NFL 1949

1949 NFL season
Regular season
season	September 22, 1949 - December 18, 1949
East Champions	Philadelphia Eagles
West Champions	Los Angeles Rams
Championship game
NFL Champion	Philadelphia Eagles
NFL season  <1948 1950>

The 1949 NFL season was the 30th season of the National Football League (NFL). The Philadelphia Eagles emerged as the winner of this season . It was the last season in which the NFL was in competition with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the merger of which was decided on December 9, 1949.

Special events

Before the start of the season, Alexis Thompson sold the Eagles to an investment group led by James P. Clark ; the Boston Yanks were relocated to New York City and became the New York Bulldogs . The league introduced the unlimited number of substitutions on a trial basis for one year. With Steve Van Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles and Tony Canadeo of the Green Bay Packers , two players were able to run for more than 1,000 yards for the first time in the same season . Wally Triplett of the Detroit Lions became the first black player to be selected in the NFL Draft and later to play in the NFL. Four quarterbacks were selected from the top ten players in the draft, an amount that was only achieved again in the 2018 NFL Draft .

Regular season

Eastern Division team S. N U SQ P + P− Philadelphia Eagles 11 1 0 .917 364 134 Pittsburgh Steelers 6th 5 1 .545 224 214 New York Giants 6th 6th 0 .500 287 298 Washington Redskins 4th 7th 1 .364 268 339 New York Bulldogs 1 10 1 .091 153 368

Western Division team S. N U SQ P + P− Los Angeles Rams 8th 2 2 .800 360 239 Chicago Bears 9 3 0 .750 332 218 Chicago Cardinals 6th 5 1 .545 360 301 Detroit Lions 4th 8th 0 .333 237 259 Green Bay Packers 2 10 0 .167 114 329

Legend:

S iege	N iederlagen	U nentschieden	SQ games won (relative)
P + points made	P− opposing points	Championship participant

NFL Championship Game

The 1949 NFL Championship Game took place on December 18, 1949 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , California . The winners of the Eastern and Western divisions competed against each other. Defending champion Philadelphia won 14-0 against the Los Angeles Rams in front of 22,245 spectators. Pete Pihos caught the first touchdown of the game after a 15-yard pass from Tommy Thompson , and Leo Skladany scored the second after a blocked punt . 40,000 tickets were previously available for the game and up to 70,000 spectators were expected in good weather; However, continuous rain made many stay at home. Both teams found the weather so bad that they wanted to postpone the game until after Christmas, but Commissioner Bert Bell did not allow this. Ticket prices ranged from $ 3.60 to $ 5.

	1	2	3	4th	total
Los Angeles Rams	0	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia Eagles	0	7th	7th	0	14th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pro Football Leagues Agree to Merge; Surplus Players Go Into Pool for Draft . In: The Milwaukee Journal . December 10, 1949, p. 8 .
2. ↑ 1949 - FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE NFL HAS TWO 1,000 YARD RUSHERS IN THE SAME SEASON. Retrieved September 28, 2018 . 
3. ^ Ex-Lion Wally Triplet broke football barriers. Retrieved September 28, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 4 quarterbacks went top 10 in the NFL Draft for the first time in almost 70 years. Retrieved September 28, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Philadelphia Eagles Take NFL Championship With 14-0 In Rain, Mud . In: The Spokesman Review . December 19, 1949, p. 8 .
6. ↑ Eagles Winners In Muddy Battle . In: Spokane Daily Chronicle . December 19, 1949, p. 17 .
7. ↑ Flashback Friday: Philadelphia Eagles beat Rams in 1949 NFL Championship. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .