1956 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/30 | at Green Bay | W | 20-16 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/6 | at Baltimore | W | 31-14 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/14 | vs Los Angeles | W | 24-21 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/21 | vs San Francisco | W | 20-17 | 4-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/28 | at Los Angeles | W | 16-7 | 5-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/4 | at San Francisco | W | 17-13 | 6-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/11 | at Washington | L | 17-18 | 6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/18 | vs Baltimore | W | 27-3 | 7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | vs Green Bay | L | 20-24 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/2 | vs Chi Bears | W | 42-10 | 8-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/9 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 45-7 | 9-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/16 | at Chi Bears | L | 21-38 | 9-3 | |||||||||||||||
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Recap
The Lions recover from their year of frustration nicely and once again become one of the top teams in the NFL. However their 9-3 record is only good enough for second place in the Western Conference as they finish just a half game behind the Chicago Bears.
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