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Detroit

Lions

HC George Wilson DC Don Shula

1961 season
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8–5–1 Regular season · +12 point diff

Franchise 77 seasons 511–610–21 all-time 18 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls

19.3 Points / game #9 of 21
19.3 Allowed / game #4 of 14
336 Yards / game #11 of 21
356 Yds allowed / game #8 of 14
35 Sacks #6 of 14
27 Giveaways #11 of 21

Results

  1. @ W1 W 17–13
  2. @ W2 W 16–15
  3. W3 L 0–49
  4. W4 L 17–31
  5. W5 W 14–13
  6. W6 L 14–17
  7. @ W7 W 28–10
  8. @ W8 T 20–20
  9. @ W9 W 45–14
  10. @ W10 W 37–10
  11. W11 L 9–17
  12. @ W12 W 16–15
  13. W13 W 13–7
  14. W14 L 24–27

Team leaders

Passing Jim Ninowski 1,921 yds · 7 TD · 18 INT
Rushing Nick Pietrosante 841 yds · 5 TD · 4.2 Y/C
Receiving Gail Cogdill 45 rec · 956 yds · 6 TD
Sacks Roger Brown 12 sacks
Interceptions Joe Schmidt 4 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. +4 1
  2. +1 2
  3. −49 3
  4. −14 4
  5. +1 5
  6. −3 6
  7. +18 7
  8. T 8
  9. +31 9
  10. +27 10
  11. −8 11
  12. +1 12
  13. +6 13
  14. −3 14