1943 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Division 0-10-0 .000 |
| Head Coach: Phil Handler |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | 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.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 75 | Art Albrecht | OT-DT | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Wisconsin | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Conway Baker | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 228 | 32 | Centenary | 10 | 8 |
| 45 | Clarence Booth | OT-DT | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | Joe Bukant | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 216 | 28 | Washington-St. Louis | 8 | 7 |
| 70 | Chet Bulger | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Auburn | 10 | 10 |
| 32 | Ronnie Cahill | TB-LDH | 5-8 | 170 | 28 | Holy Cross | 10 | 2 |
| 18 | Don Currivan | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Boston College | 7 | 7 |
| 60 | Gil Duggan | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 229 | 29 | Oklahoma | 10 | 10 |
| 41 | Vern Ghersanich | OG-DG | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Auburn | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | Marshall Goldberg | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Johnny Grigas | FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 204 | 23 | Holy Cross | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Johnny Hall | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Texas Christian | 7 | 4 |
| 46/77 | Lou Marotti | OG-DG | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | Toledo | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | John Martin | WB-RDH-FB-LB-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Oklahoma | 10 | 5 |
| 35 | Walt Masters | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 192 | 36 | Pennsylvania | 7 | 1 |
| 48 | Bob Morrow | FB-LB-BB-S | 6-0 | 222 | 25 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10 | 4 |
| 15 | Buddy Parker | BB-S | 6-0 | 193 | 30 | Centenary | 4 | 0 |
| 54 | Don Pierce | C-LB | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Kansas | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Andy Puplis | WB-RDH | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Cal Purdin | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 188 | 22 | Tulsa; Pittsburg State | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Walt Rankin | BB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Texas Tech | 10 | 8 |
| 63 | Freeman Rexer | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | Tulane | 10 | 2 |
| 64 | Floyd Rhea | OG-DG | 5-11 | 218 | 23 | Fullerton JC; Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Marshall Robnett | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Texas A&M | 9 | 2 |
| 51 | Eddie Rucinski | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Indiana | 10 | 9 |
| 26 | George Smith | FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Villanova | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Vaughn Stewart | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Alabama | 9 | 8 |
| 62 | Lee Stokes | C-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Centenary | 7 | 2 |
| 69 | Clint Wager | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 218 | 23 | St. Mary's (Minnesota) | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Gordon Wilson | 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 | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 30 | 21 | 34 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 59 | 82 | 41 |
| 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/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Conway Baker | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 17 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 20 | 1/ | 1/ | 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 | 50 | 38 | 608 | 5.6 | 12.2 | 67t | 3 | 2.8 | 21 | 19.3 | 33.1 | |||
| Walt Masters | 45 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 249 | 5.5 | 14.6 | 37 | 2 | 4.4 | 7 | 15.6 | 31.9 | |||
| Joe Bukant | 40 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 109 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 15 | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |||
| Johnny Grigas | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 98 | 5.2 | 24.5 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 21.1 | 9.0 | |||
| Johnny Hall | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 29.2 | |||
| Cal Purdin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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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