NFL 1954

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1954 NFL season
Regular season
season September 26, 1954 - December 26, 1954
East Champions Cleveland Browns
West Champions Detroit Lions
Championship game
NFL Champion Cleveland Browns
NFL season
 <1953 1955> 

The 1954 NFL season was the 35th season of the National Football League . The Cleveland Browns emerged as the winner of this season .

Regular season

Eastern Division
team W. L. T SQ P + P−
Cleveland Browns 9 3 0 .750 336 162
Philadelphia Eagles 7th 4th 1 .636 284 230
New York Giants 7th 5 0 .583 293 184
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7th 0 .417 219 263
Washington Redskins 3 9 0 .250 207 432
Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 .167 183 347
Western Division
team W. L. T SQ P + P−
Detroit Lions 9 2 1 .818 337 189
Chicago Bears 8th 4th 0 .667 301 279
San Francisco 49ers 7th 4th 1 .636 313 251
Los Angeles Rams 6th 5 1 .545 314 285
Green Bay Packers 4th 8th 0 .333 234 251
Baltimore Colts 3 9 0 .250 131 279

Legend:

S iege N iederlagen U nentschieden SQ games won (relative)
P + points made P− opposing points Championship participant

Play-offs

The 1954 NFL Championship Game took place on December 26, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland , Ohio . The winners of the Eastern and Western divisions competed against each other. The Cleveland Browns clearly defeated the Detroit Lions with 56:10.

1 2 3 4th total
Cleveland Browns 14th 21st 14th 7th 56
Detroit Lions 3 7th 0 0 10

Draft

The 1954 NFL Draft took place at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia . As the overall first , quarterback Bobby Garrett was selected by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns were allowed to vote as the winner of the draft lottery as the first team, even though they had been in the championship game in the preseason.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Championship - Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns - December 26th, 1954. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ DRAFT LOCATION HISTORY on operations.nfl.com, accessed June 15, 2019.
  3. ^ How the Browns drafted a QB No. 1 overall and he never played a down in Cleveland on cleveland.com, January 20, 2017, accessed June 15, 2019.