The season ended when the Cleveland Browns defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFL Championship Game.
The 1954 NFL draft was held on January 28, 1954, at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.
With the first pick, the Cleveland Browns selected quarterback Bobby Garrett from Stanford University.
In the Western Division, the 49ers pulled ahead in Week Five (October 24) with a 37–31 win over the Lions, but they lost four of their remaining seven games and finished 7–4–1.
In the Eastern race, the Eagles got off to a 4–0 start, until dropping games to Pittsburgh (17–7) and Green Bay (37–14) to fall into a three-way tie with the Giants and Steelers.