On Thursday evening, the Detroit Lions will head to the nation’s capital to face the Washington Redskins in their second game of the 2015 preseason and first road game of the year.
Detroit and Washington have met 18 times in the preseason, with the Lions holding an 11-7-0 edge in the all-time preseason series. The two teams last met in the regular season in 2013 when the Lions defeated the Redskins, 27-20 at FedEx Field (9/22/13) as Detroit’s win snapped a streak of 21-consecutive road losses at Washington. Washington leads the all-time regular season series, 27-13-0.