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1960 Detroit Lions season

NFL team season (won NFL Playoff Bowl)

Field	Value
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

(vs. Browns) 17–16 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. 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

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
Bye
October 2	at Green Bay Packers	L 9–28	0–1	32,150
October 9	San Francisco 49ers	L 10–14	0–2	49,825
October 16	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–28	0–3	38,065
October 23	Baltimore Colts	W 30–17	1–3	53,854
October 30	at Los Angeles Rams	L 35–48	1–4	53,295
November 6	at San Francisco 49ers	W 24–0	2–4	48,447
November 13	Los Angeles Rams	W 12–10	3–4	54,019
November 20	at Chicago Bears	L 7–28	3–5	46,267
November 24	Green Bay Packers	W 23–10	4–5	54,123
December 4	at Baltimore Colts	W 20–15	5–5	57,808
December 11	Dallas Cowboys	W 23–14	6–5	43,272
December 18	Chicago Bears	W 36–0	7–5	51,017

Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving)
A bye week was necessary in , as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 9

Thanksgiving Day game :Source:

Standings

Roster

1960 Detroit Lions roster
Quarterbacks

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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.

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January 7, 1961	Cleveland Browns	W 17–16	Orange Bowl	34,981

References

Edward M. "Bud" Erickson (ed.), ''Detroit Lions Facts Book 1963: Press, Radio, TV.'' Detroit, MI: Detroit Football Company, 1963, p. 4.
Johnson, Chuck. (November 25, 1960). "Stumbling Packers fall to Lions". Milwaukee Journal.
(November 25, 1960). "Lions turn tables on Packers, 23-10". Eugene Register-Guard.
[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011240det.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2013-Dec-27.
''NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book'', Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, {{ISBN. 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369

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