1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 6th place American Conference 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau (2-8-0); Co-Head Coaches: Phil Handler and Cecil Isbell (1-1-0) |
| Phil Handler | Line |
| Cecil Isbell | Backfield |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/25/1951 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16168 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 20165 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1951 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 36-21 | W | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1951 | N | Detroit Lions | 7-21 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 19510 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1951 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 17-37 | L | Omaha, NE | Creighton Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16129 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 28-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 33781 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | New York Giants | 17-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28095 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-7 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22960 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14773 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 19742 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29995 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 19658 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | H | New York Giants | 0-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11892 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 28-49 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30550 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 9459 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 15085 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 7 | Elmer Angsman | ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Ed Bagdon | LOG | 5-10 | 204 | 25 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Tom Bienemann | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 221 | 23 | Drake | 12 | 0 |
| 89 | Billy Cross | LOH | 5-6 | 151 | 22 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 2 |
| 31 | Jerry Davis | S-LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | 0 |
| 42 | Bob Dove | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Lou Ferry | LDT | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Bill Fischer | LOT | 6-2 | 248 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Joe Gasparella | QB | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Billy Gay | S | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| 57 | Jerry Groom | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Jim Hardy | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Southern California | 7 | 4 |
| 66 | Jerry Hennessy | RDE | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | Santa Clara | 12 | 1 |
| 15 | Jerry Houghton | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Washington State | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Jack Jennings | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 2 |
| 11 | Don Joyce | RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Tony Klimek | LDH | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 17 | Lindy Lauro | ROH | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Lynn Lynch | ROG | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Lloyd McDermott | RDT | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | John Panelli | LLB-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| 36 | Ralph Pasquariello | FB | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Villanova | 12 | 3 |
| 68 | Cliff Patton | MG-K | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Don Paul | LOH-RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Fran Polsfoot | LOE-P | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Buster Ramsey | MG | 6-1 | 219 | 31 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Knox Ramsey | ROG | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | William & Mary | 10 | 7 |
| 87 | Ray Ramsey | RS-ROE | 6-2 | 166 | 30 | Bradley | 12 | 11 |
| 73 | Leo Sanford | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | Jack Simmons | C | 6-4 | 236 | 27 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Emil Sitko | ROH-FB | 5-8 | 185 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 |
| 80 | Don Stonesifer | ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Northwestern | 12 | 11 |
| 67 | Bill Svoboda | RS | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Tulane | 11 | 2 |
| 62 | Charley Trippi | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Georgia | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | Frank Tripucka | QB-P | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Fred Wallner | LLB-ROG | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Tom Wham | RDE | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Furman | 11 | 11 |
| 21 | S.J. Whitman | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Vinnie Yablonski | FB-K | 5-8 | 195 | 28 | Fordham; Columbia | 4 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Jerry Groom | C | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 18 | Don Joyce | T | Tulane |
| 3 | 30 | Don Stonesifer | E | Northwestern |
| 4 | 42 | Dick Doyne | B | Lehigh |
| 5 | 51 | Lynn Lynch | G | Illinois |
| 6 | 66 | Ed Jasonek | B | Furman |
| 7 | 78 | Dick Punches | T | Colorado |
| 8 | 90 | Leo Sanford | C | Louisiana Tech |
| 9 | 102 | Neil Schmidt | G | Purdue |
| 10 | 115 | Ken Cooper | G | Vanderbilt |
| 11 | 127 | Tom Bienemann | E | Drake |
| 12 | 139 | Jack Landry | B | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 151 | Volney Peters | T | Southern California |
| 14 | 163 | Bill Leskovar | B | Kentucky |
| 15 | 175 | John Simcic | G | Wisconsin |
| 16 | 187 | Gene Miller | B | Northwestern |
| 17 | 199 | Henry May | C | Missouri State |
| 18 | 211 | Russ Pomeroy | T | Stanford |
| 19 | 223 | Gene Ackerman | E | Missouri |
| 20 | 235 | Fred Wallner | G | Notre Dame |
| 21 | 247 | Dick Bunting | E | Drake |
| 22 | 259 | S.J. Whitman | B | Tulsa |
| 23 | 271 | Jim Owens | E | Oklahoma |
| 24 | 283 | Billy Cross | B | West Texas A&M |
| 25 | 295 | Vernon Quick | G | Wofford |
| 26 | 307 | Jeff Fleischmann | B | Cornell |
| 27 | 319 | Ken Huxhold | T | Wisconsin |
| 28 | 331 | Dick Martin | B | Kentucky |
| 29 | 343 | Bobby Livingstone | B | Notre Dame |
| 30 | 355 | Leon Root | B | Rutgers |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 58 | 65 | 59 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 224 | 108 | 101 | 15 | / % | / % | 82 | 729 | |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 116 | 83 | 13 | / % | / % | 80 | 711 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cross | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don Paul | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Cliff Patton | 0 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 34 |
| Elmer Angsman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fran Polsfoot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Vinnie Yablonski | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 0 | 210 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Patton | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 27 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 31 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 0 | 31 | 5/9 | 1/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 78 | 501 | 6.4 | 32 | 4 |
| Elmer Angsman | 121 | 380 | 3.1 | 28t | 3 |
| Billy Cross | 53 | 283 | 5.3 | 39t | 3 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 53 | 251 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 37 | 247 | 6.7 | 68t | 3 |
| Emil Sitko | 52 | 183 | 3.5 | 61 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 440 | 1963 | 4.5 | 68t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 476 | 1977 | 4.2 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardy | 114 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 809 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 80t | 3 | 2.6 | 10 | 8.8 | 112 | 697 | 44.8 | |
| Charley Trippi | 191 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 1191 | 6.2 | 13.5 | 80t | 8 | 4.2 | 13 | 6.8 | 181 | 1010 | 52.1 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 29 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 244 | 8.4 | 14.4 | 48 | 2 | 6.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 67 | 177 | 94.6 | |
| Team Totals | 334 | 161 | 161 | 149 | 2244 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 80t | 13 | 3.9 | 24 | 7.2 | 360 | 1884 | 53.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 123 | 123 | 115 | 1973 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 18 | 6.8 | 27 | 10.2 | 197 | 1776 | 54.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Polsfoot | 57 | 796 | 14.0 | 80t | 4 |
| Don Stonesifer | 27 | 343 | 12.7 | 49 | 2 |
| Don Paul | 23 | 398 | 17.3 | 53 | 3 |
| Billy Cross | 18 | 322 | 17.9 | 80t | 3 |
| Elmer Angsman | 9 | 195 | 21.7 | 80t | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 6 | -9 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | -4 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 2244 | 13.9 | 80t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 1973 | 16.0 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J. Whitman | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Klimek | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cliff Patton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Wallner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lloyd McDermott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 390 | 14.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 342 | 14.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Polsfoot | 47 | 1914 | 40.7 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 12 | 446 | 37.2 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 11 | 429 | 39.0 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2789 | 39.8 | 56 | 1 | 677 | 30.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2538 | 40.9 | 192 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 19 | 143 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 192 | 6.4 | 23 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 677 | 14.4 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 15 | 424 | 28.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Emil Sitko | 17 | 429 | 25.2 | 41 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Tom Bienemann | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 1051 | 24.4 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 801 | 19.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Groom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Klimek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd McDermott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Knox Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Wallner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Wham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 1 |
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