However, after beating the Lions in the NFC title game to end their 1991 season, the Commanders didn't make it back to the NFC Championship until beating Detroit on Saturday night. The Lions seem ...

The Lions running game ... Detroit's most heartbreaking playoff defeat to Washington followed the 1991 regular season, in which they went 12-4 and beat Dallas in the first round of the playoffs.

delivering big play after big play to knock off the top-seeded Lions, 45-31. They will play for the NFC title for the first time since the 1991 season. Washington will face the winner of Sunday ...

The Commanders advance to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1991 when they last ... The top-seeded Lions, who lost in last season’s conference championship game, remain one ...

But the Washington Commanders threw the NFC for a loop when they upset the top-seeded Detroit Lions 45-31 and pushed their way into their first conference title game since the 1991 season.

1991: The Lions, led by Barry Sanders, had won the NFC Central Division at 12-4 and walloped the Cowboys 38-6 in Detroit in the playoff's first round. However, they had to travel to Washington for ...