1949 NFL Championship-Chicago Cardinals-30, Los Angeles Rams-24

January 1, 1950

Weather-55 degrees, 8 mph ESE

The Chicago Cardinals completed their upset run through the NFL Playoffs by winning on the road against the favored Los Angeles Rams, 30-24, for their first NFL Championship. The Cardinals used a dominant running game to control the line of scrimmage, gaining 268 yards on 48 carries, and average of 5.6 per carry. Pat Harder led the ground attack with 113 yards, including a 29-yard sweep of left end in the third quarter that gave Chicago their first lead of the game, 20-17.

Bob Waterfield led the Rams with 240 yards passing and 2 TD. Los Angeles jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, but the defense couldn't hold the lead.

Chicago Cardinals.(9-5-1)-7-6-7-10-30
Los Angeles Rams.(10-3-2)-14-0-3-7-24

LAR-Shaw 74 pass from Waterfield (Waterfield Kick)
LAR-Hirsch 31 run (Waterfield Kick)
Chc-Dewell 8 pass from Christman (Harder Kick)
Chc-Yablonski 40 FG
Chc-Yablonski 37 FG
LAR-Waterfield 19 FG
Chc-Harder 29 run (Harder Kick)
Chc-Angsman 5 run (Harder Kick)
Chc-Yablonski 11 FG
LAR-Keane 29 pass from Waterfield (Waterfield Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Chc-Harder-13-113-1 (138-588-8), Trippi-13-91-0 (157-824-4), Angsman-14-49-1 (172-955-7), Christman-4-12-0 (9-45-0), Dimancheff-3-2-0 (41-153-3), Kutner-1-1-0 (6-11-0)
LAR-Hoerner-16-65-0 (202-735-8), Hirsch-8-43-1 (95-407-3)

Passing
Chc-Christman-13-6-73-1-1 (205-96-1,282-14-14)
LAR-Waterfield-33-15-240-2-1 (374-190-2,728-20-27), Van Brocklin-8-5-53-0-0 (68-38-664-6-2)

Receiving
Chc-Trippi-2-30-0 (40-508-7), Kutner-1-16-0 (36-539-5), Dimancheff-1-16-0 (11-146-1), Dewell-1-8-1 (23-273-3), Harder-1-3-0 (16-129-1)
LAR-Fears-7-42-0 (95-1,169-9), Shaw-4-123-1 (38-812-8), Hirsch-4-49-0 (28-408-4), Hoerner-2-23-0 (22-258-0), Keane-1-29-1 (6-106-1), Hubbell-1-17-0 (4-49-0), Currivan-1-10-0 (4-88-1)