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NWE28

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Divisional

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NWE10

DEN7

Conf. title

LAR27

SEA31

Conf. title

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SEA29

NWE13

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SEA13

Sep 10, 2026ThursdayWeek 1

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CIN33

NOR30

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HST31

BLT41

IND23

CLV10

JAX34

ATL13

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LAC14

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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1947 Detroit LionsW1947 Detroit Lions↗

NFL · Western · 3–9 (.250) · 5th in division · PF 231 · PA 305 · Coach Gus Dorais · Did not qualify

◀ 1946 1948 ▶

Schedule (13 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1947-09-10	2	@ Washington Redskins	L 14–23		University of Denver Stadium (Denver, CO)	17,000
1947-09-21	1	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–17	0–1	Forbes Field	34,691
1947-09-28	1	@ Chicago Cardinals	L 21–45	0–2	Comiskey Park	22,245
1947-10-05	3	@ Boston Yanks	W 21–7	1–2	Fenway Park
1947-10-12	4	vs Los Angeles Rams	L 13–27	1–3	Briggs Stadium	42,955
1947-10-19	4	@ Chicago Bears	L 24–33	1–4	Wrigley Field
1947-10-26	6	@ Green Bay Packers	L 17–34	1–5	City Stadium
1947-11-02	7	vs New York Giants	W 35–7	2–5	Briggs Stadium
1947-11-09	7	vs Chicago Cardinals	L 7–17	2–6	Briggs Stadium	25,296
1947-11-16	8	vs Washington Redskins	W 38–21	3–6	Briggs Stadium	17,003
1947-11-23	10	@ Los Angeles Rams	L 17–28	3–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	17,693
1947-11-27	10	vs Chicago Bears	L 14–34	3–8	Briggs Stadium
1947-12-07	12	vs Green Bay Packers	L 14–35	3–9	Briggs Stadium

Roster (44)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
0	Clyde LeForce	QB	5-11	178			ACT
0	Roy Zimmerman	QB	6-2	205			ACT
0	Bob DeFruiter	RB	6-0	190			ACT
0	Chuck DeShane	RB	6-1	218			ACT
0	Bill Dudley	RB	5-10	175			ACT
0	Bill Hillman	RB	5-11	200			ACT
0	Pete Kmetovic	RB	5-9	175			ACT
0	Elmer Madarik	RB	5-11	200			ACT
0	Joe Margucci	RB	5-10	184			ACT
0	Bill O'Brien	RB	6-0	180			ACT
0	Ken Reese	RB	5-11	175			ACT
0	Dave Ryan	RB	5-10	190			ACT
0	Steve Sucic	RB	6-0	210			ACT
0	Joe Watt	RB	5-11	185			ACT
0	Bob Westfall	RB	5-8	190			ACT
0	Bob Wiese	RB	6-3	200			ACT
0	Camp Wilson	RB	6-2	200			ACT
0	Ted Cook	WR	6-2	195			ACT
0	John Greene	WR	6-0	211			ACT
0	Ralph Heywood	WR	6-2	203			ACT
0	Kelley Mote	WR	6-2	190			ACT
0	Cecil Souders	WR	6-1	210			ACT
0	Robert Derleth		6-3	230			ACT
0	Leon Fichman		6-1	215			ACT
0	Mitch Olenski		6-3	222			ACT
0	Ed Stacco		6-2	272			ACT
0	Russ Thomas		6-3	242			ACT
0	Tommy James	DB	5-10	185			ACT
0	Stan Batinski	DL	5-10	215			ACT
0	Ben Chase	DL	6-3	235			ACT
0	Ted Cremer	DL	6-2	210			ACT
0	Jack Dugger	DL	6-3	230			ACT
0	Bob Ivory	DL	6-2	212			ACT
0	Elmer Jones	DL	6-0	224			ACT
0	Les Lear	DL	5-11	227			ACT
0	Floyd Rhea	DL	6-0	220			ACT
0	Dick Stovall	DL	6-0	198			ACT
0	Walt Vezmar	DL	5-11	235			ACT
0	Bill Ward	DL	6-0	230			ACT
0	George Hekkers	OL	6-4	241			ACT
0	Reed Nilsen	OL	6-0	230			ACT
0	Merv Pregulman	OL	6-3	214			ACT
0	John Sanchez	OL	6-3	239			TRC
0	Frank Szymanski	OL	6-0	215			ACT