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1950 Baltimore Colts season
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The 1950 Baltimore Colts season was their fourth as a franchise and only season in the National Football League.
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1950 Baltimore Colts season | |
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Head coach | Clem Crowe |
Home field | Baltimore Municipal Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 1–11 |
Division place | 13th NFL[1] |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
As the "odd" 13th team in the league, the 1950 Baltimore Colts did not play home-and-away games with all their conference rivals, as did the rest of the league, but rather played one game each against the entire league — with the exception they did not play the Chicago Bears, in favor of home-and-away contests against the Washington Redskins, their geographically closest rival.
After falling to defeat seven consecutive times in the preseason, the 1950 Colts matched their previous season's record of 1–11, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.[2]
The 1950 Colts hold the dubious distinction of being the only team in NFL history to allow more than 50 points in four different games in a single season.[3] The 462 points (38.5 points-per-game) the Colts surrendered is the most of any NFL team in the decade of the 1950s.[4] In their Week 6 loss to the Rams, the Colts became one of only three teams in NFL history to surrender 70 or more points in a regular season contest.[5]