1937 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 5-5-1 .500 |
| Head Coach: Milan Creighton |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/12/1937 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1937 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-16 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 17000 | |
| Fri | 9/24/1937 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22367 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-6 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 3912 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1937 | A | Cleveland Rams | 6-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 10400 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-34 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 16181 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 22978 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 13-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 8963 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Cleveland Rams | 13-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 9923 | |
| Wed | 11/10/1937 | A | Chicago Gunners | 19-3 | W | Chicago, IL | 124th Field Artillery Armory | 5800 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1937 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 8576 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1937 | H | Chicago Bears | 28-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 7313 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 228 | 26 | Centenary | 6 | 3 |
| Tony Blazine | 23 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 232 | 25 | Illinois Wesleyan | 11 | 6 |
| Hal Carlson | 31 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Northwestern; DePaul | 1 | 0 |
| Ross Carter | 28 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Southwestern (Oregon) JC; Oregon | 11 | 11 |
| Pat Coffee | 20 | BB-S-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Louisiana State | 9 | 4 |
| Bill Crass | 38 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| Milan Creighton | 25 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 |
| Bree Cuppoletti | 47 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Oregon | 10 | 7 |
| Versil Deskin | 45 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 199 | 24 | Drake | 11 | 8 |
| Len Dugan | 46 | C-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 27 | Wichita State | 11 | 5 |
| George Grosvenor | 32 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | Colorado | 11 | 7 |
| Ham Harmon | 18 | C-LB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Tulsa | 6 | 6 |
| Bob Hoel | 48 | ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 208 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 8 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Texas Christian | 11 | 1 |
| John Marrow | 30 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 230 | 23 | Nebraska Wesleyan; Nebraska-Kearney | 11 | 0 |
| Bill May | 19 | WB-RDH-BB-S-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Louisiana State | 9 | 3 |
| Dub Miller | 26 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | Chadron State | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Muellner | 20 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | DePaul | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Nolan | 17 | LOT-DT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Arizona | 9 | 3 |
| Hal Pangle | 21 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Oregon State | 11 | 8 |
| Buddy Parker | 15 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Centenary | 11 | 3 |
| Rock Reed | 16 | TB-LDJ-WB-RDH | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | Louisiana State | 8 | 0 |
| John Reynolds | 24 | C-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Baylor | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Robinson | 40 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Truman State | 11 | 10 |
| Doug Russell | 33 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Muskingum; Kansas State | 11 | 10 |
| Bill Smith | 40 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Washington | 9 | 2 |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 31 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Louisiana State | 11 | 11 |
| Howie Tipton | 27 | BB-S | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | Southern California | 11 | 7 |
| Pete Tyler | 12 | BB-S-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Volok | 44 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Tulsa | 11 | 4 |
| Billy Wilson | 42 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Gonzaga | 11 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Ray Buivid | B | Marquette |
| 2 | 12 | Gaynell Tinsley | E | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 23 | Art Guepe | B | Marquette |
| 4 | 32 | Bucky Bryan | B | Tulane |
| 5 | 43 | Ham Harmon | C | Tulsa |
| 6 | 52 | Phil Dickens | B | Tennessee |
| 7 | 63 | Herm Dickerson | B | Virginia Tech |
| 8 | 72 | John Reynolds | C | Baylor |
| 9 | 83 | Dwight Hafeli | E | Washington-St. Louis |
| 10 | 92 | Middleton FitzSimons | G | Georgia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 135 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 57 | 60 | 25 | 165 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 99 | / % | / % | 305 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaynell Tinsley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| George Grosvenor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Hal Pangle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bill May | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pat Coffee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Versil Deskin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jimmy Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Rock Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pete Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Conway Baker | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Nolan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 19 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 2 | 0 | 135 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 7 | 1 | 165 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill May | 2 | 29 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 29 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 5/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Grosvenor | 143 | 461 | 3.2 | 2 | |
| Hal Pangle | 61 | 203 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Pat Coffee | 55 | 157 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Buddy Parker | 50 | 115 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Doug Russell | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 19 | 60 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Rock Reed | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Howie Tipton | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bill May | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Crass | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Tyler | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 385 | 1149 | 3.0 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 475 | 1457 | 3.1 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Coffee | 119 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 824 | 6.9 | 15.8 | 4 | 3.4 | 11 | 9.2 | 40.0 | ||||
| George Grosvenor | 50 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 325 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 3 | 6.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 44.6 | ||||
| Doug Russell | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 94 | 8.5 | 23.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 58.7 | ||||
| Bill Crass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Rock Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Pete Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Hal Pangle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 189 | 77 | 77 | 91 | 1243 | 6.6 | 16.1 | 8 | 4.2 | 21 | 11.1 | 38.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 73 | 73 | 107 | 1051 | 5.2 | 14.4 | 13 | 6.4 | 24 | 11.8 | 35.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaynell Tinsley | 36 | 675 | 18.8 | 95t | 5 |
| Doug Russell | 12 | 263 | 21.9 | 1 | |
| Pete Tyler | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| Hal Pangle | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Smith | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Versil Deskin | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Rock Reed | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Volok | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Blazine | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Howie Tipton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 1243 | 16.1 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 1051 | 14.4 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 401 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Russell | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 401 | 1 | ||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 1 | ||||||
| Gaynell Tinsley | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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