1947 Detroit Lions season

The 1947 Detroit Lions season was their 18th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 1–10, winning three games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.

Schedule

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1	September 21	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–17	0–1	Forbes Field	Recap
2	September 28	at Chicago Cardinals	L 21–45	0–2	Comiskey Park	Recap
3	October 5	at Boston Yanks	W 21–7	1–2	Fenway Park	Recap
4	October 12	Los Angeles Rams	L 13–27	1–3	Briggs Stadium	Recap
5	October 19	at Chicago Bears	L 24–33	1–4	Wrigley Field	Recap
6	October 26	at Green Bay Packers	L 17–34	1–5	City Stadium	Recap
7	November 2	New York Giants	W 35–7	2–5	Briggs Stadium	Recap
8	November 9	Chicago Cardinals	L 7–17	2–6	Briggs Stadium	Recap
9	November 16	Washington Redskins	W 38–21	3–6	Briggs Stadium	Recap
10	November 23	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–28	3–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
11	November 27	Chicago Bears	L 14–34	3–8	Briggs Stadium	Recap
12	December 7	Green Bay Packers	L 14–35	3–9	Briggs Stadium	Recap
13	Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Players

• Stan Batinski, guard
• Ben Chase, guard
• Ted Cook, end
• Ted Cremer, end
• Bob DeFruiter, halfback
• Robert Derleth, tackle
• Chuck DeShane, guard
• Bill Dudley, halfback
• Jack Dugger, tackle
• Leon Fichman
• John Greene, end
• George Hekkers
• Ralph Heywood, end
• Bill Hillman
• Bob Ivory
• Tommy James, defensive back
• Elmer Jones, guard
• Pete Kmetovic, halfback
• Les Lear, tackle
• Clyde LeForce, quarterback
• Elmer Madarik, halfback
• Joe Margucci, halfback
• Kelly Mote, end
• Reed Nilsen
• Bill O'Brien, halfback
• Mitchell Olenski, tackle
• Merv Pregulman, center
• Ken Reese
• Floyd Rhea, offensive lineman
• Dave Ryan, quarterback
• John Sanchez, tackle
• Cecil Souders, end
• Ed Stacco, tackle
• Dick Stovall, center
• Steve Sucic
• Frank Szymanski, center
• Russ Thomas, tackle
• Walt Vezmar, guard
• Bill Ward, guard
• Joe Watt, halfback
• Bob Westfall, fullback
• Bob Wiese, back
• Camp Wilson, fullback
• Roy Zimmerman, quarterback

External links

• 1947 Detroit Lions at Pro Football Reference
• 1947 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com