1936 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 3-8-1 .273 |
| Head Coach: Milan Creighton |
| Paddy Driscoll | Backfield |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/30/1936 | A | South Bend Kamm Brewers | 70-0 | W | Michigan City, IN | Ames Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1936 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-10 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 8900 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1936 | A | La Crosse Lagers | 20-0 | W | La Crosse, WI | La Crosse Teachers Stadium | 4000 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1936 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-39 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1936 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-24 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 11500 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1936 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 16288 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1936 | A | New York Giants | 6-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1936 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-9 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 17000 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1936 | A | Boston Redskins | 10-13 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 7000 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1936 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 1500 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1936 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 3856 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1936 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 7579 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1936 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13704 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1936 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-0 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 4793 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1936 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 10-13 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 14000 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 228 | 25 | Centenary | 9 | 7 |
| Tony Blazine | 23 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 11 | 4 |
| Ross Carter | 28 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Southwestern (Oregon) JC; Oregon | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Cook | 26 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Illinois | 2 | 2 |
| Milan Creighton | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Arkansas | 6 | 6 | |
| Bree Cuppoletti | 47 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Hermit Davis | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Birmingham-Southern | 2 | 1 | |
| Versil Deskin | 45 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 199 | 23 | Drake | 9 | 0 |
| Mule Dowell | 25 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-2 | 206 | 23 | Texas Tech | 10 | 7 |
| Swede Ellstrom | FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 30 | Waynesburg; Northern Oklahoma JC; Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Field | 31 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Hawaii; Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| George Grosvenor | 32 | TB-DB-BB-S | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Colorado | 9 | 8 |
| Phil Handler | 11 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Hughes | 18 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Clarence Kellogg | 24 | FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 1 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 30 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Texas Christian | 7 | 1 |
| Charlie McBride | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Washington State | 1 | 0 | |
| Pete Mehringer | 19 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Kansas | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Mikulak | 48 | BB-S-FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Oregon | 12 | 10 |
| Dub Miller | 26 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Chadron State | 4 | 1 |
| Bob Neuman | 20 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8 | 1 |
| Al Nichelini | 43 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 11 |
| Hal Pangle | 21 | BB-S-TB-LDH-WB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Oregon State | 12 | 4 |
| Bert Pearson | 46 | C-LB-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 206 | 31 | Kansas State | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Robinson | 49 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Truman State | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Russell | 33 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Muskingum; Kansas State | 2 | 1 |
| Phil Sarboe | 41 | BB-S-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Washington State | 6 | 2 |
| Bill Smith | 40 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Washington | 11 | 6 |
| Howie Tipton | 27 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Southern California | 12 | 9 |
| Pug Vaughan | 12 | TB-LDH-BB-S-FB-LB | 5-11 | 181 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Volok | 44 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 3 |
| Billy Wilson | 42 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Gonzaga | 11 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Jimmy Lawrence | B | Texas Christian |
| 2 | 15 | Gomer Jones | C | Ohio State |
| 3 | 23 | Eddie Erdelatz | E | St. Mary's (California) |
| 4 | 33 | Ed Brett | E | Washington State |
| 5 | 41 | Stan Riordan | E | Oregon |
| 6 | 51 | Ettore Antonini | E | Indiana |
| 7 | 59 | Tack Dennis | B | Tulsa |
| 8 | 69 | Ross Carter | G | Oregon |
| 9 | 77 | Niels Larsen | T | Stanford |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 25 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 74 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 59 | 29 | 31 | 143 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 138 | / % | / % | 415 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grosvenor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Bill Smith | 1 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Clarence Kellogg | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Versil Deskin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Charlie McBride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Al Nichelini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Hal Pangle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 10 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 14 | 20 | 70.0 | 3 | 0 | 143 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Kellogg | 1 | 38 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Bill Smith | 1 | 27 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 38 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grosvenor | 169 | 609 | 3.6 | 4 | |
| Al Nichelini | 55 | 189 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Clarence Kellogg | 66 | 164 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Mule Dowell | 54 | 151 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Hal Pangle | 38 | 101 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Pug Vaughan | 67 | 79 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Mike Mikulak | 24 | 56 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Phil Sarboe | 45 | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Cook | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Smith | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Swede Ellstrom | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Russell | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Neuman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie McBride | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 559 | 1509 | 2.7 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 507 | 1707 | 3.4 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Vaughan | 79 | 30 | 38.0 | 39 | 546 | 6.9 | 18.2 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | 12.7 | 31.4 | |||
| Phil Sarboe | 62 | 25 | 40.3 | 29 | 398 | 6.4 | 15.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 8 | 12.9 | 28.2 | ||||
| George Grosvenor | 34 | 12 | 35.3 | 16 | 173 | 5.1 | 14.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17.6 | 13.1 | ||||
| Mule Dowell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Doug Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Bill Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Hal Pangle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jimmy Lawrence | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 183 | 68 | 37.2 | 89 | 1123 | 6.1 | 16.5 | 3 | 1.6 | 26 | 14.2 | 24.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 67 | 38.1 | 85 | 973 | 5.5 | 14.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 24 | 13.6 | 30.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 20 | 414 | 20.7 | 1 | |
| Hal Pangle | 9 | 195 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Al Nichelini | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Mikulak | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Clarence Kellogg | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Versil Deskin | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Bob Neuman | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Charlie McBride | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Herm Davis | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Howie Tipton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Grosvenor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Cook | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 1123 | 16.5 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 973 | 14.5 | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 712 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grosvenor | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 712 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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