# 1950 New York Yanks season

The 1950 New York Yanks season was their first as the Yanks (previously being the New York Bulldogs, Boston Yanks, Brooklyn Dodgers and original founding APFA member and Ohio League franchise Dayton Triangles).
The team improved on their previous season's output of 1–10–1, winning seven games. Their games were particularly high scoring; in seven of their twelve games, forty or more points were scored by a single team.

## Offseason
### Draft

1950 New York Yanks draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 2 | 16 | Art Weiner | End | North Carolina | |
| 4 | 42 | Zollie Toth * | Fullback | LSU | |
| 5 | 55 | Mike Swistowicz | Halfback | Notre Dame | |
| 6 | 68 | Ben Aldridge | Defensive back | Oklahoma A&M | |
| 7 | 81 | Don Narrell | Tackle | TCU | Signed with Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) |
| 8 | 94 | Jack Archer | Back | TCU | |
| 10 | 120 | Melvin Lyle | End | LSU | |
| 11 | 133 | Roger McAuley | Guard | TCU | |
| 12 | 146 | Andy Hillhouse | End | Texas A&M | |
| 13 | 159 | Jack Morton | Back | West Virginia | |
| 14 | 172 | Ed Carmichael | Guard | Oregon State | |
| 15 | 185 | Norm Meseroll | Tackle | Tennessee | |
| 16 | 198 | Bill Stetter | Center | Holy Cross | |
| 17 | 211 | Joe Dean Tidwell | Back | Midwestern State | |
| 18 | 224 | Jim Champion | Linebacker | Mississippi State | |
| 19 | 237 | Bobbie Griffin | Defensive back | Baylor | Made roster in 1951 |
| 20 | 250 | Darrell Royal | Back | Oklahoma | |
| 21 | 263 | Bud French | Back | Kansas | |
| 22 | 276 | R.V. Johnson | Tackle | Saint Mary's (CA) | |
| 23 | 289 | Dick Sheffield | End | Tulane | |
| 24 | 302 | Bill DeYoung | Back | Stanford | |
| 25 | 315 | Steve Dotur | Guard | Oregon | |
| 26 | 328 | Red Noonan | Back | Alabama | |
| 27 | 341 | Chuck Olson | End | Washington | |
| 28 | 354 | Ed Petty | Center | Hardin–Simmons | |
| 29 | 367 | Ed Jasonek | Back | Furman | |
| 30 | 380 | John Poulos | Back | Pacific | |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
| 1 | September 17 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 21–17 | 1–0 | Kezar Stadium | Recap |
| 2 | September 22 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 28–45 | 1–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Recap |
| 3 | September 29 | Detroit Lions | W 44–21 | 2–1 | Yankee Stadium | Recap |
| 4 | October 8 | at Green Bay Packers | W 44–31 | 3–1 | City Stadium | Recap |
| 5 | October 12 | San Francisco 49ers | W 29–24 | 4–1 | Yankee Stadium | Recap |
| 6 | October 19 | Green Bay Packers | W 35–17 | 5–1 | Yankee Stadium | Recap |
| 7 | October 29 | Chicago Bears | W 38–27 | 6–1 | Yankee Stadium | Recap |
| 8 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 9 | November 12 | at Chicago Bears | L 20–28 | 6–2 | Wrigley Field | Recap |
| 10 | November 19 | Los Angeles Rams | L 35–43 | 6–3 | Yankee Stadium | Recap |
| 11 | November 23 | at Detroit Lions | L 14–49 | 6–4 | Briggs Stadium | Recap |
| 12 | December 3 | at New York Giants | L 7–51 | 6–5 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 13 | December 10 | Baltimore Colts | W 51–14 | 7–5 | Yankee Stadium | 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.