1955  1954 1953

1954 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 26
DET	10	at CLE	56		League Championship

1954 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
CLE	162	2658	22	56	73	18	147		300	126	1784	5.95	15	0	176	23	46.6		372	1050	2.82	4		58	608	26	19
NYG	184	3348	23	77	110	8	195		352	164	2322	6.60	11	0	306	33	39.7		415	1332	3.21	9		65	562	38	22
DET	189	3746	23	85	99	15	199		357	150	2390	6.69	10	0	164	30	39.3		397	1520	3.83	13		53	489	22	12
PHI	230	2747	27	64	84	23	171		345	143	2030	5.88	13	0	346	28	39.9		354	1063	3.00	8		58	589	32	22
GNB	251	4350	33	101	119	8	228		374	208	2690	7.19	17	0	211	19	72.4		403	1871	4.64	13		72	666	22	14
SFO	251	4020	32	74	122	11	207		374	193	3015	8.06	24	0	366	19	78.9		348	1371	3.94	8		51	426	29	18
PIT	263	4370	34	120	93	8	221		295	167	2458	8.33	18	0	281	30	64.7		466	2193	4.71	14		97	823	31	20
BLC	279	3930	36	95	120	19	234		330	178	2503	7.58	12	0	203	20	65.5		425	1630	3.84	21		92	834	28	10
CHI	279	4105	34	94	106	21	221		369	177	2432	6.59	13	0	244	27	50.8		427	1917	4.49	15		87	696	31	18
LAM	285	4182	34	92	129	19	240		393	219	2697	6.86	16	0	130	23	66.3		368	1615	4.39	14		63	605	18	6
CHC	347	4326	45	85	123	18	226		356	193	3006	8.44	29	0	212	24	81.5		400	1532	3.83	13		74	716	30	19
WAS	432	4793	57	108	163	11	282		387	217	3060	7.91	33	0	155	18	90.8		400	1888	4.72	20		82	739	32	18

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BLC	OWN:	33	168	0		72	2680	0	1	0		48	899	0		12	13	11	23		OPP:	45	150	0		57	2266		29	587	0		36	36	9	19
CHC	OWN:	39	208	1		63	2467	0	0	0		58	1420	3		21	23	8	19		OPP:	46	55	0		55	2294		36	832	1		42	44	11	16
CHI	OWN:	42	186	0		57	2283	0	0	0		50	942	0		37	38	12	22		OPP:	40	406	2		65	2561		47	1018	1		32	34	13	25
CLE	OWN:	61	324	0		52	2230	0	0	0		31	783	0		40	41	16	24		OPP:	38	128	1		84	3371		51	1060	0		21	22	3	9
DET	OWN:	37	364	2		63	2585	0	0	0		39	822	1		43	43	12	23		OPP:	29	67	0		65	2554		61	1257	0		21	23	10	18
GNB	OWN:	40	394	1		72	2999	0	0	0		49	1193	0		27	29	9	16		OPP:	43	290	1		64	2568		45	832	0		32	33	7	14
LAM	OWN:	44	201	0		44	1874	0	0	0		56	1202	1		41	41	9	16		OPP:	32	349	0		58	2492		46	1058	0		33	34	16	26
NYG	OWN:	52	305	1		64	2720	0	0	0		29	662	0		36	36	13	25		OPP:	45	152	0		71	2853		53	1274	1		20	23	8	15
PHI	OWN:	49	273	0		73	2918	0	0	0		45	946	0		36	39	4	10		OPP:	49	304	1		71	3006		52	1235	2		25	27	13	28
PIT	OWN:	32	110	0		66	2852	0	0	0		45	987	0		25	28	8	13		OPP:	44	302	0		54	2155		42	1003	1		33	34	8	17
SFO	OWN:	36	205	0		60	2221	0	1	0		39	930	0		37	40	12	21		OPP:	40	269	0		59	2420		57	1145	0		32	32	9	19
WAS	OWN:	26	121	0		62	2493	0	0	0		69	1380	1		26	27	5	10		OPP:	40	387	0		45	1782		39	865	0		54	56	12	16

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 382 2. Jim Finks - PIT 306 3. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 295 4. George Blanda - CHI 281 5. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 260 6. Lamar Mchan - CHC 255 7. Bobby Layne - DET 246 8. Otto Graham - CLE 240 9. Adrian Burk - PHI 231 10. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 217	Pass Comp 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 180 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 170 3. Jim Finks - PIT 164 4. Otto Graham - CLE 142 5. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 139 6. Bobby Layne - DET 135 7. George Blanda - CHI 131 8. Adrian Burk - PHI 123 9. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 117 10. Lamar Mchan - CHC 105	Comp Pct 1. Otto Graham - CLE .592 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO .576 3. Bobby Layne - DET .549 4. Gary Kerkorian - BLC .539 5. Jim Finks - PIT .536 6. Norm Van brocklin - LAM .535 7. Adrian Burk - PHI .532 8. Charley Conerly - NYG .490 9. Bobby Thomason - PHI .488 10. Tobin Rote - GNB .471 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 2637 2. Tobin Rote - GNB 2311 3. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 2205 4. Otto Graham - CLE 2092 5. Jim Finks - PIT 2003 6. George Blanda - CHI 1929 7. Bobby Layne - DET 1818 8. Adrian Burk - PHI 1740 9. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 1515 10. Lamar Mchan - CHC 1475	Pass YPA 1. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 10.14 2. Otto Graham - CLE 8.72 3. Adrian Burk - PHI 7.53 4. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 7.47 5. Bobby Layne - DET 7.39 6. Bobby Thomason - PHI 7.31 7. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 6.98 8. George Blanda - CHI 6.86 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 6.85 10. Jim Finks - PIT 6.55 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 23 2. Charley Conerly - NYG 17 3. George Blanda - CHI 15 4. Jim Finks - PIT 14 Bobby Layne - DET 14 Tobin Rote - GNB 14 7. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 13 8. Otto Graham - CLE 11 9. Bobby Thomason - PHI 10 10. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 9 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 9	Pass INT 1. Lamar Mchan - CHC 22 2. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 21 3. Jim Finks - PIT 19 4. Tobin Rote - GNB 18 5. George Blanda - CHI 17 Zeke Bratkowski - CHI 17 Adrian Burk - PHI 17 Al Dorow - WAS 17 Otto Graham - CLE 17 10. Jack Scarbath - WAS 13 Bobby Thomason - PHI 13	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 80.4 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 78.7 3. Bobby Layne - DET 77.3 4. Charley Conerly - NYG 76.7 5. Otto Graham - CLE 73.5 6. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 71.9 7. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 66.9 8. Jim Finks - PIT 63.4 9. George Blanda - CHI 62.1 10. Bobby Thomason - PHI 61.0 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Joe Perry - SFO 173 2. Harry Jagade - CHI 157 3. Dan Towler - LAM 149 4. Mo Bassett - CLE 144 5. Eddie Price - NYG 135 6. John Henry Johnson - SFO 129 7. Jim Parmer - PHI 119 8. Fran Rogel - PIT 111 9. Rob Goode - WAS 108 10. Johnny Olszewski - CHC 106
Rush Yards 1. Joe Perry - SFO 1049 2. John Henry Johnson - SFO 681 3. Tank Younger - LAM 610 4. Dan Towler - LAM 599 5. Mo Bassett - CLE 588 6. Eddie Price - NYG 555 7. Billy Wells - WAS 516 8. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 515 9. Floyd Reid - GNB 507 10. Ollie Matson - CHC 506	Rush AVG 1. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 8.0 2. Tank Younger - LAM 6.7 3. Joe Perry - SFO 6.1 4. Skeet Quinlan - LAM 6.0 5. Frank Gifford - NYG 5.6 6. John Henry Johnson - SFO 5.3 7. Billy Wells - WAS 5.2 8. Floyd Reid - GNB 5.1 9. Ollie Matson - CHC 5.0 10. Lew Carpenter - DET 4.6 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Dan Towler - LAM 11 2. John Henry Johnson - SFO 9 3. Otto Graham - CLE 8 Joe Perry - SFO 8 Tobin Rote - GNB 8 Tank Younger - LAM 8 7. Mo Bassett - CLE 6 Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 6 9. Johnny Lattner - PIT 5 Floyd Reid - GNB 5	Receptions 1. Pete Pihos - PHI 60 Billy Wilson - SFO 60 3. Bob Boyd - LAM 53 4. Billy Howton - GNB 52 5. Dante Lavelli - CLE 47 6. Dorne Dibble - DET 46 7. Harlon Hill - CHI 45 8. Ray Mathews - PIT 44 Don Stonesifer - CHC 44 Jerry Williams - PHI 44	Rec Yards 1. Bob Boyd - LAM 1212 2. Harlon Hill - CHI 1124 3. Pete Pihos - PHI 872 4. Billy Wilson - SFO 830 5. Dante Lavelli - CLE 802 6. Dorne Dibble - DET 768 Billy Howton - GNB 768 8. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 720 9. Pete Brewster - CLE 676 10. Jerry Williams - PHI 668
Rec AVG 1. Harlon Hill - CHI 25.0 2. Bob Boyd - LAM 22.9 3. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 20.6 4. Jim Dooley - CHI 19.4 5. Kyle Rote - NYG 19.0 6. Billy Jessup - SFO 18.8 7. Bobby Walston - PHI 18.7 8. Bob Schnelker - NYG 18.3 9. Dub Jones - CLE 18.3 10. Ken Macafee - NYG 18.3 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Harlon Hill - CHI 12 2. Bobby Walston - PHI 11 3. Pete Pihos - PHI 10 4. Max Mcgee - GNB 9 5. Ken Macafee - NYG 8 Bob Schnelker - NYG 8 Hugh Taylor - WAS 8 8. Jim Dooley - CHI 7 Earl Girard - DET 7 Dante Lavelli - CLE 7	Fumbles 1. Harry Jagade - CHI 12 2. Rob Goode - WAS 10 3. Bill Bowman - DET 8 Howie Ferguson - GNB 8 5. Adrian Burk - PHI 7 Frank Gifford - NYG 7 Toy Ledbetter - PHI 7 Ollie Matson - CHC 7 Jerry Williams - PHI 7 10. Charlie Justice - WAS 6 Gary Kerkorian - BLC 6 Fred Morrison - CLE 6 Jim Parmer - PHI 6 Joe Perry - SFO 6	Punt Returns 1. Chet Hanulak - CLE 27 2. Billy Reynolds - CLE 25 3. Veryl Switzer - GNB 24 4. Joe Arenas - SFO 23 Jack Christiansen - DET 23 Jerry Williams - PHI 23 7. Les Goble - CHC 22 Woodley Lewis - LAM 22 9. Jerry Norton - PHI 21 Emlen Tunnell - NYG 21	Punt Ret Avg 1. Veryl Switzer - GNB 12.8 2. Marshall Johnson - NYG 10.3 3. Jack Christiansen - DET 9.8 4. Jerry Williams - PHI 6.7 5. Billy Reynolds - CLE 5.5 6. Joe Arenas - SFO 5.1 7. Johnny Lattner - PIT 4.3 8. Buddy Young - BLC 4.3 9. Jerry Norton - PHI 4.2 10. Joe Scudero - WAS 3.8 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Jack Christiansen - DET 1 Marshall Johnson - NYG 1 Ollie Matson - CHC 1 Veryl Switzer - GNB 1 Doak Walker - DET 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Woodley Lewis - LAM 34 2. Les Goble - CHC 27 3. Dale Atkeson - WAS 24 4. Al Carmichael - GNB 20 Veryl Switzer - GNB 20 6. Hal Giancanelli - PHI 17 Ollie Matson - CHC 17 8. Joe Arenas - SFO 16 Rob Goode - WAS 16 Johnny Lattner - PIT 16	Kick Ret Avg 1. Billy Reynolds - CLE 29.5 2. Les Goble - CHC 27.7 3. Al Carmichael - GNB 26.6 4. Ollie Matson - CHC 26.4 5. Dale Atkeson - WAS 26.0 6. Johnny Lattner - PIT 25.8 7. Veryl Switzer - GNB 25.0 8. Woodley Lewis - LAM 24.6 9. Adam Walker - BLC 23.7 10. Hal Giancanelli - PHI 22.8 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Les Goble - CHC 2 2. Dale Atkeson - WAS 1 Bill Bowman - DET 1 Woodley Lewis - LAM 1 Ollie Matson - CHC 1
Punts 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 73 2. Cotton Davidson - BLC 72 Max Mcgee - GNB 72 4. Pat Brady - PIT 66 5. Tom Landry - NYG 64 6. Earl Girard - DET 63 7. Charlie Justice - WAS 61 8. Charley Trippi - CHC 59 9. Horace Gillom - CLE 52 10. Pete Brown - SFO 49	Punt Avg 1. Cotton Davidson - BLC 0.0 2. Pete Brown - SFO 0.0 3. Charley Trippi - CHC 0.0 4. Adrian Burk - PHI 0.0 5. Charlie Justice - WAS 0.0 6. Zeke Bratkowski - CHI 0.0 7. Earl Girard - DET 0.0 8. Max Mcgee - GNB 0.0 9. Tom Landry - NYG 0.0 10. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Lou Groza - CLE 16 2. Ben Agajanian - NYG 13 3. Gordy Soltau - SFO 11 Doak Walker - DET 11 5. Fred Cone - GNB 9 6. George Blanda - CHI 8 Les Richter - LAM 8 Pat Summerall - CHC 8 9. Bert Rechichar - BLC 6 10. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 5	Field Goals Att 1. Ben Agajanian - NYG 25 2. Lou Groza - CLE 24 3. Gordy Soltau - SFO 18 Pat Summerall - CHC 18 5. Doak Walker - DET 17 6. George Blanda - CHI 16 Fred Cone - GNB 16 8. Les Richter - LAM 15 9. Bert Rechichar - BLC 13 10. Gary Kerkorian - BLC 10 Bobby Walston - PHI 10	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Dick Lane - CHC 10 2. Dick Alban - WAS 9 3. Jack Christiansen - DET 8 Bob Hudson - PHI 8 Tom Landry - NYG 8 Emlen Tunnell - NYG 8 7. Paul Cameron - PIT 7 Jimmy David - DET 7 Bobby Dillon - GNB 7 Kenny Konz - CLE 7	INT TD Ret 1. Jack Butler - PIT 2 Kenny Konz - CLE 2 3. Rex Berry - SFO 1 Hardy Brown - SFO 1 Jack Christiansen - DET 1 Russ Craft - PIT 1 Bobby Dillon - GNB 1 Jack Dwyer - LAM 1 Ken Gorgal - CLE 1 Carl Karilivacz - DET 1 Warren Lahr - CLE 1 Jerry Norton - PHI 1 S.j. Whitman - CHI 1

Awards

Heisman Trophy Winner - Alan Ameche
Pro Bowl MVP - Billy Wilson
UPI MVP - Joe Perry

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Adrian Burk
EAST	QB	Otto Graham
EAST	FB	Rob Goode
EAST	FB	Eddie Price
EAST	T	Lum Snyder
EAST	T	Lou Groza
EAST	G	Abe Gibron
EAST	G	Frank Kilroy
EAST	G	Bill Austin
EAST	G	Dale Dodrill
EAST	HB	Johnny Lattner
EAST	HB	Kyle Rote
EAST	HB	Ollie Matson
EAST	HB	Billy Wells
EAST	E	Pete Pihos
EAST	E	Hugh Taylor
EAST	E	Dante Lavelli
EAST	DE	Len Ford
EAST	DE	Norm Willey
EAST	DT	Don Colo
EAST	DT	Ray Krouse
EAST	DT	Jerry Groom
EAST	DHB	Frank Gifford
EAST	DHB	Tom Landry
EAST	DHB	Dick Lane
EAST	LB	Chuck Bednarik
EAST	LB	Wayne Robinson
EAST	CB	Dick Alban
EAST	S	Emlen Tunnell
WEST	QB	Norm Van Brocklin
WEST	QB	Y.A. Tittle
WEST	FB	Joe Perry
WEST	FB	Harry Jagade
WEST	FB	Dan Towler
WEST	G	Duane Putnam
WEST	G	Bruno Banducci
WEST	G	Lou Creekmur
WEST	G	Bill George
WEST	C	Leon McLaughlin
WEST	HB	John Henry Johnson
WEST	HB	Skeet Quinlan
WEST	HB	Doak Walker
WEST	HB	Buddy Young
WEST	HB	Jim Cason
WEST	E	Bob Boyd
WEST	OE	Harlon Hill
WEST	E	Ed Sprinkle
WEST	DE	Gino Marchetti
WEST	DE	John Martinkovic
WEST	DT	Dave Hanner
WEST	DT	Al Carapella
WEST	DT	Bill Bishop
WEST	DT	Art Donovan
WEST	DHB	Jimmy David
WEST	DHB	Bill Stits
WEST	LB	LaVern Torgeson
WEST	LB	Joe Schmidt
WEST	LB	Les Richter
WEST	LB	Roger Zatkoff
WEST	DB	Jack Christiansen

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