1950_Baltimore_Colts_season

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
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1949; Colts seasons;

1950 Baltimore Colts season

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

Program for the October 15 game against the visiting Philadelphia Eagles.

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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 Baltimore Colts hold the dubious 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 6 loss to the Rams, the Colts became one of only three teams in NFL history to surrender 70 or more points in a regular season contest.^[5]

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While nominally in the National Conference, the Colts were in fact a "swing team" whose scheduling was different from all other NFL teams.

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Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the NFL, in the regular season, requiring Points Allowed >= 50, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.

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Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1950 to 1959, in the Regular Season, sorted by descending Points Allowed.

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In a single game, from 1940 to 2012, in the Regular Season, requiring Points Allowed >= 60, sorted by descending Points Allowed. The 1966 Giants surrendered 72 against Washington.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Game recap
1	September 17	Washington Redskins	L 14–38	0–1	Memorial Stadium	Recap
2	September 24	Cleveland Browns	L 0–31	0–2	Memorial Stadium	Recap
3	October 2	at Chicago Cardinals	L 13–55	0–3	Comiskey Park	Recap
4	Bye
5	October 15	Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–24	0–4	Memorial Stadium	Recap
6	October 22	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–70	0–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
7	October 29	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–17	0–6	Kezar Stadium	Recap
8	November 5	Green Bay Packers	W 41–21	1–6	Memorial Stadium	Recap
9	November 12	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–17	1–7	Forbes Field	Recap
10	November 19	New York Giants	L 20–55	1–8	Memorial Stadium	Recap
11	November 26	at Washington Redskins	L 28–38	1–9	Griffith Stadium	Recap
12	December 3	Detroit Lions	L 21–45	1–10	Memorial Stadium	Recap
13	December 10	at New York Yanks	L 14–51	1–11	Yankee Stadium	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

NFL National Conference
view talk edit	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

NFL American Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	2	0	.833	8–2	310	144	W6
New York Giants	10	2	0	.833	8–2	268	150	W6
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	180	195	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	6	6	0	.500	4–6	254	141	L4
Chicago Cardinals	5	7	0	.417	3–6	233	287	L1
Washington Redskins	3	9	0	.250	1–8	232	326	L1

1950_Baltimore_Colts_season

1950 Baltimore Colts season

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