1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 6th place Eastern Conference 1-10-1 .091 |
| Head Coach: Joe Stydahar |
| Dick Gallagher | Ends |
| Ernie Jorge | Line |
| Skip Stahley | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | Baltimore Colts | 7-10 | L | Lubbock, TX | Jones Field | 7000 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | N | Green Bay Packers | 13-7 | W | Spokane, WA | Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 23-10 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 26210 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-14 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezard Stadium | 22736 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25840 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 13-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16055 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24374 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 25935 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | A | New York Giants | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30301 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-56 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22064 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | H | New York Giants | 20-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18499 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 19654 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-24 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 26674 | |
| Sat | 11/21/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-38 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19402 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 16-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 24499 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14138 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38059 | |
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 |
| 84 | Cliff Anderson | LOE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Roy Barni | RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | San Francisco | 8 | 5 |
| 82 | Tom Bienemann | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 25 | Drake | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Al Campana | DB-LOH | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Youngstown State | 8 | 1 |
| 47 | Willie Carter | S-ROH | 5-11 | 198 | 22 | Tennessee State | 8 | 3 |
| 68 | Nick Chickillo | MG-FB | 5-11 | 220 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 9 |
| 20 | Billy Cross | ROH-LOH | 5-6 | 151 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 6 |
| 39 | Tony Curcillo | MLB-FB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 |
| 42 | Bob Dove | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 32 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 |
| 72 | Bill Fischer | LOT-LOG | 6-2 | 248 | 26 | Notre Dame | 11 | 6 |
| 78 | George Gilchrist | RDT-MG | 6-0 | 260 | 25 | Tennessee State | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Jerry Groom | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 236 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| 73 | Tom Higgins | LOT-LDE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | North Carolina | 12 | 10 |
| 66 | Ed Husmann | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Nebraska | 12 | 6 |
| 53 | Keever Jankovich | LDE | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; Utah; Pacific | 2 | 2 |
| 70 | Jack Jennings | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Don Joyce | RDT-MG | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Tulane | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Ray Nagel | QB | 5-11 | 177 | 26 | UCLA | 4 | 3 |
| 84 | Gern Nagler | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | Santa Clara | 11 | 11 |
| 33 | Johnny Olszewski | FB-ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | California | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | John Panelli | MLB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| 22 | Don Paul | CB-ROH | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Volney Peters | LDT | 6-4 | 237 | 25 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Gordon Polofsky | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 22 | Tennessee | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | Jim Psaltis | S | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 12 | 9 |
| 87 | Ray Ramsey | LDH-LOE | 6-2 | 166 | 32 | Bradley | 12 | 10 |
| 12 | Steve Romanik | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Villanova | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Jim Root | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 6 |
| 21 | Dan Sandifer | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | Leo Sanford | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | George Schmidt | LDE | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Lewis | 6 | 4 |
| 50 | Jack Simmons | C-P | 6-4 | 236 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Jack Spinks | FB | 6-0 | 236 | 23 | Alcorn State | 8 | 1 |
| 80 | Don Stonesifer | ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Dave Suminski | LOG-ROG | 5-11 | 230 | 22 | Wisconsin | 6 | 5 |
| 83 | Pat Summerall | K-DE | 6-4 | 228 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 1 |
| 31 | Bill Svoboda | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Wally Triplett | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 173 | 27 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Charley Trippi | LOH-P | 6-0 | 186 | 32 | Georgia | 12 | 9 |
| 64 | Jerry Watford | ROG | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 6 |
| 21 | S.J. Whitman | LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Tulsa | 2 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Johnny Olszewski | B | California |
| 2 | 15 | Jim Psaltis | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 28 | Dale Samuels | QB | Purdue |
| 4 | 40 | Buck Martin | E | Georgia Tech |
| 5 | 53 | Bill Shalosky | G | Cincinnati |
| 6 | 64 | Tony Curcillo | B | Ohio State |
| 6 | 71 | Tom Higgins | T | North Carolina |
| 8 | 88 | Jerry Watford | G | Alabama |
| 9 | 100 | Ed Husmann | G | Nebraska |
| 9 | 101 | Avatus Stone | B | Syracuse |
| 10 | 112 | Charley Berndt | T | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 125 | Ed Woodsum | E | Yale |
| 12 | 136 | Chuck Spaulding | B | Wyoming |
| 13 | 148 | Frank McPhee | E | Princeton |
| 13 | 149 | Ronnie Morris | B | Tulsa |
| 14 | 160 | Dick Sprague | B | Washington |
| 15 | 173 | Nick Chickillo | G | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 184 | Jimmy Lear | B | Mississippi |
| 17 | 197 | Earl Heninger | B | Purdue |
| 18 | 208 | Joe Yukica | E | Penn State |
| 19 | 221 | Tom Donahue | C | Wake Forest |
| 20 | 232 | Len D'Errico | G | Boston University |
| 21 | 245 | Joe Curtis | E | Alabama |
| 22 | 256 | Hal Lokovsek | T | Washington State |
| 23 | 269 | Jim Root | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 24 | 280 | Brad Glass | G | Princeton |
| 25 | 293 | Haywood Sullivan | B | Florida |
| 26 | 304 | Don Ringe | T | Idaho |
| 27 | 317 | C.O. Brocato | C | Baylor |
| 28 | 328 | Mike Prokopiak | B | New Mexico |
| 29 | 341 | Earl Wrightenberry | T | Clemson |
| 30 | 352 | Bill Gaudreau | B | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 44 | 41 | 40 | |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 71 | 42 | 134 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 184 | 75 | 95 | 14 | / % | / % | 73 | 611 | |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 95 | 111 | 10 | / % | / % | 72 | 615 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 50 |
| Gern Nagler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Cross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Paul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Root | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 1 | 190 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 43 | 45 | 95.6 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 337 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 2 | 49 | 5/11 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 0/5 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 2 | 49 | 5/11 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 0/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 97 | 433 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 106 | 386 | 3.6 | 34 | 4 |
| Billy Cross | 51 | 196 | 3.8 | 56 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 26 | 12 | 0.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Nagel | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Jack Spinks | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Carter | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 322 | 1179 | 3.7 | 56 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 440 | 1662 | 3.8 | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Root | 192 | 80 | 80 | 101 | 1149 | 6.0 | 14.4 | 77 | 8 | 4.2 | 11 | 5.7 | 193 | 956 | 51.8 | |
| Steve Romanik | 117 | 50 | 50 | 58 | 641 | 5.5 | 12.8 | 42 | 4 | 3.4 | 9 | 7.7 | 59 | 582 | 39.9 | |
| Ray Nagel | 62 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 192 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.1 | 30 | 162 | 21.7 | |
| Charley Trippi | 34 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 195 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 21 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 46 | 149 | 82.4 | |
| Don Paul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 70.8 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 408 | 181 | 181 | 200 | 2190 | 5.4 | 12.1 | 77 | 14 | 3.4 | 27 | 6.6 | 328 | 1862 | 45.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 341 | 176 | 176 | 141 | 2619 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 17 | 5.0 | 24 | 7.0 | 255 | 2364 | 64.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 56 | 684 | 12.2 | 46 | 2 |
| Gern Nagler | 43 | 610 | 14.2 | 41t | 6 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 77 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 17 | 285 | 16.8 | 51t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 27 | 2 |
| Ray Ramsey | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 21 | 2 |
| Wally Triplett | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Spinks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 181 | 2190 | 12.1 | 77 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 2619 | 14.9 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Jim Psaltis | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 439 | 18.3 | 48t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 202 | 7.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 54 | 2316 | 42.9 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Simmons | 22 | 843 | 38.3 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 3159 | 41.6 | 63 | 0 | 68 | 40.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 3110 | 42.0 | 349 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 38 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | |
| Willie Carter | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 349 | 7.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 68 | 1.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Triplett | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 12 | 257 | 21.4 | 39 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Willie Carter | 8 | 178 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Al Campana | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tony Curcillo | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Don Joyce | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1120 | 22.4 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 852 | 24.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Campana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Chickillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Curcillo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Higgins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Husmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keever Jankovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Nagel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gern Nagler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Psaltis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Root | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Watford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4 |
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