1950 Los Angeles Rams season

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 Playoff; (vs. Bears) 24–14; Lost NFL Championship; (at Browns) 28–30
Uniform
	← 1949; Rams seasons; 1951 →;

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]

Before the season

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1950 Los Angeles Rams draft
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

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 17	Chicago Bears	L 20–24	0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	21,000	Recap
2	September 22	New York Yanks	W 45–28	1–1	Los Angeles 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	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	16,026	Recap
7	October 29	Detroit Lions	W 65–24	5–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	27,475	Recap
8	November 5	San Francisco 49ers	W 28–21	6–2	Los Angeles 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	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39,323	Recap
13	Bye
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL National Conference
view talk edit	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