1953 NFL Season — Final Standings
Final regular-season standings, the season the league renamed its conferences back to Eastern and Western (from American/National) and Baltimore returned to the NFL map via a brand-new Rosenbloom-owned expansion franchise built from the roster and assets of the just-folded Dallas Texans. Despite inheriting the Texans' players, the NFL and the Colts organization itself do not count this as a continuation of the Texans (or of the unrelated 1950 AAFC-holdover Colts) — the Texans remain, to this day, the most recent NFL franchise to fold without its history being claimed by any successor. Detroit repeated as champion in a squeaker over Cleveland, 17-16.
Eastern Conference
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CBCleveland Browns | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | - |
| — | PEPhiladelphia Eagles | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 | 3.5 |
| — | WRWashington Redskins | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 4.5 |
| — | PSPittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5 |
| — | NYGNew York Giants | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 8 |
| — | CCChicago Cardinals | 1 | 10 | 1 | .091 | 9.5 |
Western Conference
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DLDetroit Lions | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | - |
| — | SF4San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1 |
| — | LARLos Angeles Rams | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 1.5 |
| — | CBChicago Bears | 3 | 8 | 1 | .273 | 6.5 |
| — | BCBaltimore Colts | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 7 |
| — | GBPGreen Bay Packers | 2 | 9 | 1 | .182 | 7.5 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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