1946 Detroit Lions season
Encyclopedia
The 1946
Detroit Lions
season was their 17th in the league
. The team failed to improve on their previous season
's output of 7-3, winning only one games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.
1946 NFL season
The 1946 NFL season was the 27th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Elmer Layden resigned as NFL Commissioner and Bert Bell, co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, replaced him...
Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
season was their 17th in the league
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The team failed to improve on their previous season
1945 Detroit Lions season
The 1945 Detroit Lions season was their 9th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 6-3-1, winning seven games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...
's output of 7-3, winning only one games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30, 1946 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 34-14 |
| 2 | October 6, 1946 | at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
L 17-16 |
| 3 | October 13, 1946 | Chicago Cardinals | L 36-14 |
| 4 | October 20, 1946 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 35-14 |
| 5 | October 27, 1946 | at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
L 10-7 |
| 6 | November 3, 1946 | Los Angeles Rams | L 41-20 |
| 7 | November 10, 1946 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 17-7 |
| 8 | November 17, 1946 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
L 9-0 |
| 9 | November 24, 1946 | at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 42-6 |
| 10 | November 28, 1946 | Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts... |
L 34-10 |
| 11 | December 8, 1946 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 45-24 |
Standings
| NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Chicago Bears 1946 Chicago Bears season The 1946 Chicago Bears season was their 27th regular season and 9th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 8-2-1 record under head coach George Halas making his return from World War II en route to a Western Division title and an appearance in the NFL Championship... |
8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 289 | 193 | W-1 |
| Los Angeles Rams 1946 Los Angeles Rams season The 1946 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's ninth year with the National Football League and the first season in Los Angeles.-NFL Draft:-Transactions:... |
6 | 4 | 1 | .600 | 277 | 257 | W-2 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1946 Chicago Cardinals season The 1946 Chicago Cardinals season was the 27th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-9, winning six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 260 | 198 | W-2 |
| Green Bay Packers 1946 Green Bay Packers season The 1946 Green Bay Packers season was their 26th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-5 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:... |
6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 148 | 158 | L-1 |
| Detroit Lions | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 142 | 310 | L-4 |