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

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 17 at San Francisco 49ers W 21–17 1–0 Kezar Stadium Recap 2 at Los Angeles Rams L 28–45 1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 3 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 San Francisco 49ers W 29–24 4–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 6 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

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)

rookies in italics

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