The 1943 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League. The team finished at 3–6–1, an improvement on their previous season's output of 0–11.1943 Detroit Lions They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. Their 0–0 tie with the New York Giants in week 8 is the last scoreless tie in the NFL.
Offseason NFL Draft
Regular season Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 19 Chicago Cardinals W 35–17 1–0 Briggs Stadium 23,408 Recap 2 September 26 Brooklyn Dodgers W 27–0 2–0 Briggs Stadium 23,768 Recap 3 October 3 Chicago Bears L 21–27 2–1 Briggs Stadium 48,118 Recap 4 October 10 at Green Bay Packers L 14–35 2–2 City Stadium 21,396 Recap 5 October 17 at Chicago Cardinals W 7–0 3–2 Civic Stadium 15,072 Recap 6 October 24 Green Bay Packers L 6–27 3–3 Briggs Stadium 41,463 Recap 7 October 31 at Chicago Bears L 14–35 3–4 Wrigley Field 25,187 Recap 8 November 7 New York Giants T 0–0 3–4–1 Briggs Stadium 16,992 Recap 9 November 14 at Washington Redskins L 20–42 3–5–1 Griffith Stadium 35,540 Recap 10 November 21 at Phil-Pitt Steagles L 34–35 3–6–1 Forbes Field 23,338 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Roster 1943 Detroit Lions final roster Backs 25 Bill Callihan RB/S 46 Tommy Colella RB/CB/P 17 Mike Corgan FB/LB 23 Murray Evans RB/S 48 Chuck Fenenbock RB/CB 34 Elmer Hackney RB/CB 44 Harry Hopp RB/CB/P 45 Bob Keene RB/S 12 Ned Mathews RB/CB 21 Frank Sinkwich RB/CB/P 11 Art Van Tone RB/CB Linemen/Linebackers 65 Stan Batinski G/DG 52 Gerry Conlee C/LB 64 Alex Ketzko T/DT 73 Augie Lio G/T/DG/DT/K 76 Al Kaporch T/DT 62 Sonny Liles G/DG 83 Riley Matheson G/DG 71 Ted Pavelec T/DT 68 Lyle Rockenbach G/DG 66 Anthony Rubino G/DG 40 Roy Stuart G/DG 50 Alex Wojciechowicz C/LB Ends/Receivers 80 Bill Fisk 86 Ben Hightower 20 Bert Kuczynski 81 Bob Layden 82 Jack Matheson
Reserve 10 Lloyd Cardwell RB/CB (inactive) Dave Diehl E (inactive) Tony Furst T/DT (Military) Stillman Rouse E (Military)
rookies in italics
Video YouTube – Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins – (color, no audio) – November 14, 1943
References
External links 1943 Detroit Lions at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1943 Detroit Lions at JT-SW.com 1943 Detroit Lions at The Football Database