1954 Detroit Lions season

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1954 Detroit Lions season
Head coachBuddy Parker
Home fieldBriggs Stadium
Results
Record9–2–1
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost NFL Championship (at Browns) 10–56

The 1954 Detroit Lions season was their 25th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 10–2, winning only nine games.[1] They qualified for the championship game for the third consecutive season.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Main article: 1954 NFL Draft

The Lions drafted 32 players in the 1954 NFL Draft. Their first-round pick was Dick Chapman, an All-American defensive tackle out of Rice. Chapman never played a snap for the Lions, electing to return to Rice and finish his degree in physics. Their second-round pick, Michigan State center Jim Neal, also never played a snap after "marr[ying] a girl whose religion prohibited him to play football on Sundays."[2]

Regular season[]

Main article: 1954 NFL season

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 26 Chicago Bears W 48–23 1–0
52,343
2 October 3 Postponement to December 19; (World Series)
3 October 10 Los Angeles Rams W 21–3 2–0
56,523
4 October 16 Baltimore Colts W 35–0 3–0
48,272
5 October 24 at San Francisco 49ers L 31–37 3–1
60,500
6 October 31 at Los Angeles Rams W 27–24 4–1
74,342
7 November 6 at Baltimore Colts W 27–3 5–1
25,287
8 November 14 San Francisco 49ers W 48–7 6–1
58,431
9 November 21 at Green Bay Packers W 21–17 7–1
20,767
10 November 25 Green Bay Packers W 28–24 8–1
55,532
11 December 5 Philadelphia Eagles T 13–13 8–1–1
54,939
12 December 12 at Chicago Bears L 24–28 8–2–1
37,240
13 December 19 at Cleveland Browns W 14–10 9–2–1
34,168

Standings[]

NFL Western Conference
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 W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Detroit Lions 9 2 1 .818 8–2 337 189 W1
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 7–3 301 279 W4
San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 .636 5–4–1 313 251 W2
Los Angeles Rams 6 5 1 .545 4–5–1 314 285 W1
Green Bay Packers 4 8 0 .333 3–7 234 251 L4
Baltimore Colts 3 9 0 .250 2–8 131 279 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Postseason[]

Main article: 1954 NFL Championship Game
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
NFL Championship December 26 at Cleveland Browns L 10–56
43,827

References[]

  1. ^ 1954 Detroit Lions
  2. ^ Falls, Joe (October 20, 1955). "Low Draft Choices Hurt Detroit Lions This Year". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 21. Retrieved September 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Layne passes Lions to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 17, 1954. p. 1C.
  4. ^ Lea, Bud (November 25, 1954). "Layne-propelled Lions solid choice over Packers". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3, part 4.
  5. ^ Lea, Bud (November 26, 1954). "Packers outgain Lions but lose another heartbreaker, 28 to 24". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 2.
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