1950 Chicago Cardinals season

{{short description|NFL team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Chicago Cardinals

| year = 1950

| record = 5–7

| division_place = 5th NFL American

| coach = Curly Lambeau

| stadium = Comiskey Park (I)

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| shortnavlink = Cardinals seasons

}}

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.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1950.htm 1950 Chicago Cardinals]

Schedule

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Date

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Attendance

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Cardinals|year=1950|border=2}}"| Recap

1

| colspan="7" | Bye

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! 2

| September 24

| Philadelphia Eagles

| L 7–45

| 0–1

| Comiskey Park

| 24,914

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195009240crd.htm Recap]

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! 3

| {{dow tooltip|October 2, 1950}}

| Baltimore Colts

| W 55–13

| 1–1

| Comiskey Park

| 14,439

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195010020crd.htm Recap]

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! 4

| October 8

| at Chicago Bears

| L 6–27

| 1–2

| Wrigley Field

| 48,025

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195010080chi.htm Recap]

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! 5

| October 15

| at Cleveland Browns

| L 24–34

| 1–3

| Cleveland Stadium

| 33,774

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195010150cle.htm Recap]

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! 6

| October 22

| at Washington Redskins

| W 38–28

| 2–3

| Griffith Stadium

| 27,856

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195010220was.htm Recap]

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! 7

| October 29

| New York Giants

| W 17–3

| 3–3

| Comiskey Park

| 23,964

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195010290crd.htm Recap]

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! 8

| November 5

| Cleveland Browns

| L 7–10

| 3–4

| Comiskey Park

| 38,456

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195011050crd.htm Recap]

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! 9

| November 12

| at New York Giants

| L 21–51

| 3–5

| Polo Grounds

| 22,380

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195011120nyg.htm Recap]

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! 10

| November 19

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| W 14–10

| 4–5

| Shibe Park

| 28,368

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195011190phi.htm Recap]

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! 11

| November 23

| Pittsburgh Steelers

| L 17–28

| 4–6

| Comiskey Park

| 11,622

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195011230crd.htm Recap]

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! 12

| December 3

| Chicago Bears

| W 20–10

| 5–6

| Comiskey Park

| 31,919

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195012030crd.htm Recap]

style="background:#fcc"

! 13

| December 10

| at Pittsburgh Steelers

| L 7–28

| 5–7

| Forbes Field

| 18,301

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195012100pit.htm Recap]

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|colspan="8"| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

{{1950 NFL American standings}}

{{1950 NFL National standings}}

Roster

References

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{{Arizona Cardinals}}

{{Arizona Cardinals seasons}}

{{1950 NFL season by team}}

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