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NWE28

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Divisional

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DEN7

Conf. title

LAR27

SEA31

Conf. title

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SEA29

NWE13

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SEA13

Sep 10, 2026ThursdayWeek 1

SFO27

LAR7

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CIN33

NOR30

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IND23

CLV10

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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

1959 Detroit LionsW1959 Detroit Lions↗

NFL · Western · 3–8–1 (.292) · 5th in division · PF 203 · PA 275 · Coach George Wilson · Did not qualify

◀ 1958 1960 ▶

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1959-08-15	2	@ Chicago Cardinals	W 21–19		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	40,000
1959-08-22	2	@ Cleveland Browns	W 9–3		Rubber Bowl (Akron, Ohio)	22,654
1959-09-13	5	vs Cleveland Browns	W 31–28		Briggs Stadium	33,435
1959-09-19	6	vs Washington Redskins	W 52–14		Briggs Stadium	28,245
1959-09-27	1	@ Baltimore Colts	L 9–21	0–1	Memorial Stadium	55,588
1959-10-04	2	@ Green Bay Packers	L 10–28	0–2	City Stadium	32,150
1959-10-11	3	vs Baltimore Colts	L 24–31	0–3	Briggs Stadium	54,197
1959-10-18	4	vs San Francisco 49ers	L 13–34	0–4	Briggs Stadium	52,585
1959-10-25	5	@ Los Angeles Rams	W 17–7	1–4	L.A. Memorial Coliseum	74,288
1959-11-01	6	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 7–33	1–5	Kezar Stadium	59,064
1959-11-08	7	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	T 10–10	1–5–1	Forbes Field	24,614
1959-11-15	8	vs Los Angeles Rams	W 23–17	2–5–1	Briggs Stadium	52,217
1959-11-22	9	vs Chicago Bears	L 14–24	2–6–1	Briggs Stadium	54,059
1959-11-26	10	vs Green Bay Packers	L 17–24	2–7–1	Briggs Stadium	49,221
1959-12-06	11	vs Chicago Cardinals	W 45–21	3–7–1	Briggs Stadium	45,811
1959-12-13	12	@ Chicago Bears	L 14–25	3–8–1	Wrigley Field	40,890

Roster (40)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
0	Earl Morrall	QB	6-1	210			ACT
0	Tobin Rote	QB	6-2	225			ACT
0	Hopalong Cassady	RB	5-10	185			ACT
0	John Henry Johnson	RB	6-2	230			ACT
0	Dan Lewis	RB	6-1	208			ACT
0	Nick Pietrosante	RB	6-2	225			ACT
0	Ken Webb	RB	5-11	208			ACT
0	Terry Barr	WR	6-0	195			ACT
0	Jerry Reichow	WR	6-2	220			ACT
0	Jim Gibbons	TE	6-2	220			ACT
0	Steve Junker	TE	6-3	218			ACT
0	Jim David	DB	5-11	178			ACT
0	Yale Lary	DB	5-11	185			ACT
0	Dick LeBeau	DB	6-1	185			ACT
0	Gary Lowe	DB	5-11	200			ACT
0	Jim Steffen	DB	6-0	195			ACT
0	Dave Whitsell	DB	6-0	190			ACT
0	Gene Cook	DL	6-3	215			ACT
0	Gene Cronin	DL	6-2	230			ACT
0	Jim Doran	DL	6-2	200			ACT
0	Bill Glass	DL	6-5	255			ACT
0	Alex Karras	DL	6-2	255			ACT
0	Gil Mains	DL	6-2	250			ACT
0	Darris McCord	DL	6-4	250			ACT
0	Dave Middleton	DL	6-1	190			ACT
0	Ben Paolucci	DL	6-2	240			ACT
0	Gerry Perry	DL	6-4	235			ACT
0	Jim Weatherall	DL	6-4	245			ACT
0	Bob Long	LB	6-3	234			ACT
0	Jim Martin	LB	6-2	230			ACT
0	Joe Schmidt	LB	6-1	220			ACT
0	Wayne Walker	LB	6-2	225			ACT
0	Charlie Ane	OL	6-2	260			ACT
0	Lou Creekmur	OL	6-4	250			ACT
0	John Gordy	OL	6-3	250			ACT
0	Bob Grottkau	OL	6-4	230			ACT
0	Mike Rabold	OL	6-2	250			ACT
0	Ken Russell	OL	6-3	250			ACT
0	Harley Sewell	OL	6-1	235			ACT
0	Ollie Spencer	OL	6-2	250			ACT