The 1955 Detroit Lions season was their 26th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 9–2–1, winning only three games.1955 Detroit Lions They missed the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.
Schedule
According to the team, a total of 36,434 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1955 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.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 25 at Green Bay Packers L 17–20 0–1 City Stadium 22,217 Recap 2 at Baltimore Colts L 13–28 0–2 Memorial Stadium 40,030 Recap 3 October 9 Los Angeles Rams L 10–17 0–3 Briggs Stadium 54,836 Recap 4 October 16 San Francisco 49ers L 24–27 0–4 Briggs Stadium 51,438 Recap 5 October 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 13–24 0–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 68,690 Recap 6 October 30 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–38 0–6 Kezar Stadium 47,731 Recap 7 Baltimore Colts W 24–14 1–6 Briggs Stadium 53,874 Recap 8 November 13 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–28 2–6 Forbes Field 34,441 Recap 9 November 20 Chicago Bears L 14–24 2–7 Briggs Stadium 53,610 Recap 10 November 24 Green Bay Packers W 24–10 3–7 Briggs Stadium 51,685 Recap 11 December 4 at Chicago Bears L 20–21 3–8 Wrigley Field 39,388 Recap 12 December 11 New York Giants L 19–24 3–9 Briggs Stadium 45,929 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Saturday night (October 1, November 5), Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving)
Standings
Roster
References
External links 1955 Detroit Lions at Pro Football Reference 1955 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com 1955 Detroit Lions at the Football Database (FootballDB.com)