1950 New York Yanks season

National Football League team season October 2024 November 2013 New York Yanks Media Guide, 1950.png New York Yanks 1950 7–5 3rd NFL National Red Strader Yankee Stadium Did not qualify 1949 (Bulldogs) The 1950 New York Yanks season was their first as the Yanks (previously being the New York Bulldogs, Boston Yanks, Brooklyn Dodgers and original founding APFA member and Ohio League franchise Dayton Triangles). The team improved on their previous season's output of 1–10–1, winning seven games.1950 New York Yanks Their games were particularly high scoring; in seven of their twelve games, forty or more points were scored by a single team. Offseason Draft 1950 NFL Draft 1950 New York Yanks 2 16 Art Weiner End North Carolina yes 4 42 Zollie Toth Fullback LSU yes yes 5 55 Mike Swistowicz Halfback Notre Dame yes 6 68 Ben Aldridge Defensive back Oklahoma A&M yes 7 81 Don Narrell Tackle TCU Signed with Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) 8 94 Jack Archer Back TCU 10 120 Melvin Lyle End LSU 11 133 Roger McAuley Guard TCU 12 146 Andy Hillhouse End Texas A&M 13 159 Jack Morton Back West Virginia 14 172 Ed Carmichael Guard Oregon State 15 185 Norm Meseroll Tackle Tennessee 16 198 Bill Stetter Center Holy Cross 17 211 Joe Dean Tidwell Back Midwestern State 18 224 Jim Champion Linebacker Mississippi State yes 19 237 Bobbie Griffin Defensive back Baylor Made roster in 1951 20 250 Darrell Royal Back Oklahoma 21 263 Bud French Back Kansas 22 276 R.V. Johnson Tackle Saint Mary's (CA) 23 289 Dick Sheffield End Tulane 24 302 Bill DeYoung Back Stanford 25 315 Steve Dotur Guard Oregon 26 328 Red Noonan Back Alabama 27 341 Chuck Olson End Washington 28 354 Ed Petty Center Hardin–Simmons 29 367 Ed Jasonek Back Furman 30 380 John Poulos Back Pacific nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyy/1950_draft.htm 1950 New York Yanks Draftees Pro Football Reference February 20, 2022 Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 17 at San Francisco 49ers W 21–17 1–0 Kezar Stadium Recap 2 September 22, 1950 at Los Angeles Rams L 28–45 1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 3 September 29, 1950 Detroit Lions W 44–21 2–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 4 October 8 at Green Bay Packers W 44–31 3–1 City Stadium Recap 5 October 12, 1950 San Francisco 49ers W 29–24 4–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 6 October 19, 1950 Green Bay Packers W 35–17 5–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 7 October 29 Chicago Bears W 38–27 6–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 8 Bye 9 November 12 at Chicago Bears L 20–28 6–2 Wrigley Field Recap 10 November 19 Los Angeles Rams L 35–43 6–3 Yankee Stadium Recap 11 November 23 at Detroit Lions L 14–49 6–4 Briggs Stadium Recap 12 December 3 at New York Giants L 7–51 6–5 Polo Grounds Recap 13 December 10 Baltimore Colts W 51–14 7–5 Yankee Stadium Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Standings thumb|right|240px|Program for the September 22 game against the Los Angeles Rams. Roster New York Yanks 1950 roster Quarterbacks 61 George Ratterman 18 John Rauch Running backs 31 Ben Aldridge CB 46 Sherman Howard 20 George Taliaferro 86 Zollie Toth 76 Buddy Young Receivers   4 Dan Edwards 66 Art Weiner Linemen/Linebackers 12 Bruce Alford DE/WR 38 George Brown G 35 Jim Champion MG/DT 21 Johnny Clowes MG/G 34 Joe Domnanovich C/MLB 22 Brad Ecklund C 36 Nate Johnson T/DT 85 Bob Kennedy OLB 56 Lou Kusserow LB/FB 59 Paul Mitchell DT 44 John Nolan T/DT 84 Barney Poole DE/WR 47 Martin Ruby T/DT 16 Jack Russell DE/WR 51 Ed Sharkey MLB/G 24 Joe Signaigo G/OLB 83 Carroll Vogelaar T/DT 65 John Wozniak G 50 John Yonakor DE Defensive backs 10 Joe Golding CB 17 Pete Layden CB 81 Spec Sanders S/P Special teams 71 Chet Adams K Reserve list 15 Duke Iversen LB (IR) 7px rookies in italics References 1950 New York Yanks New York Yanks