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1931 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)

4th place • 5-4-0 .556

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Head Coach: Roy Andrew (0-1-0); Ernie Nevers (5-3-0-)

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	9/16/1931	N	Chicago Mills	25-0	W		Madison, WI	Breese Stevens Field	1300
Sun	9/20/1931	A	Chicago Pullman Panthers	31-0	W		Chicago, IL	Normal Park
Wed	9/23/1931	A	Portsmouth Spartans	3-13	L		Portsmouth, OH	Universal Stadium	8000
Sun	10/11/1931	A	Green Bay Packers	7-26	L		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	8000
Sun	10/18/1931	A	Chicago Bears	13-26	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	9000
Sun	10/25/1931	A	Rock Island Greenbush	45-13	W		Rock Island, IL	Rock Island Public Schools Stadium	2500
Sun	11/1/1931	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	14-7	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	15000
Sun	11/8/1931	A	Cleveland Indians	14-6	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	10000
Wed	11/11/1931	A	Grand Rapids Maroons	36-0	W		Grand Rapids, MI	Houseman Field	3000
Sun	11/15/1931	H	Green Bay Packers	21-13	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	9000
Sun	11/22/1931	H	Portsmouth Spartans	20-19	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	5000
Thu	11/26/1931	A	Chicago Bears	7-18	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	14000
Sat	11/28/1931	H	Cleveland Indians	21-0	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	1500
Sat	12/5/1931	A	Grand Rapids Maroons	7-7	T		Grand Rapids, MI	Ramona Park	4000
Sun	12/13/1931	A	St. Louis Gunners	26-6	W		St. Louis, MO	Public Schools Stadium	10000
Sun	12/20/1931	A	Memphis Tigers	24-7	W		Memphis, TN	Hodges Field	3000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Bunny Belden		DB-ROH-LOH-TB-LB	5-8	173	25	none	7	0
Bill Boyd	30	DB-ROH-LOH	5-10	175	24	Westminster (Missouri)	4	0
Les Caywood		ROG-DG	6-0	230	28	St. John's (New York); Oklahoma	1	0
Tom Cobb		LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG	5-11	250	28	St. John's (New York)	5	1
Milan Creighton		LOE-LOE-ROE-RDE	6-0	190	23	Arkansas	8	5
Charlie Diehl	27	ROG-DG	6-0	207	26	Idaho	8	7
Mickey Erickson	16	C-MG	6-2	210	26	Northwestern	8	4
Latham Flanagan		LOE-LDE	6-2	185	24	Carnegie Mellon	2	1
Bill Glassgow	34	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	5-9	187	24	Iowa	9	7
Lou Gordon	22	LOT-LDT	6-5	224	23	Illinois	1	0
Phil Handler		ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-0	212	23	Texas Christian	7	2
Irv Hill	48	FB-S	6-1	209	24	Trinity (Texas)	9	7
Walt Holmer	32	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-FB-S	6-0	185	29	Northwestern	8	5
Chuck Kassel	15	ROE-RDE	6-0	190	28	Illinois	9	9
Walt Kiesling	18	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	6-2	249	28	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	9	9
Frank Mahoney		HB-DB	5-9	173	29	Creighton	1	0
Frank McNally	45	C-MG	6-1	205	24	St. Mary's (California)	8	5
Les Molloy	21	FB-S-LOH-LDH	6-0	197	24	Loyola (Illinois)	8	2
Ernie Nevers	11	TB-LB-LOH-LDH	6-0	204	29	Stanford	9	9
George Rogge	12	LOE-LDE	6-0	185	24	Iowa	6	2
Gene Rose	37	ROH-RDH-LOH-TB-LB	5-8	172	27	Wisconsin	7	6
Jesse Shaw	28	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-1	198	24	Southern California	5	0
Duke Slater	14	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-1	215	33	Iowa	9	9
Larry Steinbach	26	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-0	215	31	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	3	2
Jess Tinsley	31	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-0	200	24	Louisiana State	6	2
John Vesser		LOE-LDE	5-11	186	31	Idaho	1	1
Jake Williams		LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-0	205	26	Texas Christian	8	4

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	14	58	14	34	120
Opponents Totals	13	19	58	38	128

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ernie Nevers	8	15	17	88.2	1	3	33.3	0	66
Bunny Belden	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Milan Creighton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chuck Kassel	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Les Molloy	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Rogge	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gene Rose	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	17	15	17	88.2	1	3	33.3	0	120
Opponents Totals	20	8	20	40.0	0			0	128

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ernie Nevers	1	3	33.3		26	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	1				26	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	0					0/	0/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Rose					1
Gene Rose					1
Ernie Nevers					7
Bunny Belden					2
Team Totals					10
Opponents Totals					11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ernie Nevers									6
Walt Holmer									1
Team Totals									7
Opponents Totals									6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Les Molloy					1
Milan Creighton					2
Chuck Kassel					2
Ernie Nevers					1
George Rogge					1
Team Totals					7
Opponents Totals					6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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