1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/18/1952	N	Detroit Lions	13-28	L	Amarillo, TX	Sandstrom Stadium	10500
Sun	8/24/1952	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-38	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	34901
Sat	8/30/1952	N	Los Angeles Rams	14-24	L	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	29112
Sun	9/7/1952	H	Green Bay Packers	38-7	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	15497
Sat	9/13/1952	N	Camp Polk	66-7	W	Lubbock, TX	Jones Stadium	6000
Sat	9/20/1952	A	Dallas Texans	10-0	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	12500
Mon	9/29/1952	H	Washington Redskins	7-23	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	17837
Sun	10/5/1952	H	Chicago Bears	21-10	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	34697
Sun	10/12/1952	A	Washington Redskins	17-6	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	24600
Sun	10/19/1952	A	New York Giants	24-23	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	41182
Sun	10/26/1952	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-34	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	20395
Sun	11/2/1952	H	New York Giants	6-28	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	27195
Sun	11/9/1952	A	Cleveland Browns	13-28	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	34097
Sun	11/16/1952	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-10	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	18908
Sun	11/23/1952	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	18330
Sun	11/30/1952	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-22	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	13577
Sun	12/7/1952	H	Cleveland Browns	0-10	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	24541
Sun	12/14/1952	A	Chicago Bears	7-10	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	32578

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
84	Cliff Anderson	LOE	6-2	215	23	Indiana	12	10
7	Elmer Angsman	ROH-FB	5-11	200	27	Notre Dame	12	1
49	Roy Barni	S	5-11	185	25	San Francisco	12	12
82	Tom Bienemann	RDE	6-3	221	24	Drake	12	12
20	Billy Cross	LOH	5-6	151	23	West Texas A&M	12	11
42	Bob Dove	LDE-RDE	6-1	222	31	Notre Dame	10	4
72	Bill Fischer	ROG	6-2	248	25	Notre Dame	12	11
37	Joe Geri	LOH-K	5-10	185	29	Georgia	12	1
57	Jerry Groom	RDT-C	6-3	236	23	Notre Dame	12	12
	Bob Hecker	DB	6-1	185	27	Ohio State; Wisconsin; Baldwin-Wallace	1	0
70	Jack Jennings	ROT	6-4	245	26	Ohio State	7	7
71	Don Joyce	RDG-ROT	6-3	253	23	Tulane	12	11
44	Johnny Karras	ROH	5-11	187	24	Illinois	6	3
61	Tony Klimek	LDG-LOG-RDG	5-11	200	27	Illinois	12	5
66	Ed Listopad	LOG	6-2	230	23	Wake Forest	4	4
33	Ollie Matson	FB-RDH	6-2	210	22	San Francisco CC; San Francisco	11	10
73	Mike Mergen	LOT	6-5	245	23	Illinois Wesleyan; San Francisco	12	12
89	Denver Mills	RDE	6-3	225	27	William & Mary	1	0
9	Don Panciera	QB-ROH	6-1	195	25	Boston College; San Francisco	8	1
34	John Panelli	RLB	5-11	200	26	Notre Dame	12	12
36	Ralph Pasquariello	FB	6-2	237	26	Villanova	12	4
22	Don Paul	RDH	6-0	187	26	Washington State	4	4
83	Ray Pelfrey	ROE	6-0	187	24	Auburn; Eastern Kentucky	2	0
76	Volney Peters	ROT-LDT	6-4	237	24	Compton JC; Southern California	12	12
60	Gordon Polofsky	LDG-LOG	6-1	219	21	Tennessee	10	9
81	Fran Polsfoot	LOE	6-3	203	25	Washington State	3	2
47	Eli Popa	ROH	5-10	202	22	Illinois	2	0
87	Ray Ramsey	RDH-LDH-LOE	6-2	166	31	Bradley	9	6
51	Leo Sanford	LLB-LOG	6-1	224	23	Louisiana Tech	12	12
69	Mike Sikora	LOG-ROG-RDE	6-2	230	26	Indiana; Oregon	12	6
50	Jack Simmons	C-LB	6-4	236	28	Detroit Mercy	12	12
24	Emil Sitko	ROH-FB	5-8	185	29	Notre Dame	11	7
80	Don Stonesifer	ROE	6-0	200	25	Northwestern	12	12
31	Bill Svoboda	LDH	6-0	210	24	Tulane	10	10?
85	Ralph Thomas	LDE	5-11	190	23	San Francisco	11	8
40	Wally Triplett	HB	5-10	173	26	Penn State	2	0
2	Charley Trippi	QB-P	6-0	186	31	Georgia	11	10
8	Frank Tripucka	QB-P	6-2	192	25	Notre Dame	6	1
68	Fred Wallner	LOG	6-2	231	24	Notre Dame	7	2
21	S.J. Whitman	LDH	5-11	185	26	Tulsa	10	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Ollie Matson	B	San Francisco
2	16	Johnny Karras	B	Illinois
2	21	Darrel Brewster	E	Purdue
5	51	Dick Fugler	T	Tulane
6	64	John Hancock	G	Baylor
7	75	Harry Jabbusch	C	South Carolina
8	88	Don Coleman	G	Michigan State
9	99	Mal Cook	B	Georgia
10	112	John Feltch	T	Holy Cross
11	123	Leo Sugar	E	Purdue
12	136	Joe Masnaghetti	T	Marquette
13	147	Mel Massucco	B	Holy Cross
14	160	Tom Tofaute	C	North Carolina State
15	171	John Davis	B	Indiana
16	184	Mike Mergen	G	San Francisco
17	195	Darrell Crawford	B	Georgia Tech
18	208	Bill Pyron	T	Mississippi State
19	219	Ed Listopad	T	Wake Forest
20	232	Frank Fischel	E	Arkansas
21	243	Wade Musgrove	G	Hardin-Simmons
22	256	Glenn Lippman	B	Texas A&M
23	267	Red Stephens	G	San Francisco
24	280	E.J. Moore	G	Abilene Christian
25	291	Cliff Anderson	E	Indiana
26	304	Clarence Fry	T	Maryland
27	315	Sam Moses	T	Texas A&M
28	328	Harold Lutz	E	Alabama
29	339	Don Kasperan	B	Purdue
30	352	Will Stolk	B	Miami (Florida)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	22	56	35	59
Opponents Totals	44	92	49	36

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		176	91	74	11	/ %	/ %	87	743
Opponents Totals		176	85	82	9	/ %	/ %	91	883

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ollie Matson	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Joe Geri	0	22	24	91.7	2	18	11.1	0	28
Billy Cross	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Charley Trippi	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Cliff Anderson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Elmer Angsman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Johnny Karras	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Paul	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Volney Peters	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Emil Sitko	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	24	22	24	91.7	2	18	11.1	0	172
Opponents Totals	28	25	28	89.3	8	20	40.0	2	221

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Geri	2	18	11.1	0/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Team Totals	2	18	11.1	0/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	8	20	40.0	0/	2/	4/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charley Trippi	72	350	4.9	59t	4
Emil Sitko	88	348	4.0	46	1
Billy Cross	71	347	4.9	45	2
Ollie Matson	96	344	3.6	25	3
Ralph Pasquariello	48	129	2.7	13	0
Elmer Angsman	46	114	2.5	9	0
Joe Geri	20	50	2.5	21	0
Johnny Karras	24	42	1.8	17	0
Don Paul	6	28	4.7	12	0
Don Panciera	4	6	1.5	8	0
Frank Tripucka	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Volney Peters	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	477	1748	3.7	59t	10
Opponents Totals	455	1588	3.5		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Trippi	181	84	46.4	84	890	4.9	10.6	56t	5	2.8	13	7.2	178	712	40.5
Don Panciera	96	35	36.5	52	582	6.1	16.6	47t	5	5.2	9	9.4	107	475	36.0
Frank Tripucka	12	5	41.7	7	40	3.3	8.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	24	50.7
Team Totals	289	124	42.9	143	1512	5.2	12.2	56t	10	3.5	22	7.6	301	1211	39.5
Opponents Totals	307	149	48.5	133	1942	6.3	13.0		16	5.2	25	8.1	177	1765	52.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Stonesifer	54	617	11.4	26	0
Billy Cross	17	234	13.8	56t	2
Cliff Anderson	11	191	17.4	30	2
Ollie Matson	11	187	17.0	47t	3
Ralph Pasquariello	7	46	6.6	10	0
Charley Trippi	5	66	13.2	21	0
Johnny Karras	5	63	12.6	29	1
Don Paul	4	32	8.0	11	1
Elmer Angsman	4	22	5.5	9	1
Ray Ramsey	3	27	9.0	13	0
Emil Sitko	2	16	8.0	10	0
Ray Pelfrey	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	124	1512	12.2	56t	10
Opponents Totals	149	1942	13.0		16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Roy Barni	6	70	11.7	38
Ray Ramsey	5	67	13.4	23
S.J. Whitman	3	27	9.0	18
John Panelli	3	5	1.7	5
Ollie Matson	2	51	25.5	30
Tony Klimek	2	5	2.5	5
Leo Sanford	2	5	2.5	5
Bill Svoboda	2	2	1.0	2
Team Totals	25	232	9.3	38
Opponents Totals	22	240	10.9

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Joe Geri	29	1094	37.7	47	0
Frank Tripucka	31	1155	37.3	57	1
Charley Trippi	16	588	36.8	47	0
Team Totals	76	2837	37.3	57	1	600	29.4
Opponents Totals	69	2906	42.1			450

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Paul	10	97	9.7	22	0
Ollie Matson	9	86	9.6	23	0
Billy Cross	21	177	8.4	38	0
Johnny Karras	4	47	11.8	23	0
Wally Triplett	2	26	13.0	14	0
Roy Barni	2	17	8.5	9	0
Volney Peters	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	49	450	9.2	38	0
Opponents Totals	54	600	11.1		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ollie Matson	20	624	31.2	100t	2
Billy Cross	9	169	18.8	28	0
Johnny Karras	4	69	17.3	21	0
Don Paul	3	54	18.0	26	0
Don Stonesifer	2	27	13.5	15	0
Emil Sitko	1	19	19.0	19	0
Mike Mergen	1	13	13.0	13	0
Ralph Pasquariello	1	13	13.0	13	0
Cliff Anderson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Ray Pelfrey	1	8	8.0	8	0
Volney Peters	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Fischer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	45	1008	22.4	100t	2
Opponents Totals	35	774	22.1		2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Elmer Angsman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Barni	0	0	1	2	3	4	0
Tom Bienemann	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Billy Cross	6		1	0	1	-10	0
Bob Dove	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Bill Fischer	0	0	1	1	2	59	0
Johnny Karras	3		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Listopad	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ollie Matson	8		2	2	4	34	1
Don Panciera	4		1	1	2	-2	0
John Panelli	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ralph Pasquariello	1		0	0	0	0	0
Volney Peters	1		0	1	1	10	1
Gordon Polofsky	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Ramsey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Leo Sanford	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Emil Sitko	3		0	0	0	0	0
Don Stonesifer	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charley Trippi	3		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Tripucka	2		1	0	1	-14	0
Team Totals	33	23	10	18	28	89	2
Opponents Totals	30	18	12	23	35		2

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