1954 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1954 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 22nd in the league. They matched their previous output of 7–4–1.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. This was the first season to feature the Eagle wings logo on the helmets.
| 1954 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Happy Hundred |
| Head coach | Jim Trimble |
| Results | |
| Record | 7–4–1 |
| Division place | 2nd NFL Eastern |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Off Season
Philadelphia finished second in the last 2 seasons to the Cleveland Browns, with that Trimble is awarded a three-year contract after the team's second straight runner-up finish in 1953.
The Eagles hold training camp in Hershey, PA again. The 1954 season was the first in which the Eagles used the "wings" logo on their helmets.[2]
NFL DRAFT
The 1954 NFL Draft was held on January 28, 1954. The draft is again 30 rounds long, with 12 teams picking. A total of 360 players are taken in this 1 day draft. In 2011, a total of 254 players were taken by 32 teams over 3 nights.
The Eagles chose 28 players in this year's draft.
Player selections
The table shows the Eagle's selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
| = Pro Bowler [3] | = Hall of Famer |
| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Neil Worden | Fullback | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 2 | 21 | Rocky Ryan | End | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 3 | 33 | Ted Connor | Tackle | University of Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 4 | 45 | Menil "Minnie" Mavraides | Guard | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 57 | Pick Taken by Los Angeles Rams | ||
| 6 | 69 | Hal Lambert | Tackle | TCU Horned Frogs |
| 7 | 81 | Jerry Norton | Back | Southern Methodist |
| 8 | 93 | Dan Hunter | Tackle | Florida |
| 9 | 105 | Phil Branch | Guard | Texas |
| 10 | 117 | Pick Taken by Los Angeles Rams | ||
| 11 | 129 | Dave McLaughlin | End | Dartmouth Big Green |
| 12 | 131 | Dick Clasby | Back | Harvard Crimson |
| 13 | 153 | Joe Mehalick | Tackle | Virginia |
| 14 | 165 | Hal Patterson | Back | Kansas |
| 15 | 177 | Ray McKown | Back | Texas Christian |
| 16 | 189 | Charlie Grant | Center | Utah Utes |
| 17 | 201 | Bob Knowles | Tackle | Baylor Bears |
| 18 | 213 | Sam Mrvos | Guard | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 19 | 225 | Jerry Clem | Guard | Southern Methodist |
| 20 | 237 | Tommy Bailes | Back | Houston Cougars |
| 21 | 249 | Johnny Crouch | End | Texas Christian |
| 22 | 261 | Jim Wojciehowski | End | Purdue Boilermakers |
| 23 | 273 | Harold Lofton | Back | University of Mississippi Rebels |
| 24 | 285 | Nate Gressette | Tackle | Clemson Tigers |
| 25 | 297 | Ray Zambiasi | Back | Detroit |
| 26 | 309 | Charley Smith | Back | Baylor Bears |
| 27 | 321 | Ben Addiego | Back | Villanova Wildcats |
| 28 | 333 | John Gerdes | Tackle | Cornell Big Red |
| 29 | 345 | Jack Stone | Back | West Virginia |
| 30 | 357 | Tommy Woodlee | Back | South Carolina Gamecocks |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 26 | Cleveland Browns | W 28–10 | 1–0 | 26,546 |
| 2 | October 3 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 35–16 | 2–0 | 17,084 |
| 3 | October 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 24–22 | 3–0 | 37,322 |
| 4 | October 17 | at Washington Redskins | W 49–21 | 4–0 | 22,051 |
| 5 | October 23 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–17 | 4–1 | 39,075 |
| 6 | October 30 | Green Bay Packers | L 14–37 | 4–2 | 25,378 |
| 7 | November 7 | Chicago Cardinals | W 30–14 | 5–2 | 21,963 |
| 8 | November 14 | at New York Giants | L 14–27 | 5–3 | 46,565 |
| 9 | November 21 | at Cleveland Browns | L 0–6 | 5–4 | 41,537 |
| 10 | November 28 | Washington Redskins | W 41–33 | 6–4 | 18,517 |
| 11 | December 5 | at Detroit Lions | T 13–13 | 6–4–1 | 54,939 |
| 12 | December 12 | New York Giants | W 29–14 | 7–4–1 | 28,449 |
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.
Roster
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
| = 1954 Pro Bowl[4] | = Hall of Famer |
- + = Was a Starter in the Pro-Bowl
| NO. | Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Trimble | 35 | COACH | 1945 record 7–4–1 | NFL-Eagles Lifetime 21–14–2 | 3rd | Indiana University | |||
| 33 | Roy Barni | 27 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5–11 | 2 | San Francisco |
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik + | 29 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6–3 | 5 | Pennsylvania |
| 10 | Adrian Burk | 27 | QB | 12 | 8 | 190 | 6–2 | 4 | Baylor |
| 77 | Gus Cifelli | 28 | T | 7 | 0 | 244 | 6–4 | 4 | Notre Dame |
| 44 | Harry Dowda | 32 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6–2 | 5 | Wake Forest |
| 53 | Ken Farragut | 26 | C-LB | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6–4 | 3 | Mississippi |
| 27 | Hal Giancanelli | 25 | HB | 10 | 0 | 182 | 5–10 | 1 | Loyola Marymount |
| 22 | Ralph Goldston | 25 | HB-DB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | 2 | Youngstown State |
| 71 | Tom Higgins | 24 | T-G-DT | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6–2 | 1 | North Carolina |
| 42 | Bob Hudson | 24 | DB-LB-E | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 3 | Clemson |
| 63 | Ken Huxhold | 25 | G | 11 | 6 | 226 | 6–1 | Rookie | Wisconsin |
| 78 | Mike Jarmoluk | 32 | DT-T-MG | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6–5 | 8 | Temple |
| 40 | [[Don Johnson (halfback)}]] | 23 | HB | 6 | 0 | 187 | 6–0 | 1 | California |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | 33 | G-MG-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6–2 | 11 | Temple |
| 25 | Toy Ledbetter | 27 | HB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 5–10 | 4 | Oklahoma State |
| 89 | Don Luft | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6–5 | Rookie | Indiana |
| 67 | John Magee | 31 | G | 12 | 0 | 220 | 5–10 | 6 | La-Lafayette, and Rice |
| 64 | Menil Mavraides | 23 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6–1 | Rookie | Notre Dame |
| 46 | Don Miller | 22 | HB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6–2 | Rookie | SMU |
| 24 | Dom Moselle | 28 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6–0 | 4 | Wisconsin-Superior |
| 41 | Jerry Norton | 23 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | Rookie | SMU |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | 28 | FB-HB | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6–0 | 6 | Oklahoma State |
| 35 | Pete Pihos + | 31 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6–1 | 7 | Indiana |
| 72 | Jess Richardson | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 261 | 6–2 | 1 | Alabama |
| 52 | Wayne Robinson | 24 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–2 | 2 | Minnesota |
| 23 | Bill Roffler | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6–1 | Rookie | Washington State |
| 82 | Tom Scott | 24 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–2 | 1 | Virginia |
| 66 | Ed Sharkey | 27 | LB-G-T-DG | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6–3 | 7 | Duke, and Nevada-Reno |
| 73 | Lum Snyder | 24 | T | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6–5 | 2 | Georgia Tech |
| 20 | Don Stevens | 26 | HB | 4 | 0 | 176 | 5–9 | 2 | Illinois |
| 11 | Bobby Thomason | 26 | QB | 10 | 4 | 196 | 6–1 | 5 | VMI |
| 83 | Bobby Walston | 26 | E-HB-K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6–0 | 3 | Georgia ... Uga's page |
| 86 | Norm Willey + | 27 | DE-G-E | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–2 | 4 | Marshall |
| 49 | Jerry Williams | 31 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5–10 | 5 | Idaho, and Washington State |
| 32 | Neil Worden | 23 | FB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 5–10 | Rookie | Notre Dame |
| 75 | Frank Wydo | 30 | T-DT | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6–4 | 7 | Cornell |
| Players Team Average | 26.5 | 12 | 211.4 | 6–1.2 | 3.2 |
References
- 1954 Philadelphia Eagles
- "1954 Season at Gridiron Uniform Database". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
- Players are identified as a 1952 All-Star.