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1943 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)

4th place • Western Division • 0-10-0 .000

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Head Coach: Phil Handler

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/19/1943	A	Detroit Lions	17	35	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	23408
Sun	9/26/1943	N	Washington Redskins	21	43	L		Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20707
Sun	10/3/1943	H	Green Bay Packers	7	28	L		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	15563
Sun	10/10/1943	A	Chicago Bears	0	20	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	24658
Sun	10/17/1943	H	Detroit Lions	0	7	L		Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	15072
Sun	10/24/1943	A	Washington Redskins	7	13	L		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35540
Sun	10/31/1943	A	Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers	13	34	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	16351
Sun	11/7/1943	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	0	7	L		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	13340
Sun	11/14/1943	A	Green Bay Packers	14	35	L		West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	10831
Sun	11/21/1943	A	New York Giants	13	24	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	19804
Sun	11/28/1943	H	Chicago Bears	24	35	L		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	17219

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Art Albrecht	75	OT-DT	6-1	200	22	Wisconsin	6	0
Conway Baker	22	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-11	228	32	Centenary	10	8
Clarence Booth	45	OT-DT	6-0	223	24	Southern Methodist	6	0
Joe Bukant	36	TB-LDH-FB-LB	5-11	216	28	Washington-St. Louis	8	7
Chet Bulger	70	ROT-RDT	6-3	239	26	Auburn	10	10
Ronnie Cahill	32	TB-LDH	5-8	170	28	Holy Cross	10	2
Don Currivan	18	ROE-RDE	6-0	193	23	Boston College	7	7
Gil Duggan	60	LOT-LDT	6-3	229	29	Oklahoma	10	10
Vern Ghersanich	41	OG-DG	5-11	210	24	Auburn	4	0
Marshall Goldberg	42	TB-LDH	5-11	190	26	Pittsburgh	1	1
Johnny Grigas	66	FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH	6-0	204	23	Holy Cross	10	7
Johnny Hall	7	WB-RDH	6-0	195	27	Texas Christian	7	4
Lou Marotti	46/77	OG-DG	5-10	210	28	Toledo	8	0
John Martin	29	WB-RDH-FB-LB-LOE-LDE	6-1	195	25	Oklahoma	10	5
Walt Masters	35	TB-LDH	5-10	192	36	Pennsylvania	7	1
Bob Morrow	48	FB-LB-BB-S	6-0	222	25	Illinois Wesleyan	10	4
Buddy Parker	15	BB-S	6-0	193	30	Centenary	4	0
Don Pierce	54	C-LB	6-1	186	24	Kansas	1	0
Andy Puplis	88	WB-RDH	5-9	180	28	Notre Dame	8	0
Cal Purdin	11	WB-RDH	6-2	188	22	Tulsa; Pittsburg State	4	2
Walt Rankin	28	BB-S	5-11	197	24	Texas Tech	10	8
Freeman Rexer	63	ROE-RDE	6-1	211	26	Tulane	10	2
Floyd Rhea	64	OG-DG	5-11	218	23	Fullerton JC; Oregon	1	0
Marshall Robnett	21	LOG-LDG	6-0	205	25	Texas A&M	9	2
Eddie Rucinski	51	LOE-LDE	6-2	198	27	Indiana	10	9
George Smith	26	FB-LB	6-1	200	22	Villanova	3	0
Vaughn Stewart	37	C-LB	6-1	190	24	Alabama	9	8
Lee Stokes	62	C-LB	6-0	205	30	Centenary	7	2
Clint Wager	69	ROE-RDE	6-5	218	23	St. Mary's (Minnesota)	5	1
Gordon Wilson	31	ROG-RDG	6-0	228	28	Murray State JC; Texas-El Paso	10	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Glenn Dobbs	B	Tulsa
2	14	Johnny Grigas	B	Holy Cross
3	18	Don Currivan	E	Boston College
4	29	Al Hust	E	Tennessee
5	33	George Hecht	G	Alabama
6	44	Al Klug	T	Marquette
7	53	Stan Mauldin	T	Texas
8	64	Bill Godwin	C	Georgia
9	73	Moffat Storer	B	Duke
10	84	Fondren Mitchell	B	Florida
11	93	Emil Lussow	E	Dubuque
12	104	Paul Hirsbrunner	T	Wisconsin
13	113	Bill Baumgartner	E	Minnesota
14	124	Buster Ramsey	G	William & Mary
15	133	Earl Dolaway	B	Indiana
16	144	Nick Burke	G	Northwestern
17	153	Billy Campbell	B	Oklahoma
18	164	Clarence Booth	T	Southern Methodist
19	173	Elvis Simmons	E	Texas A&M
20	184	Roy Ericson	G	Villanova
21	193	George Smith	B	Villanova
22	204	George Sutch	B	Temple
23	213	Cliff Kimsey	B	Georgia
24	224	Weldon Humble	G	Rice
25	233	Cal Purdin	B	Pittsburg State
26	244	Eddie McGovern	B	Illinois
27	253	Al Drulis	G	Temple
28	264	Ken MacDonald	C	Rutgers
29	273	Bill Edwards	G	Louisiana State
30	284	Pete Hecomovich	B	Idaho

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	10	30	21	34	95
Opponents Totals	56	59	82	41	238

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		102	48	43	11	/ %	/ %	45	389
Opponents Totals		131	75	48	8	/ %	/ %	65	634

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Johnny Grigas	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Eddie Rucinski	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Conway Baker	1	5	6	83.3	1	2	50.0	0	14
Don Currivan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Morrow	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lee Stokes	0	5	6	83.3	1	3	33.3	0	8
Marshall Goldberg	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Johnny Hall	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chet Bulger	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Team Totals	13	11	13	84.6	2	5	40.0	0	95
Opponents Totals	34	31	34	91.2	1	7	14.3	0	238

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lee Stokes	1	3	33.3	0	20	0/1	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0
Conway Baker	1	2	50.0	0	17	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	2	5	40.0	0	20	1/3	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0
Opponents Totals	1	7	14.3			0/	0/	0/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Grigas	105	333	3.2	28t	3
Bob Morrow	38	129	3.4	9	2
John Martin	30	98	3.3	15	0
Joe Bukant	42	87	2.1	10	0
Johnny Hall	22	51	2.3	14	0
Cal Purdin	9	20	2.2	13	0
George Smith	4	12	3.0	4	0
Marshall Goldberg	6	6	1.0	5	0
Walt Rankin	2	1	0.5	1	0
Ronnie Cahill	62	-11	-0.2	25	0
Walt Masters	14	-17	-1.2	4	0
Team Totals	334	709	2.1	28t	5
Opponents Totals	394	1166	3.0		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ronnie Cahill	109	50	45.9	38	608	5.6	12.2	67t	3	2.8	21	19.3				33.1
Walt Masters	45	17	37.8	21	249	5.5	14.6	37	2	4.4	7	15.6				31.9
Joe Bukant	40	14	35.0	21	109	2.7	7.8	15	1	2.5	5	12.5				12.5
Johnny Grigas	19	4	21.1	11	98	5.2	24.5	50	0	0.0	4	21.1				9.0
Johnny Hall	4	2	50.0	0	24	6.0	12.0	15	0	0.0	2	50.0				29.2
Cal Purdin	2	1	50.0	1	7	3.5	7.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0				58.3
Team Totals	219	88	40.2	92	1095	5.0	12.4	67t	6	2.7	39	17.8				26.0
Opponents Totals	198	101	51.0	81	1607	8.1	15.9		21	10.6	16	8.1				80.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Eddie Rucinski	26	398	15.3	47	3
Johnny Grigas	19	225	11.8	39	0
Walt Rankin	10	44	4.4	17	0
Johnny Hall	7	82	11.7	67t	1
John Martin	7	138	19.7	50	0
Don Currivan	5	79	15.8	34t	1
Marshall Goldberg	4	31	7.8	11	1
Bob Morrow	3	20	6.7	14	0
Cal Purdin	3	35	11.7	20	0
Joe Bukant	1	0	0.0	0	0
Freeman Rexer	1	14	14.0	14	0
George Smith	1	18	18.0	18	0
Clint Wager	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	88	1095	12.4	67t	6
Opponents Totals	101	1607	15.9		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Grigas	5	42	8.4	27	0
Walt Rankin	3	30	10.0	15	0
Johnny Hall	2	49	24.5	44	0
Bob Morrow	2	49	24.5	44	0
John Martin	1	35	35.0	35	0
Vern Ghersanich	1	19	19.0	19	0
Andy Puplis	1	19	19.0	19	0
Marshall Goldberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	243	15.2	44	0
Opponents Totals	39	536	13.7		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Martin	30	1187	39.6	59	0
Walt Masters	10	368	36.8	49	0
Cal Purdin	8	341	42.6	72	1
Joe Bukant	5	181	36.2	46	0
Ronnie Cahill	3	88	29.3	36	0
Team Totals	56	2165	38.7	72	1					33.3
Opponents Totals	51							163		34.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Martin	9		95	10.6	25	0
Johnny Grigas	2		2	1.0	5	0
Ronnie Cahill	1		19	19.0	19	0
Johnny Hall	1		17	17.0	17	0
Marshall Goldberg	1		15	15.0	15	0
Walt Masters	1		13	13.0	13	0
Cal Purdin	1		6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	16		163	10.2	25	0
Opponents Totals	29			12.2	32	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Martin	7		130	18.6	25	0
Walt Rankin	4		57	14.3	27	0
Johnny Grigas	3		72	24.0	31	0
Bob Morrow	3		66	22.0	30	0
Ronnie Cahill	3		56	18.7	21	0
Marshall Goldberg	2		53	26.5	34	0
Walt Masters	2		39	19.5	20	0
Johnny Hall	2		35	17.5	30	0
Cal Purdin	1		24	24.0	24	0
Marshall Robnett	1		12	12.0	12	0
Floyd Rhea	1		10	10.0	10	0
Andy Puplis	1		9	9.0	9	0
Gordon Wilson	1		6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	31		569	18.4	34	0
Opponents Totals	24					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Conway Baker							1
Team Totals	17	5	12	12	24		0
Opponents Totals	19	12	7	5	12		1

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