1961 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/17 | at Green Bay | W | 17-13 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at Baltimore | W | 16-15 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | vs San Francisco | L | 0-49 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | vs Chicago | L | 17-31 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | vs Los Angeles | W | 14-13 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs Baltimore | L | 14-17 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | at Los Angeles | W | 28-10 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | at San Francisco | T | 20-20 | 4-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | at St. Louis | W | 45-14 | 5-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | at Minnesota | W | 37-10 | 6-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/23 | vs Green Bay | L | 9-17 | 6-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | at Chicago | W | 16-15 | 7-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | vs Minnesota | W | 13-7 | 8-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Philadelphia | L | 24-27 | 8-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
RetroSeasons
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Recap
William Clay Ford, a member of the prestigious Ford Family is named President of the Detroit Lions. The Lions would go on to complete a solid 8-5-1 season but once again were out done by the Packers for the Conference Title.
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