| Division | Northern | ||
| Founded | ? | ||
| Inaugural AFA Season | 1946 | ||
| Stadium | The Hallows (?–1964) Autodome (1965–present) | ||
| City | Sterling Heights, Michigan | ||
| Owner | Byron McClellan | ||
| Head Coach | Lucky Paterson | ||
| Team Colors | Navy Blue, Green, White | ||
| Division titles | 14 (1953, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) | ||
| Victory Bowl titles | 3 (1961, 1962, 1964) | ||
| History | Detroit Gladiators (?–present) | ||
The Detroit Gladiators are a professional football team based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. A charter member of the American Football Association, the Gladiators play their home games at the Autodome in nearby Sterling Heights.
History[]
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Logos[]
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Detroit Gladiators logo (1962–present) |
Season-by-season results[]
| Victory Bowl Champions | Victory Bowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
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| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
| Detroit Gladiators | ||||||||
| 1946 | AFA | West | 5th | 3 | 7 | 2 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1947 | AFA | West | 4th | 5 | 6 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1948 | AFA | West | 6th | 3 | 9 | 9 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1949 | AFA | West | 3rd | 5 | 6 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1950 | AFA | West | 5th | 4 | 8 | 0 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1951 | AFA | West | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1952 | AFA | North | 2nd | 5 | 6 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1953 | AFA | North | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost Semifinals (Boston) 13–31 | |
| 1954 | AFA | North | 3rd | 5 | 6 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1955 | AFA | North | 1st | 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost Semifinals (Minnesota) 3–21 | |
| 1956 | AFA | North | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | Missed playoffa | |
| 1957 | AFA | North | 2nd | 5 | 7 | 0 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1958 | AFA | North | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1959 | AFA | North | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1960 | AFA | North | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Won Semifinals (New Orleans) 20–10 Lost 15th Victory Bowl (Pittsburgh) 24–31 | |
| 1961 | AFA | North | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won Semifinals (New Orleans) 24–19 Won 16th Victory Bowl (Pittsburgh) 16–3 | |
| 1962 | AFA | North | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won Semifinals (Colorado) 20–14 Won 17th Victory Bowl (New Orleans) 14–13 | |
| 1963 | AFA | North | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Won Semifinals (New Orleans) 24–13 Lost 18th Victory Bowl (Pittsburgh) 27–30 | |
| 1964 | AFA | North | 1st | 13 | 1 | 0 | Won Semifinals (New Orleans) 21–10 Won 19th Victory Bowl (Buffalo) 34–3 | |
| 1965 | AFA | North | 1st | 9 | 4 | 1 | Won Semifinals (St. Louis) 23–12 Lost 20th Victory Bowl (Colorado) 17–27 | |
| 1966 | AFA | North | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won Quarterfinals (Richmond) 26–20 Won Semifinals (Colorado) 28–21 Lost 21st Victory Bowl (Pittsburgh) 17–27 | |
| 1967 | AFA | North | 3rd | 7 | 7 | 0 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1968 | AFA | North | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1969 | AFA | North | 4th | 3 | 10 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1970 | AFA | North | 4th | 6 | 7 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1971 | AFA | North | 3rd | 4 | 4 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1972 | AFA | North | 4th | 4 | 9 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1973 | AFA | North | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | Missed playoffs | |
| 1974 | AFA | North | 1st | 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost Quarterfinals (Milwaukee) 24–27 | |
| 1975 | AFA | North | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost Quarterfinals (Washington) 10–30 | |
| 1976 | AFA | North | 1st | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Quarterfinals (Washington) 14–17 | |
| 1977 | AFA | North | 1st | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Quarterfinals (New York) 13–27 | |
| 1978 | AFA | North | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | Lost Quarterfinals (Milwaukee) 10–17 | |
| 1979 | AFA | North | 1st | 6 | 8 | 0 | Won Quarterfinals (Colorado) 28–14 Lost Semifinals (Texas) 10–15 | |
| 1980 | AFA | North | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | Missed Playoffs | |
| Total | 233 | 183 | 25 | (includes only regular season) | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 0 | (includes only the postseason) | |||||
| 245 | '195 | 25 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | |||||