1940 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Division • 2-7-2 .222 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman |
| Phil Handler | Line |
| Chile Walsh | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-7 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | H | Detroit Lions | 0-0 | T | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18048 | |
| Wed | 9/25/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23181 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | A | Green Bay Packers | 6-31 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20234 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1940 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-43 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 20619 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33694 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Cleveland Rams | 14-26 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 13683 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Cleveland Rams | 17-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 10313 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11364 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 9-14 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 16619 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Chicago Bears | 23-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13902 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ki Aldrich | 48 | C-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Texas Christian | 11 | 9 |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOT-DT | 5-11 | 228 | 29 | Centenary | 11 | 5 |
| Ed Beinor | 73 | LOT-DT | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 7 |
| Tony Blazine | 23 | ROT-DT | 6-0 | 232 | 28 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7 | 7 |
| Ray Busler | 97 | ROT-DT | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Marquette | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Chisick | 30 | C-LB | 6-1 | 206 | 24 | Villanova | 11 | 2 |
| Marty Christiansen | 51 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 |
| Beryl Clark | 25 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | Oklahoma | 10 | 3 |
| Al Coppage | 54 | ROE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma | 11 | 7 |
| Bill Davis | 57 | ROT-DT | 6-1 | 234 | 24 | Texas Tech | 10 | 3 |
| Billy Dewell | 7 | ROE-DE | 6-4 | 208 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 3 |
| Ev Elkins | 11 | BB-DB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Marshall | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy German | 60 | WB-DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Centre | 1 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 42 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 7 |
| Johnny Hall | 77 | WB-DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Texas Christian | 11 | 7 |
| Frank Huffman | 49 | ROG-DG | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Marshall | 9 | 4 |
| Pop Ivy | ROE-DE | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | |
| Bert Johnson | 21 | BB-DB | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Kentucky | 11 | 7 |
| Ray Johnson | 7 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Denver | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Kellogg | 60 | TB-DB | 5-8 | 165 | 23 | Northeast Louisiana JC; Tulane | 3 | 0 |
| John Klumb | 3 | ROE-DE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Washington State | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Kuharich | 88 | ROG-DG | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 6 |
| Lloyd Madden | 14 | WB-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Colorado Mines | 10 | 4 |
| Hugh McCullough | 33 | TB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Oklahoma | 11 | 7 |
| Bill Murphy | 12 | LOG-DG | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Washington-St. Louis | 8 | 2 |
| Buddy Parker | 15 | BB-DB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Centenary | 10 | 4 |
| Rupert Pate | 74 | LOE-DE | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Milt Popovich | 66 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | Montana | 10 | 1 |
| Keith Ranspot | 6 | LOE-DE | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Sabados | 38 | LOG-DG | 5-11 | 209 | 24 | The Citadel | 11 | 6 |
| Herm Schneidman | 17 | BB-DB | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Iowa | 6 | 0 |
| John Shirk | 63 | LOE-DE | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | Oklahoma | 11 | 7 |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 31 | LOE-DE | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Louisiana State | 7 | 4 |
| Mario Tonelli | 99 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Notre Dame | 9 | 3 |
| Art White | 35 | LOG-DG | 5-8 | 217 | 25 | Alabama | 10 | 4 |
| Rex Williams | 56 | C-LB | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Wood | 29 | ROT-DT | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 10 | LOG-DG | 5-8 | 189 | 23 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | George Cafego | B | Tennessee |
| 2 | 11 | George Stirnweiss | B | North Carolina |
| 3 | 16 | Lloyd Madden | B | Colorado Mines |
| 4 | 26 | John Shirk | E | Oklahoma |
| 5 | 31 | Marty Christiansen | B | Minnesota |
| 6 | 41 | Vic Reginato | E | Oregon |
| 7 | 51 | Andy Chisick | C | Villanova |
| 8 | 61 | Ben Kish | B | Pittsburgh |
| 9 | 71 | Luke Pappas | T | Utah |
| 10 | 81 | Jack Roche | B | Santa Clara |
| 11 | 91 | Bill Davis | T | Texas Tech |
| 12 | 101 | Stan Andersen | T | Stanford |
| 13 | 111 | Al Coppage | E | Oklahoma |
| 14 | 121 | Jud Hudson | B | Davis & Elkins |
| 15 | 131 | Joe Ziemba | E | St. Benedict's |
| 16 | 141 | Beryl Clark | B | Oklahoma |
| 17 | 151 | Ralph Foster | T | Oklahoma State |
| 18 | 161 | Shad Bryant | B | Clemson |
| 19 | 171 | Russ Buckley | B | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 20 | 181 | Rupert Pate | T | Wake Forest |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 47 | 14 | 40 | 139 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 55 | 42 | 50 | 222 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 112 | / % | / % | 331 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Hugh McCullough | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lloyd Madden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lou Zontini | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Buddy Parker | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Marty Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Coppage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gaynell Tinsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mario Tonelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Beryl Clark | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Frank Huffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 139 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 2 | 1 | 222 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Zontini | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 20 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Hugh McCullough | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 20 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 31 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Goldberg | 87 | 325 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Hugh McCullough | 57 | 278 | 4.9 | 3 | |
| Lloyd Madden | 29 | 186 | 6.4 | 2 | |
| Mario Tonelli | 51 | 148 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Milt Popovich | 41 | 138 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hall | 41 | 88 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Marty Christiansen | 32 | 71 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Bobby Kellogg | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bert Johnson | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Beryl Clark | 39 | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Buddy Parker | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1315 | 3.3 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 427 | 1470 | 3.4 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCullough | 116 | 43 | 37.1 | 52 | 529 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 42 | 4 | 3.4 | 21 | 18.1 | 23.9 | |||
| Beryl Clark | 58 | 25 | 43.1 | 27 | 316 | 5.4 | 12.6 | 56 | 2 | 3.4 | 6 | 10.3 | 32.6 | |||
| Bobby Kellogg | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 8 | 42 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 2.8 | ||||
| Bert Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Marshall Goldberg | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Johnny Hall | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 198 | 75 | 37.9 | 90 | 912 | 4.6 | 12.2 | 6 | 3.0 | 33 | 16.7 | 23.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 69 | 37.1 | 94 | 1313 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 14 | 7.5 | 23 | 12.4 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaynell Tinsley | 16 | 165 | 10.3 | 1 | |||||
| Al Coppage | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 1 | |||||
| John Shirk | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 0 | |||||
| Buddy Parker | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | |||||
| Milt Popovich | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | |||||
| Mario Tonelli | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Hall | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 2 | |||||
| Lloyd Madden | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 | |||||
| Billy Dewell | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Goldberg | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16t | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pop Ivy | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |||||
| Bert Johnson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beryl Clark | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 75 | 912 | 12.2 | 6 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 1313 | 19.0 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCullough | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| Beryl Clark | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bert Johnson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Buddy Parker | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gaynell Tinsley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Kuharich | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Hall | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Herm Schneidman | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Ki Aldrich | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Lou Zontini | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Shirk | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 389 | 16.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | ||||||
| Lou Zontini | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 60 | ||||||
| Milt Popovich | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 48 | ||||||
| Hugh McCullough | 30 | 1215 | 40.5 | 68 | ||||||
| Beryl Clark | 28 | 914 | 32.6 | 44 | ||||||
| Bobby Kellogg | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | ||||||
| Bert Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | ||||||
| Mario Tonelli | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 36.6 | 68 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 346 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 346 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hall | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 632 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 0 |
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