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1960 Detroit Lions season

{{Short description|NFL team season (won NFL Playoff Bowl)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| logo = 1960-Lions-mediaguide.jpg

| team = Detroit Lions

| year = 1960

| record = 7–5

| division_place = 2nd NFL Western

| coach = George Wilson

| stadium = Briggs Stadium

| playoffs = Won NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Browns) 17–16

| shortnavlink = Lions seasons

}}

The 1960 Detroit Lions season was the 27th in the Motor City, and 31st season overall in franchise history. The Lions had only one win entering November, but had only one loss in their final seven games and finished at 7–5, one game short of the Western Conference championship (won by Green Bay). However, the Lions won the inaugural third place Playoff Bowl over the Cleveland Browns at the Miami Orange Bowl.

Due to this being the NFL's last 12-game regular season and the addition of the Dallas Cowboys giving the league 13 teams - meaning each team was required to have a bye during the season - the 1960 Lions are the last NFL team that did not play its season opener until October: Detroit drew its bye during Week One, which was in the last week of September.

Oddly, in the next season in which each NFL team had a bye week (in 1966, due to addition of the Atlanta Falcons giving the league 15 teams), the Lions did not have their bye until Week 15 (the last week of that season).

Regular season

According to the team, a total of 39,153 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1960 campaign.Edward M. "Bud" Erickson (ed.), Detroit Lions Facts Book 1963: Press, Radio, TV. Detroit, MI: Detroit Football Company, 1963, p. 4. The Lions played their home games in Briggs Stadium (Tiger Stadium), which had a regular listed seating capacity of 46,194, with an additional 7,000 bleacher seats for football to bring total capacity to 53,194.

= Schedule =

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Week

! Date

! Opponent

! Result

! Record

! Attendance

1

| Bye

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! 2

| October 2

| at Green Bay Packers

| L 9–28

| 0–1

| 32,150

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! 3

| October 9

| San Francisco 49ers

| L 10–14

| 0–2

| 49,825

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! 4

| October 16

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| L 10–28

| 0–3

| 38,065

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! 5

| October 23

| Baltimore Colts

| W 30–17

| 1–3

| 53,854

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! 6

| October 30

| at Los Angeles Rams

| L 35–48

| 1–4

| 53,295

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! 7

| November 6

| at San Francisco 49ers

| W 24–0

| 2–4

| 48,447

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! 8

| November 13

| Los Angeles Rams

| W 12–10

| 3–4

| 54,019

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! 9

| November 20

| at Chicago Bears

| L 7–28

| 3–5

| 46,267

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! 10

| November 24

| Green Bay Packers

| W 23–10

| 4–5

| 54,123

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! 11

| December 4

| at Baltimore Colts

| W 20–15

| 5–5

| 57,808

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! 12

| December 11

| Dallas Cowboys

| W 23–14

| 6–5

| 43,272

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! 13

| December 18

| Chicago Bears

| W 36–0

| 7–5

| 51,017

  • Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MwIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gSYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6773%2C2056751 |work=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Stumbling Packers fall to Lions |date=November 25, 1960 |page=15, part 2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aBdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5219%2C4190018 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Lions turn tables on Packers, 23-10 |date=November 25, 1960 |page=2B}}
  • A bye week was necessary in {{nfly|1960}}, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

= Game summaries =

== Week 9 ==

{{AFB game box start

|Title=

|Visitor=Packers

|V1=0 |V2=0 |V3=10 |V4=0

|Host=Lions

|H1=9 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=0

|Date=November 24

|Location=Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

|StartTime=

|TimeZone=

|ElapsedTime=

|Attendance=54,123

|Weather={{convert|36|F}}; wind {{convert|10|mph|abbr=on}}

|Referee=

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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes|Quarter=Q1 |Time= |Team= DET|Event=Safety, blocked punt through end zone |Score= DET 2–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=Q1 |Time= |Team= DET|Event=Jim Ninowski 7 yard run (Jim Martin kick) |Score= DET 9–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team= DET|Event= Ken Webb 1 yard run (Jim Martin kick) |Score= DET 16–0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team= GB|Event=Paul Hornung 12 yard field goal |Score= DET 16–3}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team= GB|Event= Paul Hornung 8 yard run (Paul Hornung kick) |Score= DET 16–10}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team= DET|Event=Jim Gibbons 11 yard pass from Jim Ninowski (Jim Martin kick) |Score= DET 23–10|LastEntry=yes}}

{{AFB game box end}}

Thanksgiving Day game

:{{small|Source:}}[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011240det.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2013-Dec-27.

{{Clear}}

Standings

{{1960 NFL Western standings}}

{{1960 NFL Eastern standings}}

= Roster =

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
colspan="7" style="background-color:#006DB0;color:#C3C6CC;text-align:center;" | Detroit Lions roster
style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Reserve lists

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics

Playoff Bowl

The first Playoff Bowl game for third place was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the week following the NFL Championship game.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Round

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Date

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Detroit Lions|year=1960|border=2}}"| Attendance

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! Playoff Bowl

| January 7, 1961

| Cleveland Browns

| W 17–16

| Orange Bowl

|34,981

NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, {{ISBN|0-7611-2480-2}}, p. 369

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/1960.htm?redir Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference]
  • [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1960-det Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com]
  • [http://www.footballdb.com/teams/detroit-lions/results/1960 Detroit Lions on The Football Database]

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