1954 Chicago Cardinals season

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1954 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach
NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1954 Chicago Cardinals season was the 35th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous season of 1–10–1, winning two games.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. The Cardinals became the first NFL team in history to concede 30 or more points in each of its first five games in a season.[2]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 26 New York Giants L 10–41 0–1 Comiskey Park 16,780
2 October 3 Philadelphia Eagles L 16–35 0–2 Comiskey Park 17,084
3 October 10 at Cleveland Browns L 7–31 0–3
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
24,101
4 October 17 at New York Giants L 17–31 0–4 Polo Grounds 31,256
5 October 24 Cleveland Browns L 3–35 0–5 Comiskey Park 23,823
6 October 31 Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–14 1–5 Comiskey Park 18,765
7 November 7 at Philadelphia Eagles L 14–30 1–6 Connie Mack Stadium 21,963
8 November 14 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–28 1–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,739
9 November 21 Washington Redskins W 38–16 2–7 Comiskey Park 15,619
10 November 28 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–20 2–8 Forbes Field 14,460
11 December 5 Chicago Bears L 7–29 2–9 Comiskey Park 33,594
12 December 12 at Washington Redskins L 20–37 2–10 Griffith Stadium 18,107
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 9 3 0 .750 8–2 336 162 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 7 4 1 .636 7–3 284 230 W1
New York Giants 7 5 0 .583 7–3 293 184 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 .417 4–6 219 263 L2
Washington Redskins 3 9 0 .250 2–8 207 432 W1
Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 .167 2–8 183 347 L3

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

References

  1. ^ 1954 Chicago Cardinals
  2. ^ "Elias Says..." ESPN.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.