1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Division • 1-9-0 .100 |
| Head Coach: Phil Handler |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/16/1945 | N | Washington Redskins | 7-7 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11936 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | H | Detroit Lions | 0-10 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 5461 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 0-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 10872 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 25581 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | A | Chicago Bears | 16-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20784 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-26 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 32644 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-33 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 19221 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34788 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13153 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 21-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18000 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 13925 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ray Apolskis | 69 | LOG-LDG-C-LB | 5-10 | 206 | 27 | Marquette | 5 | 1 |
| Conway Baker | 22 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 228 | 34 | Centenary | 7 | 6 |
| Frank Balazs | 26 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Libero Bertagnolli | OG-DG | 5-9 | 189 | 31 | Washington-St. Louis | 1 | 0 | |
| Carol Blackwell | HB-DH | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | none | 2 | 0 | |
| Ernie Bonelli | 28 | ROH-RDH-BB-S | 5-11 | 194 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 2 |
| Dave Braden | OG-DG | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Marquette | 1 | 0 | |
| Les Bruckner | 15 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Chet Bulger | 73 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 239 | 28 | Auburn | 10 | 7 |
| Ray Busler | 43 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Marquette | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Campbell | 21 | C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Oklahoma | 6 | 2 |
| Leo Cantor | 50 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | UCLA | 10 | 8 |
| Joe Carter | 29 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 201 | 36 | Austin; Jefferson | 10 | 4 |
| Paul Christman | 15 | QB-S | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Missouri | 8 | 3 |
| Paul Collins | 24 | QB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Missouri | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Dewell | 41 | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 208 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 5 |
| Al Drulis | 39 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 193 | 24 | Temple | 9 | 7 |
| Gil Duggan | 64 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 229 | 31 | Oklahoma | 9 | 5 |
| Bob Eckl | 25 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 233 | 28 | Wisconsin | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Enich | 66 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 212 | 22 | Marquette | 3 | 1 |
| Ralph Fife | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 207 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | |
| Ralph Foster | 60 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Idaho; Oklahoma State | 9 | 5 |
| Larry Fuller | 54 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 192 | 22 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 42 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 208 | 29 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 33 | LOH-LDH-BB-S | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Creighton | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Kuharich | 17 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Notre Dame | 7 | 6 |
| Allen Lindow | 33 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 165 | 26 | Washington-St. Louis | 1 | 0 |
| Chet Maeda | 50 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 187 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Colorado State | 1 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 51 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 201 | 26 | North Central; Iowa | 9 | 3 |
| Bob Norman | 40 | C-LB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Obeck | 75 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Springfield | 10 | 3 |
| Vince Oliver | 55 | QB-S | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Indiana | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Poole | 48 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 30 | Mississippi | 9 | 4 |
| Walt Rankin | 40 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Texas Tech | 6 | 3 |
| Freeman Rexer | OE-DE | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Tulane | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Reynolds | 49 | ROH-RDH | 5-8 | 183 | 28 | Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi | 8 | 1 |
| Hal Robl | 20 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 227 | 21 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Marshall Robnett | 43 | C-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Texas A&M | 5 | 2 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 19 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 198 | 29 | Indiana | 8 | 7 |
| Frank Seno | 45 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | George Washington | 9 | 8 |
| Cliff Speegle | 23 | C-LB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Oklahoma | 8 | 6 |
| Mario Tonelli | 58 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Mitch Ucovich | 45 | ROG-DRG | 5-11 | 208 | 30 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Vodicka | 20 | QB-S | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | none | 3 | 1 |
| Clint Wager | 69 | OE-DE | 6-5 | 218 | 25 | St. Mary's (Minnesota) | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 50 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 0 |
| Gordon Wilson | 31 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 228 | 30 | Murray State JC; Texas-El Paso | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Zimny | 63 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Indiana | 10 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Charley Trippi | B | Georgia |
| 2 | 14 | Paul Collins | B | Missouri |
| 3 | 18 | Walt Watt | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 4 | 28 | Bob Dobelstein | G | Tennessee |
| 5 | 35 | Zeke Chronister | E | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 45 | Corwin Clatt | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 55 | Ziggy Czarobski | T | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 68 | John Harrington | E | Marquette |
| 9 | 78 | Gene Meeks | B | Kentucky |
| 10 | 88 | Bill Huber | E | Illinois |
| 11 | 101 | Holley Heard | T | Louisiana State |
| 12 | 111 | Bob Cowan | B | Indiana |
| 13 | 121 | Buddy Luper | B | Duke |
| 14 | 134 | Solon Barnett | G | Baylor |
| 15 | 144 | Gordon Carver | B | Duke |
| 16 | 154 | John Cannady | B | Indiana |
| 17 | 167 | Benny Cittadino | E | Duke |
| 18 | 177 | Ralph Strayhorn | G | North Carolina |
| 19 | 187 | John Andretich | B | Purdue |
| 20 | 200 | Jack Kramer | T | Marquette |
| 21 | 210 | Red Cheek | G | Baylor |
| 22 | 220 | Fred Grant | B | Alabama |
| 23 | 233 | Johnny Cook | B | Georgia |
| 24 | 243 | Ardie McClure | T | Georgia |
| 25 | 253 | Hugo Norige | B | Worcester Poly |
| 26 | 266 | Gene Knight | B | Louisiana State |
| 27 | 276 | Don Fambrough | B | Kansas |
| 28 | 286 | Garland Williams | T | Georgia |
| 29 | 299 | Ed Dusek | B | Texas A&M |
| 30 | 309 | Otto Payne | B | Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 35 | 14 | 42 | 98 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 85 | 31 | 49 | 228 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 115 | 47 | 51 | 17 | / % | / % | 50 | 389 | |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 57 | 43 | 10 | / % | / % | 77 | 749 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Poole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Rucinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Seno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Chet Bulger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Christman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Conway Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 14 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 98 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 228 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Conway Baker | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 93 | 355 | 3.8 | 47t | 2 |
| Leo Cantor | 83 | 291 | 3.5 | 18 | 5 |
| Bus Mertes | 24 | 111 | 4.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 32 | 93 | 2.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Collins | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Reynolds | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Balazs | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Vince Oliver | 11 | -3 | -0.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 30 | -34 | -1.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 335 | 939 | 2.8 | 52 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 1320 | 3.5 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 219 | 89 | 40.6 | 118 | 1147 | 5.2 | 12.9 | 70 | 5 | 2.3 | 12 | 5.5 | 42.6 | |||
| Vince Oliver | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 22 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 47.9 | |||
| Paul Collins | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | 12 | 43 | 2.5 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 0.0 | |||
| Leo Cantor | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 11 | 116 | 6.4 | 38.7 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 14.4 | |||
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Chet Maeda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 267 | 99 | 37.1 | 150 | 1328 | 5.0 | 13.4 | 70 | 5 | 1.9 | 18 | 6.7 | 31.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 187 | 87 | 46.5 | 88 | 1490 | 8.0 | 17.1 | 15 | 8.0 | 12 | 6.4 | 74.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dewell | 26 | 370 | 14.2 | 70 | 1 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 23 | 400 | 17.4 | 62 | 2 |
| Leo Cantor | 15 | 159 | 10.6 | 33 | |
| Frank Seno | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 29t | 2 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Balazs | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clint Wager | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 99 | 1328 | 13.4 | 70 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 1490 | 17.1 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Cliff Speegle | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 220 | 12.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Reynolds | 38 | 1384 | 36.4 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Carol Blackwell | 17 | 661 | 38.9 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Knolla | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2277 | 36.7 | 52 | 0 | 26.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 276 | 31.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joe Vodicka | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Knolla | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ernie Bonelli | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Allen Lindow | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 276 | 10.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 19 | 408 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Leo Cantor | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Johnny Knolla | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Al Drulis | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ernie Bonelli | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Paul Christman | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Joe Vodicka | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Walt Watt | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Les Bruckner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Allen Lindow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Zimny | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 924 | 20.1 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 368 | 18.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Bruckner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chet Bulger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Christman | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | -15 | 0 | |
| Paul Collins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | |
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Drulis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Enich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Maeda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Poole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Rucinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Cliff Speegle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Zimny | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 |
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