1939 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Division • 1-10-0 .091 |
| Head Coach: Ernie Nevers |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/10/1939 | A | Detroit Lions | 13-21 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15075 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1939 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-14 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 11792 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19008 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 9000 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-27 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 18965 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-44 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 29592 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | H | Cleveland Rams | 0-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 10043 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | - | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | A | Cleveland Rams | 0-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 8378 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28217 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26667 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-48 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 16055 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/29/1939 | Cincinnati Bengals | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hank Adams | 16 | C-LB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 |
| Sam Agee | 11 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 4 |
| Ki Aldrich | 48 | C-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Texas Christian | 11 | 10 |
| Al Babartsky | 46 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Fordham | 11 | 11 |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 228 | 28 | Centenary | 10 | 2 |
| Jon Bilbo | 30 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Birlem | 81 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 198 | 24 | San Jose State | 6 | 3 |
| Tony Blazine | 23 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | Illinois Wesleyan | 11 | 9 |
| Hal Bradley | 44 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 200 | 26 | Elon | 3 | 1 |
| Ross Carter | 28 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-C-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Southwestern (Oregon) JC; Oregon | 11 | 9 |
| Ed Cherry | 14 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | Amarillo JC; Hardin-Simmons | 4 | 1 |
| Don Cosner | 29 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Montana State | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Crowder | 13 | BB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Oklahoma | 7 | 1 |
| Versil Deskin | 45 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 199 | 26 | Drake | 11 | 3 |
| Len Dugan | 27 | C-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | Wichita State | 4 | 0 |
| Moose Dunstan | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Marin JC; Santa Clara; Portland | 3 | 0 | |
| George Faust | 53 | BB-S-FB-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Minnesota | 9 | 5 |
| Ev Fisher | 10 | BB-S-FB-LB-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Santa Clara | 11 | 7 |
| Charlie Gainor | 18 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 190 | 23 | North Dakota | 1 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 42 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 8 |
| Frank Huffman | 49 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG-C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Marshall | 10 | 1 |
| Bert Johnson | 21 | FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 212 | 27 | Kentucky | 9 | 4 |
| John Klumb | 56 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Washington State | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Kochel | 35 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Fordham | 8 | 3 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 8 | WB-DB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Mason | 17 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Western Michigan | 9 | 5 |
| Coley McDonough | 56 | TB-LDH-BB-S | 6-1 | 189 | 24 | North Carolina State; Dayton | 4 | 1 |
| Regis Monahan | 30 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 216 | 31 | Ohio State | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Neill | 25 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 15 | FB-LB-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Centenary | 9 | 1 |
| Frank Patrick | 24 | FB-LB-BB-S-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 5 |
| Milt Popovich | 66 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 196 | 25 | Montana | 10 | 4 |
| Rock Reed | 4 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-8 | 175 | 25 | Louisiana State | 4 | 3 |
| Jack Robbins | 55 | TB-LDH-FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | Arkansas | 7 | 0 |
| Glynn Rogers | 35 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Russell | 33 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Muskingum; Kansas State | 2 | 1 |
| Andy Sabados | 38 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 209 | 23 | The Citadel | 9 | 6 |
| Bill Smith | 40 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Washington | 11 | 9 |
| Jim Thomas | 41 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | Oklahoma | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Volok | 44 | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheeler | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | North Dakota State | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank Zelencik | 12 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Oglethorpe | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Ki Aldrich | C | Texas Christian |
| 2 | 12 | Marshall Goldberg | B | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 16 | Alvord Wolff | T | Santa Clara |
| 4 | 27 | Hal Stebbins | B | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 31 | Bill Daddio | T | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 42 | George Faust | B | Minnesota |
| 7 | 51 | Bill Dwyer | B | New Mexico |
| 8 | 62 | Sherm Hinkebein | C | Kentucky |
| 9 | 71 | Earl Brown | E | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 82 | Earl Crowder | B | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 91 | Bowden Wyatt | E | Tennessee |
| 12 | 102 | Jim Thomas | G | Oklahoma |
| 13 | 111 | Andy Sabados | G | The Citadel |
| 14 | 122 | Blase Miatovich | T | San Francisco |
| 15 | 131 | Russ Clarke | G | Santa Clara |
| 16 | 142 | Gus Goins | E | Clemson |
| 17 | 151 | Ev Elkins | B | Marshall |
| 18 | 162 | Frank Huffman | E | Marshall |
| 19 | 171 | Mike Kochel | G | Fordham |
| 20 | 182 | Tom Rice | T | San Francisco |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 84 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 78 | 41 | 66 | 254 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 101 | / % | / % | 238 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 4 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 36 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Patrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sam Agee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Babartsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milt Popovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Regis Monahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 |
| George Faust | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 84 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 29 | 35 | 82.9 | 5 | 0 | 254 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Regis Monahan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| George Faust | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 2/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Goldberg | 56 | 152 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Sam Agee | 44 | 133 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Jack Robbins | 38 | 97 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bert Johnson | 35 | 91 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Frank Patrick | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Milt Popovich | 26 | 78 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| George Faust | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ev Fisher | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Ed Cherry | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Coley McDonough | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Moose Dunstan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Earl Crowder | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| Doug Russell | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Rock Reed | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheeler | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 321 | 835 | 2.6 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 443 | 1525 | 3.4 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Robbins | 85 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 499 | 5.9 | 13.9 | 4 | 4.7 | 10 | 11.8 | 37.9 | ||||
| Frank Patrick | 79 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 291 | 3.7 | 13.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 13 | 16.5 | 7.1 | ||||
| Bert Johnson | 40 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 208 | 5.2 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 13.3 | ||||
| Milt Popovich | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102.8 | |||
| Ernie Wheeler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8.8 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 40.6 | ||||
| Earl Crowder | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Coley McDonough | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 73 | 8.1 | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 21.3 | ||||
| Rock Reed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Marshall Goldberg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| George Faust | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Sam Agee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 247 | 85 | 85 | 129 | 1170 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 5 | 2.0 | 33 | 13.4 | 17.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 86 | 86 | 103 | 1493 | 7.4 | 17.4 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 70.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 21 | 387 | 18.4 | 4 | |
| Joel Mason | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Ev Fisher | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Marshall Goldberg | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Buddy Parker | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| George Faust | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Versil Deskin | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 36 | 0 |
| John Klumb | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Rock Reed | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Hal Bradley | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Earl Crowder | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Keith Birlem | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Robbins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Milt Popovich | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Agee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bert Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 85 | 1170 | 13.8 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 1493 | 17.4 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 12 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Popovich | 27 | 1000 | 37.0 | 48 | ||||||
| George Faust | 25 | 1101 | 44.0 | 63 | ||||||
| Frank Patrick | 16 | 637 | 39.8 | 70 | ||||||
| Bert Johnson | 14 | 511 | 36.5 | 63 | ||||||
| Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 55 | ||||||
| Jack Robbins | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 53 | ||||||
| Coley McDonough | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | ||||||
| Bill Smith | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 89 | 39.6 | 70 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 347 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 347 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Babartsky | 1 | ||||||
| Milt Popovich | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 2 |
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