1950 Los Angeles Rams season

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1950 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach Joe Stydahar
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record9–3
Division place1st NFL National
PlayoffsWon Conference Playoff
(vs. Bears) 24–14
Lost NFL Championship
(at Browns) 28–30
Pro Bowlers QB Norm Van Brocklin
FS Woodley Lewis
HB Glenn Davis
DE Larry Brink
QB Bob Waterfield
FB Dick Hoerner
DT Dick Huffman
E Tom Fears
Uniform
LA Rams Uniforms 50s.png

The 1950 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 13th year with the National Football League and the fifth season in Los Angeles.

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The 1950 Rams hold the NFL's all-time record for average points per game, scoring 38.8 points per contest. [1] They also hold the record for most points in a three-game span, with 165 points between October 15 and 29. [2] They are the only team in modern NFL history to score 60-or-more points twice in a season. They did so in consecutive games, in Weeks Six (70) and Seven (65). [3]

Los Angeles's 466 points scored in 1950 are the most scored by any team in the 1950s, and more than 70 points more than the next-closest team (which is, incidentally, the 1951 Rams). [4] In the 1951 Pro Bowl, the first all-star game for the league in nine years, the Rams tied for the most selections with eight players.

Before the season

Draft

1950 Los Angeles Rams draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
19 Ralph Pasquariello   FB Villanova
112 Stan West *  G Oklahoma
225Bob Fuchs  C Missouri
338Don Murray  T Penn State
451 Ben Procter   E Texas
564 Dick McKissack   DB SMU
677Orville Langrell T Oklahoma City
790Cliff Coggin E Mississippi Southern
8103 Woodley Lewis  DB Oregon
9116 Les Cowan   DT McMurry
10129 Jay Van Noy   B Utah State
11137Jay Roundy B USC
11142Fred Stuveck G West Virginia
12155John Lunny G Arkansas
13168Tom Winbigler B College of Idaho
14181Bill Trautwein T Ohio State Returned to Ohio State
15194 Dave Stephenson  GWest Virginia
16207Jim Maloney E Fordham
17220Harry Neugold T RPI
18233 Bobby Collier  TSMUPlayed for Rams in 1951
19246Johnny Smith E Arizona
20259Bill Young B Hillsdale
21272Bill Klein E Hanover
22285Doug Barber B Dakota Wesleyan
23298Jim Bird TUSC
24311Joe Joiner E Austin
25324 Dan Towler * FB Washington & Jefferson
26337Otto Haldy T Mankato State
27350Hal Kilman T TCU
28363Junior Morgan E San Jose State
29376Bob Heck B Pacific
30389 Bill Lange  G Dayton Played with Rams 1951–52
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[5]

Regular season

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
1September 17 Chicago Bears L 20–240–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 21,000 Recap
2September 22 New York Yanks W 45–281–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 23,768 Recap
3October 1at San Francisco 49ers W 35–142–1 Kezar Stadium 27,262 Recap
4October 7at Philadelphia Eagles L 20–562–2 Shibe Park 24,134 Recap
5October 15at Detroit Lions W 30–283–2 Briggs Stadium 35,589 Recap
6October 22 Baltimore Colts W 70–274–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 16,026 Recap
7October 29 Detroit Lions W 65–245–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 27,475 Recap
8November 5 San Francisco 49ers W 28–216–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 33,234 Recap
9November 12at Green Bay Packers W 45–147–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park 20,456 Recap
10November 19at New York Yanks W 43–358–2 Yankee Stadium 42,673 Recap
11November 26at Chicago Bears L 14–248–3 Wrigley Field 43,678 Recap
12December 3 Green Bay Packers W 51–149–3 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 39,323 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Program for the September 22 game against the New York Yanks. 500922-Rams-Yanks-program.jpg
Program for the September 22 game against the New York Yanks.
NFL National Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Los Angeles Rams 930.7509–2466309W1
Chicago Bears 930.7508–2279207W1
New York Yanks 750.5837–4366367W1
Detroit Lions 660.5005–6321285L1
San Francisco 49ers 390.2503–8213300W1
Green Bay Packers 390.2502–9244406L2
Baltimore Colts 1110.0831–4213462L5
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


NFL American Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 1020.8338–2310144W6
New York Giants 1020.8338–2268150W6
Pittsburgh Steelers 660.5005–5180195W1
Philadelphia Eagles 660.5004–6254141L4
Chicago Cardinals 570.4173–6233287L1
Washington Redskins 390.2501–8232326L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentResultVenueAttendanceRecap
Conference December 17 Chicago Bears W 24–14 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 83,501 Recap
NFL Championship December 24at Cleveland Browns L 28–30 Cleveland Stadium 29,751 Recap

References

  1. ↑ 466 points in 12 games
  2. ↑ "1950 Los Angeles Rams". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  3. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, requiring Points For >= 60, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1950 to 1959, in the regular season, sorted by descending Points For.
  5. ↑ "1950 Los Angeles Rams Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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