| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 26 – December 26, 1954 |
| East Champions | Cleveland Browns |
| West Champions | Detroit Lions |
| Championship Game | |
| Champions | Cleveland Browns |
The 1954 NFL season was the 35th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended when the Cleveland Browns defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFL Championship Game.
The 1954 NFL draft was held on January 28, 1954, at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. With the first pick, the Cleveland Browns selected quarterback Bobby Garrett from Stanford University.
In the Western Division, the 49ers pulled ahead in Week Five (October 24) with a 37–31 win over the Lions, but they lost four of their remaining seven games and finished 7–4–1.
The Lions, on the other hand, won six of their last seven, and finished 9–2–1. In the Eastern race, the Eagles got off to a 4–0 start, until dropping games to Pittsburgh (17–7) and Green Bay (37–14) to fall into a three-way tie with the Giants and Steelers. The Browns, who got off to a 1–2 start, went on an 8-game winning streak, gradually catching up with a Halloween win over New York (24–14).
A 6–0 win over Philadelphia on November 21 gave them the conference lead, and a 16–7 rematch win in New York the next week extended the margin.
The Browns' streak was ended on December 19 with a 14–10 loss to the Lions, but when the teams met in Cleveland again the next week for the Championship, the Browns beat the Lions in a 56–10 rout.
| Week | Western | Eastern | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 teams (Det, LA, SF) | 1–0–0 | 3 teams (NYG, Phi, Pit) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | 3 teams (Det, LA, SF) | 1–0–1 | Tie (Phi, Pit) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | Tie (Det, SF) | 2–0–1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 3–0–0 |
| 4 | Tie (Det, SF) | 3–0–1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 4–0–0 |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers | 4–0–1 | 3 teams (NYG, PHI, PIT) | 4–1–0 |
| 6 | Tie (Det, SF) | 4–1–1 | 3 teams (NYG, PHI, PIT) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | Detroit Lions | 5–1–0 | Tie (NYG, PHI) | 5–2–0 |
| 8 | Detroit Lions | 6–1–0 | New York Giants | 6–2–0 |
| 9 | Detroit Lions | 7–1–0 | Cleveland Browns | 6–2–0 |
| 10 | Detroit Lions | 8–1–0 | Cleveland Browns | 7–2–0 |
| 11 | Detroit Lions | 8–1–1 | Cleveland Browns | 8–2–0 |
| 12 | Detroit Lions | 8–2–1 | Cleveland Browns | 9–2–0 |
| 13 | Detroit Lions | 9–2–1 | Cleveland Browns | 9–3–0 |
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Cleveland 56, Detroit 10 at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, December 26, 1954
| Statistic | Name | Team | Yards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles | 2637 |
| Rushing | Joe Perry | San Francisco | 1049 |
| Receiving | Bob Boyd | Los Angeles | 1212 |
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