NFL Empires: 1950

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

Before the season, the NFL merged with the AAFC, but only three AAFC actually played this year while the others folded. On my map, I gave the newcomers (San Francisco, Cleveland, and Baltimore) the land within a 100-mile radius, but only halfway to a neighboring capitol if that neighbor controlled that land.

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from SportsLogos.net and Sports Ecyclopedia.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1950 season:

Cleveland (brown) won the championship game, playing at home against Los Angeles (red), so no land changed hands. Both teams won their divisional playoffs at home, as well. Cleveland was first place of the American Conference, which was the old East plus Cleveland and, from the West, the Chicago Cardinals (magenta), who didn't do so well this year. Los Angeles was first place of the National Conference, which was the old West plus San Francisco (burgundy), Baltimore (teal), and, from the East, the New York Yanks (cyan). The Yanks were the Bulldogs the previous year, and while they came in third place in the National Conference, they lost all land they gained during the season, ending back where they started. Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears (light blue) were undefeated at home, coming in second in the National Conference and expanding their large empire.

Here is the map before the season started:

'Twas a bad year for the birds.