1940 Detroit Lions season

1940 Detroit Lions season
Head coachPotsy Clark
Home fieldUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Results
Record5–5–1
Division place3rd NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1940 Detroit Lions season was their 11th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–5, winning only five games.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Due to a dispute between new Lions owner Fred Mandel and Detroit Tigers owner Walter Briggs, the Lions played the entire 1940 home schedule at University of Detroit Stadium.[2]

  1. ^ 1940 Detroit Lions
  2. ^ Charlie Sanders, Larry Paladino, Charlie Sanders's Tales From the Detroit Lions, 2005, p. 150.