1954 Baltimore Colts season

1954 Baltimore Colts season
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager	Don "Red" Kellett
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. 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.

Program for the Colts' December 4 game in Los Angeles against the Rams.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
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
	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.

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.

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts

External links

• "Colts v. Los Angeles Rams, Sept. 26, 1954," WMAR-TV, Baltimore, via Internet Archive (Video)