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Marty Mornhinweg was named the twenty-first head coach in franchise history on January 21 2001.Hoping to improve on their 9–7 record in 2000 the Lions were extremely disappointing and had the worst start to an NFL season since the 1986 Indianapolis Colts began 0–13. They were widely believed to be likely to suffer the NFL’s first 0–16 season before they defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Prior to that they had lost an NFL record nine consecutive games by eight points or less