1950 Baltimore Colts season



The 1950 Baltimore Colts season was their fourth as a franchise and only season in the National Football League.

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.

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. The 462 points (38.5 points-per-game) the Colts surrendered is the most of any NFL team in the decade of the 1950s. 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.

Coaching staff

 * Head coach: Clem Crowe
 * Backfield coach: Joel Hunt
 * End coach: Wayne Millner
 * Line coach: Rocco Pirro

Roster
Baltimores's in-season roster included the following players.

Centers


 * 22 Joel Williams †

Guards


 * 30 Earl Murray †
 * 32 Sisto Averno
 * 33 Ken Cooper †
 * 34 Ed King
 * 37 John "Bull" Schweder

Tackles


 * 35 Barry French †
 * 41 Ernie Blandin †
 * 45 Don Colo
 * 49 Art Donovan

Ends


 * 52 Bob Nowaskey
 * 54 Bob Jensen
 * 55 Johnny North †
 * 56 Hal Crisler
 * 57 Bob Oristaglio
 * 59 Jim Owens †

Quarterbacks


 * 63 Y. A. Tittle
 * 68 Adrian Burk †

Fullbacks


 * 72 Veto Kissell
 * 74 Rex Grossman Sr.
 * 76 Jim Spavital †
 * 77 George Buksar
 * 78 Leon Campbell

Halfbacks


 * 81 Chet Mutryn †
 * 82 Billy Stone
 * 83 Geno Mazzanti †
 * 86 Bob Livingstone
 * 87 Herb Rich
 * 88 Albin Collins
 * 89 Ernie Zalejski


 * † - Denotes starter