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1954 Season Recap

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The Detroit Lions bid for a 3rd Straight Championship gets off to a fast start as the Lions once again are the class of the Westen Conference finishing in 1st Place with a 9-2-1 record to earn a 3rd straight trip to the NFL Championship game. Once again the Lions are matched up against the Cleveland Browns in the title game. However, this time the Browns extract revenge by ripping the Lions apart by a score of 56-10.

The Detroit Lions bid for a 3rd Straight Championship gets off to a fast start as the Lions once again are the class of the Westen Conference finishing in 1st Place with a 9-2-1 record to earn a 3rd straight trip to the NFL Championship game. Once again the Lions are matched up against the Cleveland Browns in the title game. However, this time the Browns extract revenge by ripping the Lions apart by a score of 56-10.

1954 Detroit Lions season

1954 Detroit LionsLions

Lost NFL Championship

9-2 (.818)

1st place in NFL Western Conference

Head Coach

Buddy Parker

General Manager

Nick Kerbawy

Team Owner

Lyle Fife
Edwin Anderson

Stadium

Attendance

324,525 total
54,088 per game

1954 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 13 Dick Chapman / T

2 25 Jim Neaql / C

3 37 Bill Bowman / B

4 44 Bill Stits / B

4 49 Howard McCants / E

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