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1942 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)

4th place Western Division 3-8-0 .273

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Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/6/1942	N	Western Army All-Stars	10-16	L		Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	20000
Sun	9/13/1942	H	Cleveland Rams	7-0	W		Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	18698
Sun	9/20/1942	H	Detroit Lions	13-0	W		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	14742
Sun	10/4/1942	H	Green Bay Packers	13-17	L		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	24987
Sun	10/11/1942	A	Chicago Bears	14-41	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	38500
Sun	10/18/1942	A	Detroit Lions	7-0	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	14100
Sun	10/25/1942	A	Cleveland Rams	3-7	L		Cleveland, OH	League Park	7896
Sun	11/1/1942	A	Green Bay Packers	24-55	L		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	14782
Sun	11/8/1942	A	Washington Redskins	0-28	L		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35425
Sun	11/15/1942	A	Wichita Aero Commandos	35-7	W		Wichita, KS	Lawrence Stadium	5000
Sun	11/22/1942	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-19	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	20711
Sun	11/29/1942	A	New York Giants	7-21	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	20354
Sun	12/6/1942	H	Chicago Bears	7-21	L		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	8251

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Joe Allton	ROT-RDT	6-2	235	22	Oklahoma	10	3
75	Ray Apolskis	C-LB	5-10	206	24	Marquette	11	9
22	Conway Baker	LOG-LDG	5-11	228	31	Centenary	11	8
11	Vince Banonis	ROT-RDT-C-LB	6-1	230	21	Detroit Mercy	11	5
62	Libero Bertagnolli	LOG-LDG	5-9	189	28	Washington-St. Louis	10	2
21	Frank Bohlmann	OG-DG	5-11	212	25	none	5	0
36	Joe Bukant	FB-LB	5-11	216	27	Washington-St. Louis	9	3
70	Chet Bulger	ROT-RDT	6-3	239	25	Auburn	6	5
66	Lloyd Cheatham	BB-S	6-1	211	23	Auburn	11	3
28	Ben Ciccone	C-LB	5-9	207	33	Duquesne	2	0
54	Al Coppage	ROE-RDE	6-1	195	26	Oklahoma	11	5
32	Bill Daddio	LOE-LDE	5-11	207	26	Pittsburgh	11	10
69	Gil Duggan	LOT-LDT	6-3	229	28	Oklahoma	11	11
64	Ray Ebli	OE-DE	6-2	210	23	Notre Dame	6	0
35	Dick Evans	LOE-LDE	6-3	205	27	Iowa	2	1
	Ralph Fife	ROG-RDG	5-11	207	22	Pittsburgh	4	3
44	Marshall Goldberg	FB-LB-HB-DH	5-11	190	25	Pittsburgh	11	7
57	Pop Ivy	ROE-RDE	6-3	208	26	Oklahoma	10	6
33	Johnny Knolla	TB-LDH	5-10	180	23	Creighton	11	2
37	Steve Lach	WB-RDH	6-1	210	22	Duke	9	6
68	Bob Maddock	LOG-LDG	6-0	200	22	Notre Dame	2	1
29	John Martin	WB-RDH	6-1	195	24	Oklahoma	11	5
48	Bob Morrow	FB-LB	6-0	222	24	Illinois Wesleyan	10	1
7	Ross Nagel	OT-DT	6-4	234	19	St. Louis	1	0
24	Carl Olson	OT-DT	6-2	206	28	UCLA	2	0
15	Buddy Parker	BB-S	6-0	193	29	Centenary	10	8
77	Milt Popovich	ROG-RDG	5-11	196	28	Montana	10	1
45	Bud Schwenk	TB-LDH	6-2	201	25	Washington-St. Louis	11	9
73	Champ Seibold	OT-DT	6-4	238	31	Ripon; Wisconsin	11	0
41	Ernie Wheeler	HB-DH	6-1	190	27	North Dakota State	3	0
31	Gordon Wilson	ROG-RDG	6-0	228	27	Murray State JC; Texas-El Paso	10	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Steve Lach	B	Duke
2	14	Lloyd Cheatham	B	Auburn
3	19	Bud Schwenk	B	Washington-St. Louis
4	29	Vince Banonis	C	Detroit Mercy
5	34	Bob Reinhard	T	California
6	44	Chal Daniel	G	Texas
7	54	Rupe Thornton	G	Santa Clara
8	64	Doug Renzel	B	Marquette
9	74	Chet Wetterlund	B	Illinois Wesleyan
10	84	Judd Ringer	E	Minnesota
11	94	Jim Fitzharris	E	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
12	104	Dick Brye	T	Marquette
13	114	Charley Givler	G	Wake Forest
14	124	Hugh Swink	T	Oklahoma State
15	134	Marv Harshman	B	Pacific Lutheran
16	144	George Arabian	B	St. Mary's (California)
17	154	Jack Crain	B	Texas
18	164	Carl Suntheimer	C	North Carolina
19	174	Jimmy Nelson	B	Alabama
20	184	Norville Wallach	T	Missouri

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	37	27	6	28
Opponents Totals	73	37	48	51

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		132	58	59	15	/ %	/ %	46	399
Opponents Totals		114	61	44	9	/ %	/ %	71	636

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Daddio	1	8	8	100.0	5	10	50.0	0	29
Steve Lach	4	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	25
Marshall Goldberg	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bud Schwenk	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lloyd Cheatham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Morrow	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Champ Seibold	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pop Ivy	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	12	11	12	91.7	5	10	50.0	0	98
Opponents Totals	29	26	29	89.7	3	9	33.3	0	209

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill Daddio	5	10	50.0	1/	1/	3/	0/	0/
Team Totals	5	10	50.0	1/	1/	3/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3	9	33.3	0/	1/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marshall Goldberg	116	369	3.2	29	1
Wilson Schwenk	111	313	2.8	28t	2
Bob Morrow	45	145	3.2	16	1
Steve Lach	30	97	3.2	9	0
Johnny Knolla	15	43	2.9	14	0
Joe Bukant	17	34	2.0	15	0
John Martin	30	10	0.3	27	0
Buddy Parker	1	9	9.0	9	0
Lloyd Cheatham	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	366	1021	2.8	29	4
Opponents Totals	390	1470	3.8		8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Wilson Schwenk	295	126	42.7	142	1360	4.6	10.8	69	6	2.0	27	9.2				25.5
Joe Bukant	15	4	26.7	9	56	3.7	14.0	20	0	0.0	2	13.3				3.1
Johnny Knolla	6	1	16.7	5	16	2.7	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	316	131	41.5	156	1432	4.5	10.9	69	6	1.9	29	9.2				23.6
Opponents Totals	214	84	39.3	105	1502	7.0	17.9		16	7.5	25	11.7				49.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pop Ivy	27	259	9.6	19	0
John Martin	22	312	14.2	69	0
Al Coppage	20	196	9.8	32	0
Steve Lach	18	261	14.5	53	4
Bill Daddio	11	108	9.8	23	1
Marshall Goldberg	9	108	12.0	27	0
Johnny Knolla	8	48	6.0	15	0
Lloyd Cheatham	6	29	4.8	11	1
Ray Ebli	6	83	13.8	31	0
Buddy Parker	2	7	3.5	4	0
Milt Popovich	2	21	10.5	12	0
Team Totals	131	1432	10.9	69	6
Opponents Totals	84	1502	17.9		16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Martin	6	45	7.5	25	0
Steve Lach	4	52	13.0	26	0
Marshall Goldberg	3	39	13.0	21	0
Vince Banonis	2	22	11.0	12	0
Ray Apolskis	2	15	7.5	9	0
Johnny Knolla	1	28	28.0	28	0
Joe Allton	1	24	24.0	24	0
Bud Schwenk	1	21	21.0	21	0
Milt Popovich	1	6	6.0	6	0
Lloyd Cheatham	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Daddio	1	4	4.0	4	0
Champ Seibold	1	3	3.0	3t	1
Gil Duggan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	263	10.5	28	1
Opponents Totals	29	390	13.4		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Martin	36	1417	39.4	64	0
Steve Lach	31	1245	40.2	59	0
Wilson Schwenk	3	114	38.0	41	0
Milt Popovich	3	109	36.3	40	0
Ernie Wheeler	1	40	40.0	40	0
Team Totals	74	2925	39.5	64	0					32.4
Opponents Totals	75							384		35.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Lach	13		178	13.7	44	0
Johnny Knolla	6		64	10.7	17	0
Marshall Goldberg	6		60	10.0	22	0
John Martin	4		50	12.5	16	0
Lloyd Cheatham	3		32	10.7	23	0
Team Totals	32		384	12.0	44	0
Opponents Totals	44			12.1		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marshall Goldberg	15		393	26.2	95t	1
John Martin	8		202	25.3	36	0
Steve Lach	7		164	23.4	55	0
Lloyd Cheatham	2		37	18.5	22	0
Wilson Schwenk	2		24	12.0	18	0
Johnny Knolla	1		24	24.0	24	0
Al Coppage	1		11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	36		855	23.8	95t	1
Opponents Totals	26					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	25	11	14	8	22		0
Opponents Totals	19	8	11	11	22		2

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