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	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

1. While nominally in the National Conference, the Colts were in fact a "swing team" whose scheduling was different from all other NFL teams.
2. 1950 Baltimore Colts
3. 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.
4. Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1950 to 1959, in the Regular Season, sorted by descending Points Allowed.
5. 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.