• Source: 1961 Detroit Lions season

      • The 1961 Detroit Lions season was the 32nd season in franchise history. Detroit was runner-up in the Western conference at 8–5–1, then won a second Playoff Bowl game against the Philadelphia Eagles that was played in the Orange Bowl, 38–10.
      This was also the first season that the silhouetted blue lion logo appeared on the helmets.


      Regular season



      According to the team, a total of 39,501 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1961 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.


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      Thursday (November 23: Thanksgiving)


      Standings



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

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


      Roster



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      Playoff Bowl


      The Playoff Bowl matched the runners-up of the two conferences to determine third place in the league. It was played in January at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, the week following the NFL Championship game. This season's participants, Detroit and Philadelphia, had met three weeks earlier in the last game of the regular season, a three-point Eagles' road win, and were slightly favored in Miami.
      This was the second year for the game and the Lions repeated as winners; it is classified by the NFL as an exhibition game, rather than postseason.

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      References



      Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference
      Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com
      Detroit Lions on The Football Database

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