1950 New York Yanks season

1950 New York Yanks season
1950 New York Yanks season
Head coach	Red Strader
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	7–5
Division place	3rd NFL National
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1949 (Bulldogs); New York Yanks; 1951 →;

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.

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
view talk	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[]

^ 1950 New York Yanks

[1] 1950 New York Yanks

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