The Lions’ final NFC Championship game was on January 12, 1992.

When the Detroit Lions play the San Francisco 49ers this weekend, they want to make the franchise’s first Super Bowl trip. The Lions are back in the NFC Championship for the first time since the 1991 campaign.

A victory on Sunday might mean further history being made. A victory at Levi’s Stadium would be Detroit’s first road playoff victory since 1957, the NFL championship-winning season in which they overcame the 49ers.

Erik Kramer, the number twelve quarterback for the Detroit Lions, during a game against the Washington Redskins on January 12, 1992, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.(Sports Illustrated by John Iacono via Getty Images) )

Take a look back at the world events that occurred when the Lions last played for the NFC Championship.

View of Detroit Lions quarterback Erik Kramer, #12, sulking on the field after a game against the Washington Redskins at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1992. (Sports Illustrated by John Iacono via Getty Images) )

The Lions, under head coach Wayne Fontes, finished 12-4 that season, setting a team record. For the first time since the 1983 campaign, Detroit advanced to the postseason by winning the division.

In the divisional round, the Lions, who had the No. 2 seed in the NFC, easily defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 38-6.

In the conference final, they would play Washington, the same club that defeated them 45-0 in Week 1. Detroit lost to Washington 41-10 in what would be the Lions’ only NFC Championship game until this season, another crushing defeat.

That year, Washington would go on to win the Super Bowl.

Around 1986, Michael Jackson gave a concert performance.(WireImage / Kevin Mazur)

During the week of January 11, 1992, Michael Jackson’s hit song Black or White shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Nov. 11, 1991, saw the release of the song from his eighth studio album, “Dangerous,” which remained at the top of the charts for seven weeks.

The American thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was released on Jan. 10, 1992, and took over the No. 1 slot at the box office during its opening weekend, where it would remain for four weeks. Over 140 million people saw the movie worldwide.

The real median household income in 1992 was around $31,034, down 8% from the year before and nearly 6% from 1989, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Gas prices averaged just over $1 during the last NFC Championship game in which the Detroit Lions participated.(AFP via Getty Images and Stephani Reynolds)

In January 1992, the average gasoline price in the United States was little more than $1 a gallon, according to data gathered by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.