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1954 Chicago Cardinals season

The 1954 Chicago Cardinals season marked the 35th year the team was in the National Football League (NFL). While the team improved on their previous season of 1–10–1 by winning two games, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

1954 Chicago Cardinals season

Joe Stydahar
Comiskey Park
2–10
6th NFL Eastern
Did not qualify

The 1954 Chicago Cardinals season marked the 35th year the team was in the National Football League (NFL). While the team improved on their previous season of 1–10–1 by winning two games, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

In 1954 the Cardinals became the first NFL team in history to allow 30 or more points in each of its first five games in a season.

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

NFL Eastern Conference
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.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
	Front office

Principal Owner - Violet Bidwill Wolfner Managing Director - Walter Wolfner Head coaches

Head Coach – Joe Stydahar Offensive coaches

Backfield Coach - Joe Muha Ends Coach - Bob Nowaskey Line Coach - Ernie Jorge | | | Defensive coaches |

Source:

Official team photo of the 1954 Chicago Cardinals.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Quarterbacks (QB)
8 Lamar McHan
12 Steve Romanik
Running backs (RB)

44 Paul Barry 40 Bill Bredde CB 20 Les Goble S 37 Emmett King 33 Ollie Matson CB 36 Johnny Olszewski 2 Charley Trippi P/S Wide receivers (WR)

86 Jack Crittendon 87 Jim Ladd 80 Don Stonesifer Tight ends (TE) | | Offensive linemen (OL) 65 Johnny Hatley G/T 70 Jack Jennings T 68 Bill Lange G 60 Gordon Polofsky G 50 Jack Simmons C 74 Len Teeuws T 64 Jerry Watford G Defensive linemen (DL)

82 Tom Bienemann DE 73 Ledio Fanucchi DT/MG 75 Dick Fugler MG/DT 57 Jerry Groom DT/MG 84 Leo Sugar DE 85 Pat Summerall DE/K 72 Chuck Ulrich DT | | Linebackers (LB) 51 Leo Sanford 61 Fred Wallner Defensive backs (DB)

41 George Brancato CB/RB 24 Al Brosky S 47 George Kinek S 21 Ellsworth Kingery CB 81 Night Train Lane CB/WR Special teams (ST) | | Reserve

-- Alex Burl RB (Military) -- Tony Curcillo LB/FB (Military) -- Ed Husmann G (Military) -- Gern Nagler WR (Military) 21 Charles Oakley CB (IR) 21 Jim Sears S (IR) -- Dave Suminski G (Military) -- Ralph Thomas DE (Military) Rookies in italics |

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