1942 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 3-8-0 .273 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman |
| Phil Handler | 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.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Allton | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Oklahoma | 10 | 3 |
| Ray Apolskis | 75 | C-LB | 5-10 | 206 | 24 | Marquette | 11 | 9 |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 228 | 31 | Centenary | 11 | 8 |
| Vince Banonis | 11 | ROT-RDT-C-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 21 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 5 |
| Libero Bertagnolli | 62 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 189 | 28 | Washington-St. Louis | 10 | 2 |
| Frank Bohlmann | 21 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | none | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Bukant | 36 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 216 | 27 | Washington-St. Louis | 9 | 3 |
| Chet Bulger | 70 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 239 | 25 | Auburn | 6 | 5 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 66 | BB-S | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Auburn | 11 | 3 |
| Ben Ciccone | 28 | C-LB | 5-9 | 207 | 33 | Duquesne | 2 | 0 |
| Al Coppage | 54 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma | 11 | 5 |
| Bill Daddio | 32 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 207 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 10 |
| Gil Duggan | 69 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| Ray Ebli | 64 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Evans | 35 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Iowa | 2 | 1 |
| Ralph Fife | 26 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 207 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 44 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 7 |
| Pop Ivy | 57 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 208 | 26 | Oklahoma | 10 | 6 |
| Johnny Knolla | 33 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Creighton | 11 | 2 |
| Steve Lach | 37 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Duke | 9 | 6 |
| Bob Maddock | 68 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| John Martin | 29 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma | 11 | 5 |
| Bob Morrow | 48 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10 | 1 |
| Ross Nagel | 7 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 234 | 19 | St. Louis | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Olson | 24 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 206 | 28 | UCLA | 2 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 15 | BB-S | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Centenary | 10 | 8 |
| Milt Popovich | 77 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Montana | 10 | 1 |
| Bud Schwenk | 45 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 201 | 25 | Washington-St. Louis | 11 | 9 |
| Champ Seibold | 73 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 238 | 31 | Ripon; Wisconsin | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheeler | 41 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | North Dakota State | 3 | 0 |
| Gordon Wilson | 31 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 27 | 6 | 28 | 98 |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 37 | 48 | 51 | 209 |
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Daddio | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 38 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 38 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 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 |
| Bud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Schwenk | 295 | 126 | 126 | 142 | 1360 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 69 | 6 | 2.0 | 27 | 9.2 | 25.5 | |||
| Joe Bukant | 15 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 3.7 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 3.1 | |||
| Johnny Knolla | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 2.7 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 316 | 131 | 131 | 156 | 1432 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 69 | 6 | 1.9 | 29 | 9.2 | 23.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 84 | 84 | 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 | |||||
| Bud 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 | |
| Bud 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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