1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place American Conference 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Billy Dewell | Ends |
| Phil Handler | Line |
| Cecil Isbell | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/16/1950 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20136 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1950 | N | New York Yanks | 10-23 | L | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 12000 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1950 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 16919 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1950 | N | Washington Redskins | 7-31 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 17000 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 29207 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1950 | N | Detroit Lions | 16-24 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 15000 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-45 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24914 | |
| Mon | 10/2/1950 | H | Baltimore Colts | 55-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14439 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1950 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48025 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33774 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | A | Washington Redskins | 38-28 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 27856 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | H | New York Giants | 17-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23964 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 38456 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | A | New York Giants | 21-51 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22380 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-10 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 28368 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1950 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11622 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 31919 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18301 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 68 | Plato Andros | LDG-LOG-ROT | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | Oklahoma | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Elmer Angsman | ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Ray Apolskis | RDG | 5-10 | 206 | 32 | Marquette | 10 | 10 |
| 55 | Ed Bagdon | LDG-RDG-ROG | 5-10 | 204 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 4 |
| 32 | Vince Banonis | RLB-C | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Bill Blackburn | C-LLB | 6-5 | 228 | 27 | Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Gerry Cowhig | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Jerry Davis | LDH | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Southeastern Louisiana | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | Babe Dimancheff | LOH | 5-10 | 178 | 28 | Butler; Purdue | 6 | 0 |
| 42 | Bob Dove | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 29 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Bill Fischer | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Fred Gehrke | LOH-DB | 5-11 | 189 | 32 | Utah | 7 | 0 |
| 82 | John Goldsberry | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 1 |
| 34 | Pat Harder | FB-K | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Jim Hardy | QB-P | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Southern California | 12 | 11 |
| 66 | Jerry Hennessy | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 24 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | John Hock | LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Santa Clara | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | Jack Jennings | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Ohio State | 11 | 9 |
| 80 | Mal Kutner | ROE-RDH | 6-2 | 197 | 29 | Texas | 9 | 8 |
| 64 | Jim Lipinski | LOT | 6-4 | 238 | 23 | Fairmont State | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Lloyd McDermott | LDT | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Kentucky | 11 | 0 |
| 99 | Bob Nussbaumer | RDH | 5-11 | 173 | 26 | Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Don Paul | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Washington State | 12 | 1 |
| 18 | George Petrovich | LOG | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 10 |
| 41 | Fran Polsfoot | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 23 | Washington State | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | Buster Ramsey | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 30 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Knox Ramsey | RDT | 6-1 | 216 | 24 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Ray Ramsey | LDH | 6-2 | 166 | 29 | Bradley | 5 | 0 |
| 90 | Vic Schwall | ROH-DB | 5-8 | 190 | 25 | Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Bob Shaw | ROE-LOE | 6-4 | 226 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| 67 | Bill Svoboda | S | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Mike Swistowicz | RDH | 5-10 | 191 | 23 | Notre Dame | 9 | 2 |
| 62 | Charley Trippi | LOH-P | 6-0 | 186 | 29 | Georgia | 12 | 11 |
| 8 | Frank Tripucka | QB-P | 6-2 | 192 | 23 | Notre Dame | 10 | 1 |
| 51 | Tom Wham | RDE | 6-2 | 217 | 26 | Furman | 11 | 11 |
| 33 | Vinnie Yablonski | FB-K | 5-8 | 195 | 27 | Fordham; Columbia | 11 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Bob Reinhard | T | California |
| 2 | 21 | Jack Jennings | T | Ohio State |
| 2 | 21 | Marty Wendell | G | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 29 | Bill Svoboda | B | Tulane |
| 3 | 34 | Ray Ramsey | B | Bradley |
| 3 | 35 | Fran Polsfoot | E | Washington State |
| 4 | 47 | Don Paul | B | Washington State |
| 4 | 51 | Ted Hazelwood | T | North Carolina |
| 5 | 61 | Carl Kiilsgaard | T | Idaho |
| 5 | 64 | Jim Still | B | Georgia Tech |
| 6 | 73 | Warren Wood | G | Puget Sound |
| 6 | 79 | Jim Turner | T | California |
| 7 | 85 | Billy Gay | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 87 | Eddie Bagdon | G | Michigan State |
| 7 | 92 | Alex Sarkisian | C | Northwestern |
| 8 | 99 | John Hock | T | Santa Clara |
| 8 | 107 | Phil O'Reilly | T | Purdue |
| 9 | 113 | Vito Ragazzo | E | William & Mary |
| 9 | 120 | Ralph Sazio | T | William & Mary |
| 10 | 125 | Walt Grothaus | C | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 126 | Milt Lavigne | B | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 10 | 135 | Vaughn Mancha | C | Alabama |
| 11 | 139 | J.D. Ison | E | Baylor |
| 12 | 151 | Frank Wallheiser | E | Western Kentucky |
| 12 | 152 | Bob Sharpe | G | Davidson |
| 13 | 165 | Jerry Hennessy | E | Santa Clara |
| 14 | 177 | Dee Andros | G | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 191 | Al Langford | B | Howard Payne |
| 16 | 203 | Harry Biermann | E | Furman |
| 17 | 217 | Tom Palmer | T | Wake Forest |
| 18 | 229 | Ray Espenan | E | Notre Dame |
| 19 | 243 | Loran Day | B | Northwestern |
| 20 | 255 | Webb Halbert | B | Iowa State |
| 21 | 269 | Howard Blumhardt | B | South Dakota |
| 22 | 281 | Jim Lipinski | T | Fairmont State |
| 23 | 295 | Bill Montgomery | B | Fresno State |
| 24 | 307 | Bob Gambold | B | Washington State |
| 25 | 321 | Lee Truman | B | Kentucky |
| 26 | 333 | Jim Pittman | B | Mississippi State |
| 27 | 347 | Tom Bienemann | E | Drake |
| 28 | 359 | Sonny Jones | B | Wyoming |
| 29 | 373 | Bill Montagne | B | California |
| 30 | 385 | Vic Banonis | C | Georgetown (DC) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 56 | 75 | 62 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 113 | 64 | 59 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 194 | 84 | 87 | 23 | / % | / % | 76 | 609 | |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 126 | 79 | 11 | / % | / % | 93 | 876 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Shaw | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Pat Harder | 1 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 40 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 |
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Paul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Wham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 233 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 35 | 38 | 92.1 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 47 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 26 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 99 | 454 | 4.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Charley Trippi | 99 | 426 | 4.3 | 22 | 3 |
| Elmer Angsman | 102 | 362 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Vic Schwall | 17 | 114 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 14 | 80 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Jim Hardy | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 1604 | 4.2 | 39 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 525 | 2132 | 4.1 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tripucka | 108 | 47 | 43.5 | 54 | 720 | 6.7 | 15.3 | 81t | 4 | 3.7 | 7 | 6.5 | 131 | 589 | 51.5 | |
| Jim Hardy | 257 | 117 | 45.5 | 116 | 1636 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 58t | 17 | 6.6 | 24 | 9.3 | 255 | 1381 | 49.7 | |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 19 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 56.2 | |
| Team Totals | 368 | 165 | 44.8 | 172 | 2375 | 6.5 | 14.4 | 81t | 21 | 5.7 | 31 | 8.4 | 391 | 1984 | 50.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 269 | 130 | 48.3 | 117 | 2075 | 7.7 | 16.0 | 14 | 5.2 | 22 | 8.2 | 167 | 1908 | 57.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Shaw | 48 | 971 | 20.2 | 65t | 12 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 38 | 653 | 17.2 | 81t | 6 |
| Charley Trippi | 32 | 270 | 8.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 35t | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bagdon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 165 | 2375 | 14.4 | 81t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 2075 | 16.0 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Davis | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 410 | 13.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardy | 56 | 2208 | 39.4 | 76 | 1 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 18 | 787 | 43.7 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 3089 | 40.6 | 76 | 1 | 400 | 35.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 2468 | 43.3 | 338 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 18 | 194 | 10.8 | 82t | 1 | |
| Charley Trippi | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Mike Swistowicz | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 338 | 10.2 | 82t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 400 | 8.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tom Wham | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bagdon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Hock | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1064 | 20.9 | 46 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1063 | 23.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Apolskis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Swistowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 1 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 |
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