Saints...42 Lions...7

The Detroit Lions own a dubious piece of NFL history -- with perhaps more on the way.

Detroit became the first 0-15 team when it was routed, 42-7, by the New Orleans Saints. The Lions will try to avoid a perfectly awful season in the finale at Green Bay, where they haven’t won since 1991.

Drew Brees threw for 351 yards and two touchdowns after four Saints ran for scores in the first half. Brees stayed in the game with a 35-point lead late in the fourth quarter to move closer to Dan Marino’s single-season record for yards passing. He needs 402 at home against Carolina to break Marino’s record of 5,084 set in 1984.

The Lions were outscored by a combined 176 points at home this season, smashing the previous record of 146 set by the 1981 Colts. Detroit benched Dan Orlovsky early in the fourth quarter after he completed 10 passes for 125 yards and had two intercepted.

Quoteworthy: “This is one big nightmare. You want it to end, but it hasn’t ended yet.” -- Dominic Raiola, Lions center