1954 Baltimore Colts season | |
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Owner | Carroll Rosenbloom |
Head coach | Weeb Ewbank |
Home field | Memorial Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 3–9 |
Division place | 6th NFL Western |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1954 Baltimore Colts season was the second season for the team in the National Football League after moving from Dallas, where the team played as the Texans. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1954 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses and finished sixth in the Western Conference. This was the first season that the Horseshoes appeared on the helmet. For the first two seasons (1954 & 55), the horseshoes were white and they were located on the back of an all blue helmet. In 1956 the color of the helmet change to White while the Horseshoes became blue. It wasn't until 1957 when the Colts received their most famous helmet design that's still in use to this day, a white helmet with a blue stripe down the middle and a blue horseshoe on either side.
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | |
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1 | September 26 | Los Angeles Rams | L 0–48 | 0–1 | Memorial Stadium | 36,215 | |
2 | October 2 | New York Giants | W 20–14 | 1–1 | Memorial Stadium | 27,088 | |
3 | October 10 | at Chicago Bears | L 9–28 | 1–2 | Wrigley Field | 27,845 | |
4 | October 16 | at Detroit Lions | L 0–35 | 1–3 | Briggs Stadium | 48,272 | |
5 | October 24 | Green Bay Packers | L 6–7 | 1–4 | Memorial Stadium | 28,680 | |
6 | October 31 | at Washington Redskins | L 21–24 | 1–5 | Griffith Stadium | 23,566 | |
7 | November 6 | Detroit Lions | L 3–27 | 1–6 | Memorial Stadium | 25,287 | |
8 | November 13 | at Green Bay Packers | L 13–24 | 1–7 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 19,786 | |
9 | November 21 | Chicago Bears | L 13–28 | 1–8 | Memorial Stadium | 23,093 | |
10 | November 28 | San Francisco 49ers | W 17–13 | 2–8 | Memorial Stadium | 23,875 | |
11 | December 4 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 22–21 | 3–8 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 30,744 | |
12 | December 11 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 7–10 | 3–9 | Kezar Stadium | 26,856 | |
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. |
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.