1946 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| Buddy Parker | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/8/1946 | A | Newark Bombers | 48-6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 10800 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1946 | A | Greensboro Patriots | 47-0 | W | Greensboro, NC | Memorial Stadium | 5000 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 32851 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1946 | H | Detroit Lions | 34-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14667 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 39263 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Detroit Lions | 36-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21939 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | New York Giants | 24-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 50681 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 34-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 38180 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 28-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 10556 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-19 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30681 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38271 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-6 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16150 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 35-28 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47511 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 21 | Notre Dame | 11 | 5 |
| Ray Apolskis | 75 | LOG-LDG-C-LB | 5-10 | 206 | 28 | Marquette | 6 | 3 |
| Loyd Arms | 76 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 5 |
| Vince Banonis | 32 | C-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Blackburn | 57 | LB-C-P | 6-5 | 228 | 23 | Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice | 11 | 11 |
| Chet Bulger | 11 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Auburn | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Campbell | 53 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma | 10 | 5 |
| Paul Christman | 44 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Missouri | 11 | 9 |
| Jake Colhouer | 55 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Conoly | 63 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 227 | 26 | Texas | 10 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 14 | QB-S-RH-RDH-LOH-LDH-K | 6-1 | 192 | 34 | Marquette | 10 | 3 |
| Billy Dewell | 41 | LOE | 6-4 | 208 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 6 |
| Al Drulis | 43 | S-QB | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | Temple | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Foster | 64 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | Idaho; Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 99 | LOH-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 11 |
| Pat Harder | 34 | FB-K | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | Wisconsin | 11 | 7 |
| Al Hust | 24 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Tennessee | 10 | 4 |
| Pop Ivy | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 208 | 30 | Oklahoma | 10 | 10 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 31 | HB-DB | 6-1 | 193 | 29 | Washington | 6 | 3 |
| Tom Kearns | 70 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 80 | ROE-DE-RDH | 6-2 | 197 | 25 | Texas | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Maddock | 49 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Notre Dame | 11 | 4 |
| Ray Mallouf | 22 | QB-DB-P | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 2 |
| Stan Mauldin | 77 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 217 | 26 | Texas | 6 | 5 |
| Bill Montgomery | 43 | S-QB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Parker | 47 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Texas | 10 | 6 |
| Dick Plasman | 16 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 218 | 32 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 20 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 219 | 26 | William & Mary | 11 | 11 |
| Walt Rankin | 42 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 27 | Texas Tech | 11 | 11 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | Indiana | 10 | 2 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 40 | HB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 54 | ROH-DB | 6-0 | 191 | 25 | George Washington | 11 | 11 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 48 | LOH | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | Ohio State | 11 | 1 |
| George Sutch | 88 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Temple; Rochester | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Szot | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Bucknell | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Zimny | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Indiana | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Dub Jones | B | Tulane |
| 2 | 11 | Mac Wenskunas | C | Illinois |
| 3 | 16 | Elmer Angsman | B | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 26 | Ham Nichols | G | Rice |
| 5 | 31 | Joe Golding | B | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 41 | Len Dickey | T | Texas A&M |
| 7 | 51 | Pat Lenahan | E | Tennessee |
| 8 | 61 | Phil Tinsley | E | UCLA |
| 9 | 71 | Jake Colhouer | G | Oklahoma State |
| 10 | 81 | Tom Barber | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 11 | 91 | Dick Loepfe | T | Wisconsin |
| 12 | 101 | Vinnie Yablonski | B | Columbia |
| 13 | 111 | Lee Lewis | B | Washington |
| 14 | 121 | Bob Russell | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 15 | 131 | Fred Rovai | G | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 141 | Ray Evans | T | Texas-El Paso |
| 17 | 151 | Bob Loubie | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 18 | 161 | Frank Irwin | T | Duke |
| 19 | 171 | Pride Ratterree | G | Wake Forest |
| 20 | 181 | Bill Heywood | B | Notre Dame |
| 21 | 191 | Al Trauggott | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 22 | 201 | Clem Andrulewicz | T | Villanova |
| 23 | 211 | Adam Rakowski | E | Columbia |
| 24 | 221 | Jack MacKenzie | B | Northwestern |
| 25 | 231 | Tom Worthington | T | Tulsa |
| 26 | 241 | Jim Vugrin | G | Tennessee |
| 27 | 251 | Jesse Herschbarger | E | Southern Methodist |
| 28 | 261 | Newman Ledbetter | T | Texas Tech |
| 29 | 271 | Al Baldwin | E | Arkansas |
| 30 | 281 | Jim LaRue | B | Maryland |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 105 | 54 | 52 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 52 | 45 | 78 | 198 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 175 | 77 | 84 | 14 | / % | / % | 84 | 761 | |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 95 | 66 | 15 | / % | / % | 80 | 673 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 55 |
| Billy Dewell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Pat Harder | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Mal Kutner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Marshall Goldberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Paul Christman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Seno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 1 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 198 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 42 | 2/8 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 42 | 2/8 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 0/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 106 | 545 | 5.1 | 55 | 4 |
| Elmer Angsman | 48 | 328 | 6.8 | 61t | 2 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 43 | 210 | 4.9 | 32t | 3 |
| Frank Seno | 62 | 191 | 3.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 29 | 3 |
| Ward Cuff | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Montgomery | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Sutch | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 28 | -61 | -2.2 | 6 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 371 | 1529 | 4.1 | 61t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 1249 | 2.9 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 229 | 100 | 43.7 | 111 | 1656 | 7.2 | 16.6 | 82t | 13 | 5.7 | 18 | 7.9 | 54.8 | |||
| Ray Mallouf | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 18 | 260 | 7.6 | 18.6 | 59t | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 83.0 | |||
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Elmer Angsman | 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 | 266 | 115 | 43.2 | 131 | 1951 | 7.3 | 17.0 | 82t | 17 | 6.4 | 20 | 7.5 | 58.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 273 | 118 | 43.2 | 130 | 1603 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 14 | 5.1 | 25 | 9.2 | 41.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dewell | 27 | 643 | 23.8 | 82t | 7 |
| Mal Kutner | 27 | 634 | 23.5 | 63 | 5 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 17 | 152 | 8.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Frank Seno | 12 | 124 | 10.3 | 27t | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 11 | 128 | 11.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 39 | 1 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Parker | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Hust | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 1951 | 17.0 | 82t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 1603 | 13.6 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Kutner | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 262 | 10.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 355 | 17.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Blackburn | 35 | 1465 | 41.9 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Ray Mallouf | 15 | 520 | 34.7 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 1985 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | 399 | 29.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 2357 | 41.4 | 255 | 35.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 17 | 176 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 255 | 11.1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 399 | 13.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 13 | 408 | 31.4 | 105t | 1 | |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Marshall Goldberg | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 42 | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 | |
| Mal Kutner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Johnston | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Billy Campbell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Stan Mauldin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| George Sutch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Joe Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 825 | 20.6 | 105t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 748 | 16.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loyd Arms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Dewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Foster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Al Hust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Kutner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Mallouf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Sutch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 29 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 1 |
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