1954 Chicago Cardinals season

1954 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach	Joe Stydahar
Home field	Comiskey Park
Results
Record	2–10
Division place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1954 Chicago Cardinals season was the 35th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous season of 1–10–1, winning two games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. The Cardinals became the first NFL team in history to concede 30 or more points in each of its first five games in a season.

Schedule

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

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
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.