1950 Chicago Cardinals season

American football team season November 2013 March 2026 Chicago Cardinals 1950 5–7 5th NFL American Curly Lambeau Comiskey Park (I) Did not qualify 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.1950 Chicago Cardinals 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, 1950 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 Personnel Staff / Coaches 1950 Chicago Cardinals staff Front office Principal / Majority Owner – Violet Bidwill Wolfner General Manager – Ray Bennigsen Coaching staff Head Coach – Curly Lambeau Assistant Coaches: Backfield Coach / Assistant Head Coach - Cecil Isbell Ends Coach - Billy Dewell Line Coach / Assistant Head Coach - Phil Handler Special Teams Coaches: None - N/A Source:1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft https://www.profootballarchives.com/1950nflchic.html 2026-10-06 www.profootballarchives.com Roster thumb|center|600px|Official 1950 Cardinals team photo. 1950 Chicago Cardinals Roster Quarterbacks 21 Jim Hardy P  8 Frank Tripucka P Running backs  7 Elmer Angsman 87 Babe Dimancheff 34 Pat Harder K 90 Vic Schwall 62 Charley Trippi 33 Vinnie Yablonski K Receivers 41 Fran Polsfoot 60 Bob Shaw Linemen/Linebackers 68 Plato Andros DG/G/T 75 Ray Apolskis DG 55 Ed Bagdon DG/G 32 Vince Banonis LB/C 57 Bill Blackburn LB/C  9 Gerard Cowhig LB 42 Bob Dove DE 72 Bill Fischer T/DT 82 John Goldsberry T/DT 66 Jerry Hennessy DE 11 John Hock DT 50 Jack Jennings T 64 Lloyd McDermott DT 18 George Petrovich G 20 Buster Ramsey G 70 Knox Ramsey DT 51 Tom Wham DE Defensive backs 31 Jerry Davis CB 80 Malcolm Kutner CB/WR 37 Don Paul CB/RB 61 Ray Ramsey CB 67 Bill Svoboda S 44 Mike Swistowicz CB Reserve 99 Bob Nussbaumer CB/S (IR) 7px rookies in italics References 1950 Chicago Cardinals Chicago Card