1950 Los Angeles Rams season

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

1950 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coachJoe Stydahar
Home fieldLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record9–3
Division place1st NFL National
Playoff finishWon National Conference Playoff (Bears) 24–14
Lost NFL Championship (at Browns) 28–30

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]

Regular season
Main article: 1950 NFL season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance Stadium
1 September 17 Chicago Bears L  20–24 0–1 21,000 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
2 September 22 (Fri) New York Yanks W 45–28 1–1 23,768 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3 October 1 at San Francisco 49ers W 35–14 2–1 27,262 Kezar Stadium
4 October 7 (Sat) at Philadelphia Eagles L  20–56 2–2 24,134 Shibe Park
5 October 15 at Detroit Lions W 30–28 3–2 35,589 Briggs Stadium
6 October 22 Baltimore Colts W 70–27 4–2 16,026 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
7 October 29 Detroit Lions W 65–24 5–2 27,475 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
8 November 5 San Francisco 49ers W 28–21 6–2 33,234 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
9 November 12 at Green Bay Packers W 45–14 7–2 20,456 Wisconsin State Fair Park
10 November 19 at New York Yanks W 43–35 8–2 42,673 Yankee Stadium
11 November 26 at Chicago Bears L  14–24 8–3 43,678 Wrigley Field
12 December 3 Green Bay Packers W 51–14 9–3 39,323 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
13 December 10 Bye
  • Bold equals notable games during the season; Italics equal upset loss.
  • A bye week was necessary in 1950, as the league had an odd number (13) of teams; one team was idle each week.

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.

Playoffs
Main article: 1950 NFL playoffs
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance Stadium
Conference December 17 Chicago Bears W 24–14 83,501 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Championship December 24 at Cleveland Browns L  28–30 29,751 Cleveland Stadium

References
  1. 466 points in 12 games
  2. "1950 Los Angeles Rams".
  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.
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