1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 6th place • Eastern Conference • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Joe Stydahar |
| Ernie Jorge | Line |
| Joe Muha | Backfield |
| Bob Nowaskey | Ends |
| Ray Richards | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1954 | N | Green Bay Packers | 27-10 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 19950 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1954 | N | Chicago Bears | 10-0 | W | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 12000 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | N | New York Giants | 0-26 | L | Spokane, WA | Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 24559 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 17-51 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 19500 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-30 | L | St. Louis, MO | Oakland Stadium | ||
| Wed | 9/15/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 2-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18581 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | H | New York Giants | 10-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16780 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1954 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17084 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 24101 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | A | New York Giants | 17-31 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 31256 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23823 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18765 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 21963 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40739 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 38-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 15619 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 14460 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-29 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 33594 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-37 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 18107 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Elmer Arterburn | 7 | LCB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 44 | ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Tulsa | 12 | 1 |
| Tom Bienemann | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 26 | Drake | 11 | 10 |
| George Brancato | 41 | LDH-LOH | 5-9 | 177 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; Louisiana State | 5 | 3 |
| Bill Bredde | 40 | FB-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 0 |
| Al Brosky | 24 | S | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Illinois | 9 | 9 |
| Jack Crittendon | 86 | LOE-ROE-K | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 10 | 4 |
| Mel Embree | 83 | LOE-ROE | 6-3 | 192 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Pepperdine | 5 | 0 |
| Ledio Fanucchi | 73 | RDT-MG-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Fresno CC; Fresno State | 12 | 4 |
| Dick Fugler | 75 | MG-RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Tulane | 12 | 1 |
| Les Goble | 20 | LOH-ROH-DB | 5-11 | 157 | 22 | Alfred | 12 | 1 |
| Jerry Groom | 57 | RDT-MG | 6-3 | 236 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| Johnny Hatley | 65 | LOG-LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | Baylor; Southwest Texas JC; Sul Ross State | 12 | 8 |
| Jack Jennings | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| George Kinek | 47 | LCB | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| Emmett King | 37 | FB | 5-9 | 195 | 21 | none | 12 | 11 |
| Ellsworth Kingery | 21 | LDH | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Tulane | 9 | 9 |
| Gary Knafelc | 83 | LOE | 6-4 | 217 | 22 | Colorado | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Ladd | 87 | ROE | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 11 | 8 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | RDH-OE | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Lange | 68 | ROG | 6-1 | 239 | 26 | Dayton | 10 | 5 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | LOH-FB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 10 | 8 |
| Lamar McHan | 8 | QB-P | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Arkansas | 12 | 11 |
| Charley Oakley | 21 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 36 | ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | California | 11 | 11 |
| Gordon Polofsky | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Tennessee | 12 | 4 |
| Steve Romanik | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Villanova | 6 | 1 |
| Leo Sanford | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy Sears | 22 | S | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Simmons | 50 | C | 6-4 | 236 | 30 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Don Stonesifer | 80 | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Northwestern | 12 | 11 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Pat Summerall | 85 | K-RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 228 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 2 |
| Len Teeuws | 74 | LOT | 6-4 | 242 | 27 | Michigan State; Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | LOH-S-P | 6-0 | 186 | 33 | Georgia | 12 | 6 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 73 | LDT | 6-4 | 243 | 25 | Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| Fred Wallner | 61 | MLB | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Watford | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Alabama | 12 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Lamar McHan | QB | Arkansas |
| 2 | 14 | Gary Knafelc | E | Colorado |
| 3 | 26 | Bobby Cavazos | B | Texas Tech |
| 4 | 38 | Bill Bredde | B | Oklahoma State |
| 5 | 50 | Don Dohoney | E | Michigan State |
| 6 | 62 | Tom McHugh | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 74 | Dave Mann | B | Oregon State |
| 8 | 86 | Paul Larson | B | California |
| 9 | 98 | Dean Chambers | T | Washington |
| 10 | 110 | Tommy Lewis | B | Alabama |
| 11 | 122 | Homer Smith | B | Princeton |
| 12 | 134 | Howard Pitt | E | Duke |
| 13 | 146 | Les Goble | B | Alfred |
| 14 | 158 | Sammy Dumas | G | Arkansas |
| 15 | 170 | Cecil Harp | E | Pacific |
| 16 | 182 | Al Kilgore | T | Kent State |
| 17 | 194 | Jack Troxell | B | Arkansas |
| 18 | 206 | Dick Young | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 19 | 218 | Jerry Sazio | T | William & Mary |
| 20 | 230 | Stan Huntsman | B | Wabash |
| 21 | 242 | Jim Stander | T | Colorado |
| 22 | 254 | Ledio Fanucchi | T | Fresno State |
| 23 | 266 | Charley Oakley | B | Louisiana State |
| 24 | 278 | Lou Sawchik | E | Ohio University |
| 25 | 290 | Jerry Marchand | B | Louisiana State |
| 26 | 302 | Ralph Carrigan | C | Alabama |
| 27 | 314 | John Culver | B | Harvard |
| 28 | 326 | Tommy Koller | B | William & Mary |
| 29 | 338 | Bill Albrecht | B | Washington |
| 30 | 350 | Alex Burl | B | Colorado State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 47 | 27 | 63 | 183 |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 113 | 54 | 61 | 347 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 184 | 83 | 86 | 15 | / % | / % | 91 | 819 | |
| Opponents Totals | 236 | 85 | 123 | 18 | / % | / % | 74 | 716 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 0 | 45 |
| Les Goble | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Bredde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emmett King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Crittendon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 183 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 42 | 45 | 93.3 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 347 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 1 | 50 | 0/8 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Jack Crittendon | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 50 | 0/9 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 3/ | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 101 | 506 | 5.0 | 79t | 4 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 106 | 352 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Emmett King | 57 | 167 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 50 | 156 | 3.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 57t | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 34 | 152 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Bredde | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Les Goble | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 8t | 1 |
| George Brancato | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 418 | 1612 | 3.9 | 79t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 400 | 1532 | 3.8 | 88t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 255 | 105 | 41.2 | 128 | 1475 | 5.8 | 14.0 | 70 | 6 | 2.4 | 22 | 8.6 | 176 | 1299 | 32.4 | |
| Steve Romanik | 79 | 36 | 45.6 | 38 | 343 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 38 | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 22 | 321 | 40.2 | |
| Charley Trippi | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 3 | 85 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 37 | 48 | 34.6 | |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | -6 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 349 | 148 | 42.4 | 171 | 1903 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 70 | 8 | 2.3 | 30 | 8.6 | 241 | 1662 | 32.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 193 | 54.2 | 139 | 3006 | 8.4 | 15.6 | 29 | 8.1 | 24 | 6.7 | 212 | 2794 | 81.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 44 | 607 | 13.8 | 39t | 3 |
| Ollie Matson | 34 | 611 | 18.0 | 70 | 3 |
| Jim Ladd | 22 | 254 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 25 | 1 |
| Paul Barry | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Emmett King | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 17t | 1 |
| Jack Crittendon | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 27 | 0 |
| George Brancato | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Embree | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 148 | 1903 | 12.9 | 70 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 3006 | 15.6 | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lane | 10 | 181 | 18.1 | 64 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Al Brosky | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Kinek | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsworth Kingery | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 14L | 0 |
| Les Goble | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 294 | 12.3 | 64 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 397 | 13.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 59 | 2308 | 39.1 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2467 | 39.2 | 62 | 0 | 55 | 38.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2294 | 41.7 | 208 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 59t | 1 | |
| Les Goble | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 208 | 5.3 | 59t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 55 | 1.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Goble | 27 | 749 | 27.7 | 94t | 2 | |
| Ollie Matson | 17 | 449 | 26.4 | 91t | 1 | |
| Paul Barry | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sears | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bill Bredde | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Emmett King | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| John Hatley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1420 | 24.5 | 94t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 832 | 23.1 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Barry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bienemann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Brancato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bredde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crittendon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ledio Fanucchi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Fugler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmett King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Polofsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Teeuws | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Wallner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerry Watford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1 |
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