1950 Baltimore Colts season

1950 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach Clem Crowe
Home field Municipal Stadium (Baltimore)
Results
Record 1–11
Division place 13th NFL[1]
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1950 Baltimore Colts season was their fourth as a franchise and only season in the National Football League.

The team matched its previous season's record of 1–11.[2] It failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The 1950 Colts hold the distinction of being the only team in NFL history to allow more than 50 points in four different regular season games.[3] The 462 points (38.5 points-per-game) the Colts surrendered is the most of any NFL team in the decade of the 1950s.[4] In their week six loss to the Rams, the Colts became one of only two teams in NFL history to surrender 70 or more points in a regular season contest.[5]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 17, 1950 Washington Redskins L 38–14
2 September 24, 1950 Cleveland Browns L 31–0
3 October 2, 1950 at Chicago Cardinals L 55–13
4 Bye
5 October 15, 1950 Philadelphia Eagles L 24–14
6 October 22, 1950 at Los Angeles Rams L 70–27
7 October 29, 1950 at San Francisco 49ers L 17–14
8 November 5, 1950 Green Bay Packers W 41–21
9 November 12, 1950 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–7
10 November 19, 1950 New York Giants L 55–20
11 November 26, 1950 at Washington Redskins L 38–28
12 December 3, 1950 Detroit Lions L 45–21
13 December 10, 1950 at New York Yanks L 51–14

Standings

NFL National Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 9 3 0 .750 9–2 466 309 W1
Chicago Bears 9 3 0 .750 8–2 279 207 W1
New York Yanks 7 5 0 .583 7–4 366 367 W1
Detroit Lions 6 6 0 .500 5–6 321 285 L1
San Francisco 49ers 3 9 0 .250 3–8 213 300 W1
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 2–9 244 406 L2
Baltimore Colts 1 11 0 .083 1–4 213 462 L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

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