1950 Chicago Cardinals season

The 1950 Chicago Cardinals season marked the 31st year the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6–5–1, winning only five games and failing to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.^[1]

1950 Chicago Cardinals season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home stadium	Comiskey Park (I)
Results
Record	5–7
Division place	5th NFL American
Playoffs	Did not qualify
← 1949 Cardinals seasons 1951 →

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	September 24	Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–45	0–1	Comiskey Park	24,914	Recap
3	October 2	Baltimore Colts	W 55–13	1–1	Comiskey Park	14,439	Recap
4	October 8	at Chicago Bears	L 6–27	1–2	Wrigley Field	48,025	Recap
5	October 15	at Cleveland Browns	L 24–34	1–3	Cleveland Stadium	33,774	Recap
6	October 22	at Washington Redskins	W 38–28	2–3	Griffith Stadium	27,856	Recap
7	October 29	New York Giants	W 17–3	3–3	Comiskey Park	23,964	Recap
8	November 5	Cleveland Browns	L 7–10	3–4	Comiskey Park	38,456	Recap
9	November 12	at New York Giants	L 21–51	3–5	Polo Grounds	22,380	Recap
10	November 19	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 14–10	4–5	Shibe Park	28,368	Recap
11	November 23	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–28	4–6	Comiskey Park	11,622	Recap
12	December 3	Chicago Bears	W 20–10	5–6	Comiskey Park	31,919	Recap
13	December 10	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–28	5–7	Forbes Field	18,301	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL American Conference
view talk edit	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.

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.

Roster

Official 1950 Cardinals team photo.