1950 Detroit Lions season

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1950 Detroit Lions season was their 21st in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 4–8, winning six games.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.

Regular season

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According to the team, a total of 8,685 season tickets were sold by the Lions for the 1950 campaign.[2] The Lions played their home games in Briggs Stadium (Tiger Stadium), which had a regular listed seating capacity of 46,194, with an additional 7,000 bleacher seats for football to bring total capacity to 53,194.[2]

Schedule

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1 September 17 at Green Bay Packers W 45–7 1–0 City Stadium 20,285 Recap
2 September 24 Pittsburgh Steelers W 10–7 2–0 Briggs Stadium 19,600 Recap
3 Template:Dow tooltip at New York Yanks L 21–44 2–1 Yankee Stadium 11,096 Recap [3]
4 October 8 San Francisco 49ers W 24–7 3–1 Briggs Stadium 26,000 Recap
5 October 15 Los Angeles Rams L 28–30 3–2 Briggs Stadium 28,000 Recap
6 October 22 at San Francisco 49ers L 27–28 3–3 Kezar Stadium 26,252 Recap
7 October 29 at Los Angeles Rams L 24–65 3–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 21,700 Recap
8 November 5 Chicago Bears L 21–35 3–5 Briggs Stadium 32,000 Recap
Bye
9 November 19 Green Bay Packers W 24–21 4–5 Briggs Stadium 18,000 Recap
10 November 23 New York Yanks W 49–14 5–5 Briggs Stadium 28,000 Recap [4]
11 December 3 at Baltimore Colts W 45–21 6–5 Memorial Stadium 12,058 Recap
12 December 10 at Chicago Bears L 3–6 6–6 Wrigley Field 34,604 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 23.

Standings

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Program for the October 15 game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Template:1950 NFL National standings Template:1950 NFL American standings

See also

References

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  1. 1950 Detroit Lions
  2. a b Edward M. "Bud" Erickson (ed.), Detroit Lions Facts Book 1963: Press, Radio, TV. Detroit, MI: Detroit Football Company, 1963, p. 4.
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External links

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