1950 Chicago Cardinals season

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1950 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach Curly Lambeau
Home field Comiskey Park (I)
Results
Record 5–7
Division place 5th NFL American
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1950 Chicago Cardinals season was the 31st season the team was in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6–5–1, winning only five games.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance Stadium
1 Bye
2 September 24, 1950 Philadelphia Eagles L 7–45
24,914
Comiskey Park
3 October 2, 1950 Baltimore Colts W 55–13
14,439
Comiskey Park
4 October 8, 1950 at Chicago Bears L 6–27
48,025
Wrigley Field
5 October 15, 1950 at Cleveland Browns L 24–34
33,774
Cleveland Stadium
6 October 22, 1950 at Washington Redskins W 38–28
27,856
Griffith Stadium
7 October 29, 1950 New York Giants W 17–3
23,964
Comiskey Park
8 November 5, 1950 Cleveland Browns L 7–10
38,456
Comiskey Park
9 November 12, 1950 at New York Giants L 21–51
22,380
Polo Grounds
10 November 19, 1950 at Philadelphia Eagles W 14–10
28,368
Shibe Park
11 November 23, 1950 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–28
11,622
Comiskey Park
12 December 3, 1950 Chicago Bears W 20–10
31,919
Comiskey Park
13 December 10, 1950 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–28
18,301
Forbes Field

Standings

NFL American Conference
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.

References