1950 New York Yanks season

1950 New York Yanks season
Head coachRed Strader
Home fieldYankee Stadium
Results
Record7–5
Division place3rd NFL National
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Cover of the 1950 media guide

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.[1] Their games were particularly high scoring; in seven of their twelve games, forty or more points were scored by a single team.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1950 NFL 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

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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
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
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.



References

  1. ^ 1950 New York Yanks
  2. ^ "1950 New York Yanks Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 20, 2022.