Whenever it is raining, or whenever the field is wet and slippery, the offensive team can request a new, dry playable ball at any time.
Conference racesEdit
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.
NFL History 1951–1960 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
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1954, season, 35th, regular, season, national, football, league, season, ended, when, cleveland, browns, defeated, detroit, lions, championship, game, 1954, national, football, league, seasonregular, seasondurationseptember, december, 1954east, championsclevel. 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 1954 National Football League seasonRegular seasonDurationSeptember 26 December 26 1954East ChampionsCleveland BrownsWest ChampionsDetroit LionsChampionship GameChampionsCleveland Browns 1953 NFL seasons 1955 EaglesBrownsGiantsBearsCardinals Steelers RedskinsPackersLions49ersColtsRamsclass notpageimage NFL teams West East Contents 1 Draft 2 Major rule changes 3 Conference races 4 Final standings 5 NFL Championship Game 6 League leaders 7 Awards 8 Coaching changes 9 ReferencesDraft EditThe 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 Major rule changes EditWhenever it is raining or whenever the field is wet and slippery the offensive team can request a new dry playable ball at any time Conference races EditIn 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 Eastern1 3 teams Det LA SF 1 0 0 3 teams NYG Phi Pit 1 0 02 3 teams Det LA SF 1 0 1 Tie Phi Pit 2 0 03 Tie Det SF 2 0 1 Philadelphia Eagles 3 0 04 Tie Det SF 3 0 1 Philadelphia Eagles 4 0 05 San Francisco 49ers 4 0 1 3 teams NYG PHI PIT 4 1 06 Tie Det SF 4 1 1 3 teams NYG PHI PIT 4 2 07 Detroit Lions 5 1 0 Tie NYG PHI 5 2 08 Detroit Lions 6 1 0 New York Giants 6 2 09 Detroit Lions 7 1 0 Cleveland Browns 6 2 010 Detroit Lions 8 1 0 Cleveland Browns 7 2 011 Detroit Lions 8 1 1 Cleveland Browns 8 2 012 Detroit Lions 8 2 1 Cleveland Browns 9 2 013 Detroit Lions 9 2 1 Cleveland Browns 9 3 0Final standings EditNFL Eastern Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKCleveland Browns 9 3 0 750 8 2 336 162 L1Philadelphia Eagles 7 4 1 636 7 3 284 230 W1New York Giants 7 5 0 583 7 3 293 184 L1Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 417 4 6 219 263 L2Washington Redskins 3 9 0 250 2 8 207 432 W1Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 167 2 8 183 347 L3Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 NFL Western Conferenceviewtalkedit W L T PCT CONF PF PA STKDetroit Lions 9 2 1 818 8 2 337 189 W1Chicago Bears 8 4 0 667 7 3 301 279 W4San Francisco 49ers 7 4 1 636 5 4 1 313 251 W2Los Angeles Rams 6 5 1 545 4 5 1 314 285 W1Green Bay Packers 4 8 0 333 3 7 234 251 L4Baltimore Colts 3 9 0 250 2 8 131 279 L1NFL Championship Game EditCleveland 56 Detroit 10 at Cleveland Stadium Cleveland Ohio December 26 1954League leaders EditStatistic Name Team YardsPassing Norm Van Brocklin Los Angeles 2637Rushing Joe Perry San Francisco 1049Receiving Bob Boyd Los Angeles 1212Awards EditSporting News NFL Player of the Year Lou Groza Cleveland Browns UPI NFL Most Valuable Player Joe Perry San Francisco 49ersCoaching changes EditBaltimore Colts Keith Molesworth was replaced by Weeb Ewbank Green Bay Packers Lisle Blackbourn became the Packers new head coach Gene Ronzani resigned after 10 games into 1953 Hugh Devore and Ray McLean served as co head coaches for the rest of the 1953 season Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Bach was replaced by Walt Kiesling New York Giants Steve Owen was replaced by Jim Lee Howell Washington Redskins Curly Lambeau was replaced by Joe Kuharich References EditNFL Record and Fact Book ISBN 1 932994 36 X NFL History 1951 1960 Last accessed December 4 2005 Total Football The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League ISBN 0 06 270174 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1954 NFL season amp oldid 1098395950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
