1926 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 10th place • 5-6-1 .455 |
| Head Coach: Norm Barry |
| Fred Gillies | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/19/1926 | H | Columbus Tigers | 14-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1926 | H | Los Angeles Buccaneers | 15-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1926 | H | Racine Tornadoes | 20-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1926 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1926 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1926 | A | Milwaukee Badgers | 3-2 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Athletic Park | ||
| Sun | 10/31/1926 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-3 | L | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 2500 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1926 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 7-33 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Frankford Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1926 | A | New York Giants | 0-20 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 5000 | |
| Thu | 11/11/1926 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1926 | H | Akron Indians | - | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | |||
| Thu | 11/25/1926 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-0 | T | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1926 | H | Kansas City Cowboys | 2-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1926 | H | Canton Bulldogs | - | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/14/1926 | Akron Indians | Canceled |
| 12/5/1926 | Canton Bulldogs | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Herb Blumer | 8 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Missouri | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Brennan | 16 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 214 | 36 | none | 11 | 11 | |
| Ralph Claypool | 30 | C-MG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | Purdue | 11 | 10 |
| Ward Connell | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 173 | 25 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | |
| Red Dunn | 2 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Marquette | 11 | 9 |
| Walt Ellis | 31 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 224 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 9 | 9 |
| Hal Erickson | 3 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | St. Olaf; Washington & Jefferson | 10 | 7 |
| Gene Francis | 11 | FB-LB-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Chicago | 11 | 5 |
| Fred Gillies | 66 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | Cornell | 6 | 4 |
| Babe Green | 21 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | St. Ambrose; Loyola (Illinois) | 7 | 3 |
| Tom Hogan | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 193 | 31 | Detroit Mercy; Fordham | 1 | 0 | |
| Howard Kieley | 9 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-8 | 199 | 30 | none | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Koehler | 14 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | Northwestern | 10 | 7 |
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-6 | 160 | 27 | Lombard | 10 | 6 |
| Jerry Lunz | 91 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Marquette | 12 | 11 |
| Mickey MacDonnell | 5 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-8 | 159 | 24 | none | 9 | 5 |
| Frank Mahoney | 44 | DB-QB-ROH-ROE-RDE-FB-LB | 5-9 | 173 | 24 | Creighton | 11 | 8 |
| Bill McElwain | 22 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-FB-LB-QB-S | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Northwestern | 8 | 1 |
| Nick McInerney | 12 | ROE-RDE-C-MG-LOT-LDT-LOH-LDH | 6-2 | 201 | 30 | none | 11 | 8 |
| Duke Slater | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Iowa | 2 | 0 | |
| Mel Stuessy | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | St. Edward's | 1 | 0 | |
| Evar Swanson | 55 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE-QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 168 | 24 | Lombard | 7 | 6 |
| Bub Weller | 4 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-ROE-RDE-ROG-RDG | 6-4 | 224 | 24 | Nebraska | 12 | 10 |
| Chet Widerquist | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 219 | 31 | Northwestern; Washington & Jefferson | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Woodruff | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 74 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 13 | 41 | 28 | 98 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dunn | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 15 |
| Mickey MacDonnell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Mahoney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Hal Erickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gene Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Lunz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill McElwain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Evar Swanson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Team Totals | 9 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 4 | 1 | 74 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 5 | 1 | 98 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dunn | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 30 | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 30 | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | ||||
| Mickey MacDonnell | 1 | ||||
| Frank Mahoney | 1 | ||||
| Bill McElwain | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dunn | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Erickson | 1 | ||||
| Mickey MacDonnell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Francis | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lunz | 1 | ||||||
| Frank Mahoney | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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