1933 Portsmouth Spartans season


The 1933 Portsmouth Spartans season was their fourth in the league and final season before becoming the Detroit Lions. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–2–4, losing five games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Schedule

The Spartans started out fast with a 5-1 mark, just a half-game behind the first place Bears. After splitting their next two contests, Portsmouth was still within half a game of Chicago. But the Spartans would lose their next three games, including back-to-back defeats to the Bears to close the season. The Spartans were sold and headed north for the 1934 season, becoming the Detroit Lions. Ironically, the team would return for one last game at Universal Stadium when the Lions' October 28 contest against failing Cincinnati Reds franchise was moved from the Queen City to Portsmouth; Detroit won, 38-0, in the last-ever NFL game played in the small Ohio town.
WeekDateOpponentResult
1September 17, 1933Cincinnati RedsW 21–0
2September 24, 1933New York GiantsW 17–7
3October 1, 1933Chicago CardinalsW 7–6
4October 8, 1933at Green Bay PackersL 17–0
5October 15, 1933at Boston RedskinsW 13–0
6October 18, 1933at Philadelphia EaglesW 25–0
7November 5, 1933at New York GiantsL 13–10
8November 12, 1933Green Bay PackersW 7–0
9November 19, 1933at Cincinnati RedsL 10–7
10November 26, 1933at Chicago BearsL 17–14
11December 3, 1933Chicago BearsL 17–7

Standings