1943 Detroit Lions season

1943 Detroit Lions season
Owner	Fred L. Mandel Jr.
General manager	Graham P. Smith
Head coach	Gus Dorais
Home field	Briggs Stadium
Results
Record	3–6–1
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1943 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League. The team finished at 3–6–1, an improvement on their previous season's output of 0–11. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. Their 0–0 tie with the New York Giants in week 8 is the last scoreless tie in the NFL.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
1	September 19	Chicago Cardinals	W 35–17	1–0	Briggs Stadium	23,408	Recap
2	September 26	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 27–0	2–0	Briggs Stadium	23,768	Recap
3	October 3	Chicago Bears	L 21–27	2–1	Briggs Stadium	48,118	Recap
4	October 10	at Green Bay Packers	L 14–35	2–2	City Stadium	21,396	Recap
5	October 17	at Chicago Cardinals	W 7–0	3–2	Civic Stadium	15,072	Recap
6	October 24	Green Bay Packers	L 6–27	3–3	Briggs Stadium	41,463	Recap
7	October 31	at Chicago Bears	L 14–35	3–4	Wrigley Field	25,187	Recap
8	November 7	New York Giants	T 0–0	3–4–1	Briggs Stadium	16,992	Recap
9	November 14	at Washington Redskins	L 20–42	3–5–1	Griffith Stadium	35,540	Recap
10	November 21	at Phil-Pitt Steagles	L 34–35	3–6–1	Forbes Field	23,338	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	8	1	1	.889	5–0–1	303	157	W1
Green Bay Packers	7	2	1	.778	4–1–1	264	172	W3
Detroit Lions	3	6	1	.333	2–4	178	218	L2
Chicago Cardinals	0	10	0	.000	0–6	95	238	L10

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	6	3	1	.667	2–3–1	229	137	L3
New York Giants	6	3	1	.667	5–1	197	170	W4
Phil-Pitt	5	4	1	.556	3–2–1	225	230	L1
Brooklyn Dodgers	2	8	0	.200	1–5	65	234	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Video

• YouTube – Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins – (color, no audio) – November 14, 1943

External links

• 1943 Detroit Lions at Pro Football Reference
• 1943 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com
• 1943 Detroit Lions at The Football Database