when was the last time the football team scored 40 points in a game and lost

The Detroit Lions lost when scoring 40+ points versus the Bills on December 15.

Interpreted as:
When was the last time the football team scored 40 or more points in a game and lost?
TEAM DATE L PTS TM OPP RESULT PASS TD RUSH TD RET TD TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY
1 Lions
Lions
12/15/2024
1
42
DET DET
vs
BUF BUF
L
42-48
5
1
0
6
0
6
0
0
2 Bills
Bills
12/8/2024
1
42
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
L
42-44
3
3
0
6
0
6
0
0
3 Lions
Lions
10/2/2022
1
45
DET DET
vs
SEA SEA
L
45-48
4
2
0
6
1
2
2
0
4 Browns
Browns
10/10/2021
1
42
CLE CLE
@
LAC LAC
L
42-47
2
3
0
5
2
4
1
0
5 Browns
Browns
12/14/2020
1
42
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
L
42-47
2
4
0
6
0
4
1
0
6 Saints
Saints
12/8/2019
1
46
NO NO
vs
SF SF
L
46-48
5
1
0
6
2
4
0
0
7 Rams
Rams
9/29/2019
1
40
LAR LAR
vs
TB TB
L
40-55
2
2
1
5
2
4
0
0
8 Chiefs
Chiefs
11/19/2018
1
51
KC KC
@
LAR LAR
L
51-54
6
0
1
7
1
6
0
0
9 Chiefs
Chiefs
10/14/2018
1
40
KC KC
@
NE NE
L
40-43
4
0
0
4
4
4
0
0
10 Browns
Browns
9/30/2018
1
42
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
L
42-45
2
3
0
5
2
2
2
0
11 Saints
Saints
9/9/2018
1
40
NO NO
vs
TB TB
L
40-48
3
2
0
5
1
3
2
0
12 Steelers
Steelers
1/14/2018
1
42
PIT PIT
vs
JAX JAX
L
42-45
5
1
0
6
0
6
0
0
13 Cardinals
Cardinals
12/18/2016
1
41
ARI ARI
vs
NO NO
L
41-48
2
3
1
6
0
5
0
0
14 Giants
Giants
11/1/2015
1
49
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
L
49-52
6
0
1
7
0
7
0
0
15 Chiefs
Chiefs
1/4/2014
1
44
KC KC
@
IND IND
L
44-45
4
1
0
5
3
5
0
0
16 Bears
Bears
10/20/2013
1
41
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
L
41-45
1
3
1
5
2
5
0
0
17 Cowboys
Cowboys
10/6/2013
1
48
DAL DAL
vs
DEN DEN
L
48-51
5
1
0
6
2
4
1
0
18 Lions
Lions
9/23/2012
1
41
DET DET
@
TEN TEN
L
41-44
3
1
0
4
4
3
1
0
19 Lions
Lions
1/1/2012
1
41
DET DET
@
GB GB
L
41-45
5
0
0
5
1
4
1
1
20 Packers
Packers
1/10/2010
1
45
GB GB
@
ARI ARI
L
45-51
4
2
0
6
1
6
0
0
21 Vikings
Vikings
10/19/2008
1
41
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
L
41-48
2
3
0
5
2
5
0
0
22 Seahawks
Seahawks
12/30/2007
1
41
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
L
41-44
3
2
0
5
2
5
0
0
23 Bengals
Bengals
9/16/2007
1
45
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
L
45-51
6
0
0
6
1
6
0
0
24 Bengals
Bengals
11/12/2006
1
41
CIN CIN
vs
SD SD
L
41-49
3
2
0
5
2
5
0
0
25 Browns
Browns
11/28/2004
1
48
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
L
48-58
5
1
0
6
2
6
0
0

More Lions Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

33.2

1st

OPP PPG

20.1

7th

RUSH YDS/G

146.4

6th

PASS YDS/G

277.5

2nd

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
Packers Packers
11
6
0
.647
Bears Bears
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
DET Lions

0 - 1 - 0

31

Final

45

WAS Commanders

2 - 0 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647