get through it and maybe you can take a breath to turn around and look behind you and see what you did, but right now, we're just going. We're rolling.»

Campbell acknowledged history but was more impressed with his team's unbeaten road streak. The Lions are the NFL's last undefeated road team (6-0) this season, which is a testament to the franchise's turnaround since Campbell's arrival in 2021.

The Lions finished 3-13-1 in 2021, then improved to 9-8 in 2022 before finishing 12-5 last season with an NFC Championship Game appearance.

Following Sunday's win, the Lions are officially the first NFC team to reach 10 wins this season, the first time the franchise has accomplished that.

«It gave me a flashback to 2022 and at that point we were 0-11-1 on the road. And just thinking about that and now I think we're 16-5 since then and just that group of guys,» Campbell said. «I said something in the locker room about it. I'm looking at Frank [Ragnow] and [Jared] Goff and Deck [Taylor Decker] and [Penei] Sewell, Alim [McNeill] and Saint [Amon-Ra St. Brown], and it's like, 'Man, you remember that?'

»But all of those guys are responsible for the flip," he said. «It says a lot. If you can win on the road,