Detroit Lions Football Schedule For 1998
September:
12...................................Bloomington Jr. High
19...................................Cub Scout Troup 101
26...................................Michigan Blind Academy
October:
3....................................Spanish-American War Vets
10...................................Crippled Childrens Home
17...................................Northville Home for Wayward Girls
24...................................Girl Scout Troup #69
November:
1....................................Michigan VD Clinic Post #3
7....................................Grand Rapids Boys Choir
14...................................Korean War Amputees
21...................................VA Hospital Polio Patients
Special Monday Night Game:
December 8...........................Utopia Gay Boys
Rule Changes From Last Year:
1. When playing the polio patients, Lions must not disconnect leg braces.
2. When playing the Girl Scouts, Lions must not eat their cookies.
3. When playing the Blind Academy, Lions must not hide the football under their jerseys.
4. When playing the Korean War Amputees, Lions must not file any protest about players with one leg being harder to tackle.
Rules the Same As Last Year:
1. A touchdown (this is when the ball is carried over the goal, for all of you Lions fans that have never seen one) is still worth 21 points for the Lions and 6 for the opposing team.
2. The Lions will be allowed 27 men on the field at all times.
3. The Lions will be allowed to substitute with band members at any time during the course of the game.
4. The Lions will be allowed 20 time-outs as opposed to 3 for the other teams.
5. The Lions will be awarded a first down with each gain of 3 yards or more.
