1950 Los Angeles Rams season

1950 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach	Joe Stydahar
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	9–3
Division place	1st NFL National
Playoff finish	Won Conference Lost NFL Championship

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

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]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance	Stadium
1	September 17, 1950	Chicago Bears	L 20–24	21,000	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
2	September 22, 1950	New York Yanks	W 45–28	23,768	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3	October 1, 1950	at San Francisco 49ers	W 35–14	27,262	Kezar Stadium
4	October 7, 1950	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 20–56	24,134	Shibe Park
5	October 15, 1950	at Detroit Lions	W 30–28	35,589	Tiger Stadium
6	October 22, 1950	Baltimore Colts	W 70–27	16,026	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
7	October 29, 1950	Detroit Lions	W 65–24	27,475	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
8	November 5, 1950	San Francisco 49ers	W 28–21	33,234	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
9	November 12, 1950	at Green Bay Packers	W 45–14	20,456	State Fair Park
10	November 19, 1950	at New York Yanks	W 43–35	42,673	Yankee Stadium
11	November 26, 1950	at Chicago Bears	L 14–24	43,678	Wrigley Field
12	December 3, 1950	Green Bay Packers	W 51–14	39,323	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
13	Bye

• Bold equals notable games during the season.
• Italics equal upset loss.

Playoffs

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

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. 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.