2013 Detroit Lions

The  Detroit Lions season will be the franchise's upcoming 84th season in the National Football League, their 80th as the Detroit Lions and the fifth under head coach Jim Schwartz. The Lions hope to improve on their 4–12 record from 2012, in which they finished last in the NFC North and didn't defeat a single divisional opponent.

2013 Draft class
Source:
 * Notes
 * The team traded its fourth-round selection along with a 2012 seventh-round selection to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for linebacker Tahir Whitehead, as well as the Vikings' 2012 fifth- and seventh-round selections.
 * Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual owners' meetings in late-March.

Preseason
The Lions' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

2013 opponents
Listed below are the Lions' opponents for. Exact dates and times will be announced in April.
 * Note: The Lions will host either the Bears, Packers, Vikings, Giants, or Buccaneers in the annual Thanksgiving Classic.