1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Joe Kuharich |
| Bill Daddio | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Evans | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/18/1952 | N | Detroit Lions | 13-28 | L | Amarillo, TX | Sandstrom Stadium | 10500 | |
| Sun | 8/24/1952 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 34901 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1952 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 14-24 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 29112 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 38-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 15497 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | N | Camp Polk | 66-7 | W | Lubbock, TX | Jones Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 10-0 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 12500 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17837 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1952 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 34697 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-6 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24600 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | A | New York Giants | 24-23 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41182 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 20395 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | H | New York Giants | 6-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 27195 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34097 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-10 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 18908 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18330 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1952 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-22 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 13577 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24541 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32578 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Cliff Anderson | 84 | LOE | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Indiana | 12 | 10 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 |
| Roy Barni | 49 | RS | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Bienemann | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 24 | Drake | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Cross | 20 | LOH | 5-6 | 151 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 11 |
| Bob Dove | 42 | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 31 | Notre Dame | 10 | 4 |
| Bill Fischer | 72 | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Geri | 37 | LOH-K | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Georgia | 12 | 1 |
| Jerry Groom | 57 | RDT-C | 6-3 | 236 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Hecker | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Ohio State; Wisconsin; Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Jennings | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Ohio State | 7 | 7 |
| Don Joyce | 71 | MG-ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| Johnny Karras | 44 | ROH | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Illinois | 12 | 4 |
| Tony Klimek | 61 | LOG | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Illinois | 11 | 1 |
| Ed Listopad | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Wake Forest | 4 | 4 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | FB-RDH | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 10 |
| Mike Mergen | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | Illinois Wesleyan; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Denver Mills | 89 | RDE | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 9 | QB-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Boston College; San Francisco | 11 | 2 |
| John Panelli | 34 | LLB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | Villanova | 10 | 4 |
| Don Paul | 22 | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Washington State | 6 | 4 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 83 | ROE | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Auburn; Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 76 | ROT-LDT | 6-4 | 237 | 24 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Gordon Polofsky | 60 | MG | 6-1 | 219 | 21 | Tennessee | 9 | 1 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 81 | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 25 | Washington State | 3 | 2 |
| Eli Popa | 47 | ROH | 5-10 | 202 | 22 | Illinois | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 87 | LS-LDH-LOE | 6-2 | 166 | 31 | Bradley | 9 | 7 |
| Leo Sanford | 51 | RLB-LOG | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Mike Sikora | 69 | LOG-ROG-RDE | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Indiana; Oregon | 12 | 8 |
| Jack Simmons | 50 | C-LB | 6-4 | 236 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Emil Sitko | 24 | ROH-FB | 5-8 | 185 | 29 | Notre Dame | 11 | 7 |
| Don Stonesifer | 80 | ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Svoboda | 31 | LS | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Tulane | 10 | 10 |
| Ralph Thomas | 85 | LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | San Francisco | 11 | 8 |
| Wally Triplett | 40 | HB | 5-10 | 173 | 26 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | QB-P | 6-0 | 186 | 31 | Georgia | 11 | 10 |
| Frank Tripucka | 8 | QB-P | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 1 |
| Fred Wallner | 68 | LOG | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 |
| S.J. Whitman | 21 | LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Tulsa | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Ollie Matson | B | San Francisco |
| 2 | 16 | Johnny Karras | B | Illinois |
| 2 | 21 | Pete Brewster | E | Purdue |
| 5 | 51 | Dick Fugler | T | Tulane |
| 6 | 64 | John Hancock | G | Baylor |
| 7 | 75 | Harry Jabbusch | C | South Carolina |
| 8 | 88 | Don Coleman | G | Michigan State |
| 9 | 99 | Mal Cook | B | Georgia |
| 10 | 112 | John Feltch | T | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 123 | Leo Sugar | E | Purdue |
| 12 | 136 | Joe Masnaghetti | T | Marquette |
| 13 | 147 | Mel Massucco | B | Holy Cross |
| 14 | 160 | Tom Tofaute | C | North Carolina State |
| 15 | 171 | John Davis | B | Indiana |
| 16 | 184 | Mike Mergen | G | San Francisco |
| 17 | 195 | Darrell Crawford | B | Georgia Tech |
| 18 | 208 | Bill Pyron | T | Mississippi State |
| 19 | 219 | Ed Listopad | T | Wake Forest |
| 20 | 232 | Frank Fischel | E | Arkansas |
| 21 | 243 | Wade Musgrove | G | Hardin-Simmons |
| 22 | 256 | Glenn Lippman | B | Texas A&M |
| 23 | 267 | Red Stephens | G | San Francisco |
| 24 | 280 | E.J. Moore | G | Abilene Christian |
| 25 | 291 | Cliff Anderson | E | Indiana |
| 26 | 304 | Clarence Fry | T | Maryland |
| 27 | 315 | Sam Moses | T | Texas A&M |
| 28 | 328 | Harold Lutz | E | Alabama |
| 29 | 339 | Don Kasperan | B | Purdue |
| 30 | 352 | Will Stolk | B | Miami (Florida) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 22 | 56 | 35 | 59 | 172 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 92 | 49 | 36 | 221 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 176 | 91 | 74 | 11 | / % | / % | 87 | 743 | |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 85 | 82 | 9 | / % | / % | 91 | 883 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Joe Geri | 0 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 | 0 | 28 |
| Billy Cross | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Cliff Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Karras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Volney Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emil Sitko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 2 | 18 | 11.1 | 0 | 172 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 25 | 28 | 89.3 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 2 | 221 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 2 | 18 | 11.1 | 0 | 40 | 0/10 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 18 | 11.1 | 1 | 40 | 0/10 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 0/ | 2/ | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 59t | 4 |
| Emil Sitko | 88 | 348 | 4.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 71 | 347 | 4.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 96 | 344 | 3.6 | 25 | 3 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 48 | 129 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 46 | 114 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 20 | 50 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 477 | 1748 | 3.7 | 59t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 1588 | 3.5 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 181 | 84 | 46.4 | 84 | 890 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 56t | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 178 | 712 | 40.5 | |
| Don Panciera | 96 | 35 | 36.5 | 52 | 582 | 6.1 | 16.6 | 47t | 5 | 5.2 | 9 | 9.4 | 107 | 475 | 36.0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 40 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 24 | 50.7 | |
| Team Totals | 289 | 124 | 42.9 | 143 | 1512 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 56t | 10 | 3.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 301 | 1211 | 39.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 307 | 149 | 48.5 | 133 | 1942 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 16 | 5.2 | 25 | 8.1 | 177 | 1765 | 52.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 54 | 617 | 11.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 17 | 234 | 13.8 | 56t | 2 |
| Cliff Anderson | 11 | 191 | 17.4 | 30 | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 47t | 3 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Elmer Angsman | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 124 | 1512 | 12.2 | 56t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 1942 | 13.0 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Barni | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23 | 0 |
| S.J. Whitman | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Tony Klimek | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 232 | 9.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 240 | 10.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 29 | 1094 | 37.7 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 31 | 1155 | 37.3 | 57 | 1 | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 16 | 588 | 36.8 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 2837 | 37.3 | 57 | 1 | 600 | 29.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2906 | 42.1 | 450 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 21 | 177 | 8.4 | 38 | 0 | |
| Johnny Karras | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Roy Barni | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Volney Peters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 450 | 9.2 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 600 | 11.1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 20 | 624 | 31.2 | 100t | 2 | |
| Billy Cross | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Johnny Karras | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Emil Sitko | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Mike Mergen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cliff Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Volney Peters | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bill Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1008 | 22.4 | 100t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 774 | 22.1 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Barni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 0 |
| Johnny Karras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Listopad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 1 | |
| Don Panciera | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
| John Panelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Pasquariello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Volney Peters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Gordon Polofsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Emil Sitko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Stonesifer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 89 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 2 |
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