# 1950 Baltimore Colts season

The 1950 Baltimore Colts season was their 5th & final season as a professional football franchise, their 4th & final season in Baltimore and their only season in the National Football League.
As the "odd" 13th team in the league, the 1950 Baltimore Colts did not play home-and-away games with all their conference rivals, as did the rest of the league, but rather played one game each against the entire league — with the exception they did not play the Chicago Bears, in favor of home-and-away contests against the Washington Redskins, their geographically closest rival. This change allowed the two Chicago teams to continue to develop their own local rivalry with similar home-and-away games.
After falling to defeat seven consecutive times in the preseason, the 1950 Colts matched their previous season's record of 1–11, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
The 1950 Colts hold the dubious distinction of being the only team in NFL history to allow more than 50 points in four different games in a single season. The 462 points (38.5 points-per-game) the Colts surrendered is the most of any NFL team in the decade of the 1950s. 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.

## Preseason games

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Attendance | Source |
| 0 | August 8 | Intersquad game | | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | | |
| 1 | August 13 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 27–30 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 26,000 | |
| 2 | August 19 | at Cleveland Browns | L 7–34 | Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati) | 21,500 | [8] [9] |
| 3 | August 24 | Chicago Bears | L 17–21 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 17,000 | |
| 4 | August 30 | San Francisco 49ers | L 14–27 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 6,000 | |
| 5 | September 2 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 21–70 | Alamo Stadium (San Antonio) | 16,380 | |
| 6 | September 4 | at New York Yanks | L 17–42 | Fairgrounds Stadium (Shreveport, LA) | 22,500 | |
| 7 | September 10 | at Green Bay Packers | L 14–16 | Wisconsin State Fair Park (Milwaukee) | 17,191 | |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources |
| 1 | September 17 | Washington Redskins | L 14–38 | 0–1 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 26,267 | Recap | |
| 2 | September 24 | Cleveland Browns | L 0–31 | 0–2 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 15,201 | Recap | |
| 3 | October 2 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 13–55 | 0–3 | Comiskey Park | 14,439 | Recap | |
| 4 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 5 | October 15 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 14–24 | 0–4 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 14,413 | Recap | |
| 6 | October 22 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 27–70 | 0–5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 16,025 | Recap | |
| 7 | October 29 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 14–17 | 0–6 | Kezar Stadium | 14,800 | Recap | |
| 8 | November 5 | Green Bay Packers | W 41–21 | 1–6 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 12,981 | Recap | |
| 9 | November 12 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–17 | 1–7 | Forbes Field | 24,141 | Recap | |
| 10 | November 19 | New York Giants | L 20–55 | 1–8 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 14,573 | Recap | |
| 11 | November 26 | at Washington Redskins | L 28–38 | 1–9 | Griffith Stadium | 21,275 | Recap | |
| 12 | December 3 | Detroit Lions | L 21–45 | 1–10 | Baltimore Memorial Stadium | 12,058 | Recap | |
| 13 | December 10 | at New York Yanks | L 14–51 | 1–11 | Yankee Stadium | 6,836 | Recap | |
| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. |||||||||

## Standings

NFL National Conference :
| viewtalkedit | 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.
NFL American Conference :
| viewtalkedit | 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 |
       Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

## Coaching staff

* Head coach: Clem Crowe
* Backfield coach: Joel Hunt
* End coach: Wayne Millner
* Line coach: Rocco Pirro

## Roster

Baltimores's in-season roster included the following players.
    † - Denotes starter