1950 Los Angeles Rams season
NFL team season
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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 coach | Joe Stydahar |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–3 |
| Division place | 1st NFL National |
| Playoffs | Won 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 |
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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 | |||||
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Ralph Pasquariello | FB | Villanova | |
| 1 | 12 | Stan West * | G | Oklahoma | |
| 2 | 25 | Bob Fuchs | C | Missouri | |
| 3 | 38 | Don Murray | T | Penn State | |
| 4 | 51 | Ben Procter | E | Texas | |
| 5 | 64 | Dick McKissack | DB | SMU | |
| 6 | 77 | Orville Langrell | T | Oklahoma City | |
| 7 | 90 | Cliff Coggin | E | Mississippi Southern | |
| 8 | 103 | Woodley Lewis | DB | Oregon | |
| 9 | 116 | Les Cowan | DT | McMurry | |
| 10 | 129 | Jay Van Noy | B | Utah State | |
| 11 | 137 | Jay Roundy | B | USC | |
| 11 | 142 | Fred Stuveck | G | West Virginia | |
| 12 | 155 | John Lunny | G | Arkansas | |
| 13 | 168 | Tom Winbigler | B | College of Idaho | |
| 14 | 181 | Bill Trautwein | T | Ohio State | Returned to Ohio State |
| 15 | 194 | Dave Stephenson | G | West Virginia | |
| 16 | 207 | Jim Maloney | E | Fordham | |
| 17 | 220 | Harry Neugold | T | RPI | |
| 18 | 233 | Bobby Collier | T | SMU | Played for Rams in 1951 |
| 19 | 246 | Johnny Smith | E | Arizona | |
| 20 | 259 | Bill Young | B | Hillsdale | |
| 21 | 272 | Bill Klein | E | Hanover | |
| 22 | 285 | Doug Barber | B | Dakota Wesleyan | |
| 23 | 298 | Jim Bird | T | USC | |
| 24 | 311 | Joe Joiner | E | Austin | |
| 25 | 324 | Dan Towler * | FB | Washington & Jefferson | |
| 26 | 337 | Otto Haldy | T | Mankato State | |
| 27 | 350 | Hal Kilman | T | TCU | |
| 28 | 363 | Junior Morgan | E | San Jose State | |
| 29 | 376 | Bob Heck | B | Pacific | |
| 30 | 389 | Bill Lange | G | Dayton | Played with Rams 1951–52 |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career | |||||
Regular season
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 17 | Chicago Bears | L 20–24 | 0–1 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 21,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | September 22 | New York Yanks | W 45–28 | 1–1 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 23,768 | Recap | ||
| 3 | October 1 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 35–14 | 2–1 | Kezar Stadium | 27,262 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 7 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 20–56 | 2–2 | Shibe Park | 24,134 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 15 | at Detroit Lions | W 30–28 | 3–2 | Briggs Stadium | 35,589 | Recap | ||
| 6 | October 22 | Baltimore Colts | W 70–27 | 4–2 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 16,026 | Recap | ||
| 7 | October 29 | Detroit Lions | W 65–24 | 5–2 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 27,475 | Recap | ||
| 8 | November 5 | San Francisco 49ers | W 28–21 | 6–2 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 33,234 | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 12 | at Green Bay Packers | W 45–14 | 7–2 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20,456 | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 19 | at New York Yanks | W 43–35 | 8–2 | Yankee Stadium | 42,673 | Recap | ||
| 11 | November 26 | at Chicago Bears | L 14–24 | 8–3 | Wrigley Field | 43,678 | Recap | ||
| 12 | December 3 | Green Bay Packers | W 51–14 | 9–3 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 39,323 | Recap | ||
| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. | |||||||||
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
| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | December 17 | Chicago Bears | W 24–14 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 83,501 | Recap |
| NFL Championship | December 24 | at Cleveland Browns | L 28–30 | Cleveland Stadium | 29,751 | Recap |
Roster
| 1950 Los Angeles Rams roster | ||||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
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Linemen/Linebackers
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Defensive backs
Reserve lists
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