1955 Detroit Lions season

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.^[1] They missed the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.

1955 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home stadium	Briggs Stadium
Results
Record	3–9
Division place	6th NFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify
← 1954 Lions seasons 1956 →

Schedule

According to the team, a total of 36,434 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1955 campaign.^[2] 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.^[2]

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	October 1	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	November 5	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),^[3][4] Thursday (November 24: Thanksgiving)^[5][6]

Standings

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	8	3	1	.727	6–3–1	260	231	W3
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	7–3	294	251	W2
Green Bay Packers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	258	276	L1
Baltimore Colts	5	6	1	.455	5–4–1	214	239	L2
San Francisco 49ers	4	8	0	.333	4–6	216	298	W1
Detroit Lions	3	9	0	.250	2–8	230	275	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	2	1	.818	7–2–1	349	218	W2
Washington Redskins	8	4	0	.667	6–4	246	222	W1
New York Giants	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	267	223	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	1	.364	4–5–1	248	231	L1
Chicago Cardinals	4	7	1	.364	3–6–1	224	252	L2
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	8	0	.333	4–6	195	285	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

1955 Detroit Lions roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  12 Harry Gilmer  22 Bobby Layne Running backs (RB) 14 Bob Hoernschemeyer HB 32 Lew Carpenter HB 37 Doak Walker HB Wide receivers (WR) 83 Jim Doran E 28 Dave Middleton 82 Leon Hart E Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL) 52 Andy Miketa C 50 Charlie Ane T 62 George Atkins G 51 Jim Salsbury G 63 Dick Stanfel G 64 Bud Brooks G 66 Harley Sewell G 76 Lou Creekmur G Defensive linemen (DL) 74 Bob Miller (American football) DT 42 Bob Dove DE 89 Walt Jenkins 78 Darris McCord 68 Jim Ricca 72 Gil Mains DE 88 Jim Cain DE

Linebackers (LB) 86 Bob Long LB 85 Sonny Gandee LB 54 Ted Topor LB 56 Joe Schmidt LB 57 Leon Cunningham LB Defensive backs (DB) 21 Carl Karilivacz 48 Richie Woit 48 Dom Fucci DB 24 Jack Christiansen S 25 Jim David 28 Yale Lary S 44 Lee Riley DB Special teams (ST) 37 Doak Walker 24 Jack Christiansen 23 Jug Girard

Rookies in italics