The 1947 Detroit Lions season was their 18th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 1–10, winning three games.1947 Detroit Lions They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.

Before the season Draft

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Gamerecap 1 September 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–17 0–1 Forbes Field Recap 2 September 28 at Chicago Cardinals L 21–45 0–2 Comiskey Park Recap 3 October 5 at Boston Yanks W 21–7 1–2 Fenway Park Recap 4 October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 13–27 1–3 Briggs Stadium Recap 5 October 19 at Chicago Bears L 24–33 1–4 Wrigley Field Recap 6 October 26 at Green Bay Packers L 17–34 1–5 City Stadium Recap 7 November 2 New York Giants W 35–7 2–5 Briggs Stadium Recap 8 November 9 Chicago Cardinals L 7–17 2–6 Briggs Stadium Recap 9 November 16 Washington Redskins W 38–21 3–6 Briggs Stadium Recap 10 November 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–28 3–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 11 November 27 Chicago Bears L 14–34 3–8 Briggs Stadium Recap 12 December 7 Green Bay Packers L 14–35 3–9 Briggs Stadium Recap 13 Bye Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Roster 1947 Detroit Lions roster Quarterbacks   6 Roy Zimmerman K/P

Running backs 35 Bill Dudley CB 45 Pete Kmetovic 40 Elmer Madarik CB 81 Joe Margucci QB 62 Bill O'Brien 33 Steve Sucic LB 86 Bob Westfall LB 66 Camp Wilson

Receivers 21 Ted Cremer 10 John Greene DE 31 Ralph Heywood Linemen/Linebackers 65 Stan Batinski G/MG 44 Ben Chase T/DT 17 Chuck DeShane G/LB 50 Jack Dugger DT/T 34 George Hekkers T/DT 73 Elmer Jones G/MG 51 Les Lear MG/G 78 Kelley Mote DE/WR 46 Reed Nilsen C/LB 82 Mitchell Olenski T/DT 67 Merv Pregulman LB/C 55 Cecil Souders DE/WR 52 Ed Stacco T/DT 12 Dick Stovall LB 83 Frank Szymanski C/LB 71 Russ Thomas T/DT 42 Bill Ward LB/G Defensive backs 20 Ted Cook CB/WR 39 Bob DeFruiter S 11 Clyde LeForce S/QB 15 Joe Watt CB/RB/S 75 Bob Wiese S/FB

Reserve lists 42 Bob Ivory G/MG (IR) 22 Tommy James RB/CB (IR) -- Howard McAfee T (IR)

rookies in italics

References

External links 1947 Detroit Lions at Pro Football Reference 1947 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com