1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: Ray Richards |
| Otis Douglas | Line |
| John Kellison | Line |
| Bob Nowaskey | Ends |
| Tommy Thompson | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/20/1955 | N | Chicago Bears | 21-6 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 24000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1955 | N | Detroit Lions | 16-17 | L | St. Louis, MO | Public High School Stadium | 12261 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-43 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33579 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11872 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-37 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 18000 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26359 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | H | New York Giants | 28-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 9555 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26337 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | A | New York Giants | 0-10 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-24 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24620 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-26 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 29471 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23310 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20104 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16901 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 53-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 47314 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19478 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25914 | |
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 |
| Frank Bernardi | 49 | RS-ROH | 5-9 | 181 | 22 | Colorado | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Bienemann | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 27 | Drake | 10 | 10 |
| Max Boydston | 83 | ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Oklahoma | 8 | 3 |
| Dick Brubaker | 87 | ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Ohio Wesleyan; Ohio State | 10 | 6 |
| Jimmy Carr | 24 | LOH-ROH-FB | 6-1 | 206 | 22 | Charleston | 12 | 1 |
| Ogden Compton | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 9 | 1 |
| Lindon Crow | 40 | RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Burt Delavan | 76 | RDT-LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | Menlo; Pacific | 12 | 9 |
| Les Goble | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 157 | 23 | Alfred | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Groom | 57 | MG-RDT | 6-3 | 236 | 26 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 9 | 3 |
| Larry Hartshorn | 64 | LOG | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Hatley | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Baylor; Southwest Texas JC; Sul Ross State | 12 | 11 |
| Jimmy Hill | 41 | LS | 6-2 | 192 | 27 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Keane | 21 | LS | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 11 | 10 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Lange | 68 | ROG | 6-1 | 239 | 27 | Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| Dave Leggett | 7 | RDH | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 44 | ROH-P | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | LOH | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Lamar McHan | 8 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 11 |
| Frank McPhee | 89 | LOE | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Princeton | 2 | 1 |
| Gern Nagler | 86 | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Santa Clara | 10 | 6 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 36 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | California | 11 | 9 |
| Tony Pasquesi | 75 | MG | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Notre Dame | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Psaltis | 47 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 12 | 2 |
| Leo Sanford | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Simmons | 50 | C | 6-4 | 236 | 31 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Don Stonesifer | 80 | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Northwestern | 12 | 9 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Pat Summerall | 85 | K-RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 228 | 25 | Arkansas | 11 | 2 |
| Len Teeuws | 74 | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 242 | 28 | Michigan State; Tulane | 12 | 11 |
| Harry Thompson | 60 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 11 | 1 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | DB-P | 6-0 | 186 | 34 | Georgia | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 243 | 26 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Wallner | 61 | LLB | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Max Boydston | E | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 14 | Lindon Crow | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 26 | Mal Hammack | B | Florida |
| 3 | 32 | Tony Pasquesi | T | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 38 | Frank Bernardi | B | Colorado |
| 5 | 50 | Mario Dare | T | Southern California |
| 6 | 62 | Jack Bowersox | G | Maryland |
| 7 | 74 | Dave Leggett | B | Ohio State |
| 8 | 86 | John Irvine | C | Maryland |
| 9 | 98 | Charlie McGinty | E | North Texas |
| 10 | 110 | Frank Scaffidi | T | Marquette |
| 11 | 122 | Tom Pepsin | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 12 | 134 | Dale Sandstrom | B | Concordia (Moorhead) |
| 13 | 146 | Tom McLuckie | G | Maryland |
| 14 | 158 | Gordon Brown | E | Louisiana Tech |
| 15 | 170 | Dick Brubaker | E | Ohio State |
| 16 | 182 | Bob Herndon | B | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 191 | Al Dennis | E | Middlebury |
| 17 | 194 | Larry White | C | New Mexico |
| 18 | 206 | Fred Campbell | T | Duke |
| 19 | 218 | Dick Coy | T | St. John's (Minnesota) |
| 20 | 230 | Jim Burst | B | Washington-St. Louis |
| 21 | 242 | Howie Wright | B | Virginia Tech |
| 22 | 254 | Vic Berra | E | Montana State |
| 23 | 266 | Karl Bays | T | Eastern Kentucky |
| 24 | 278 | Max Pierce | B | Utah |
| 25 | 290 | Bob Scott | E | Evansville |
| 26 | 302 | Billy Hooper | B | Baylor |
| 27 | 314 | Bruce Schwager | T | Merchant Marine |
| 28 | 326 | Bob Ems | B | Southern Illinois |
| 29 | 338 | Gene Renzi | T | Northeastern |
| 30 | 350 | Bob Sweet | B | Trinity (Texas) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 52 | 49 | 62 | 224 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 76 | 43 | 76 | 252 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 150 | 84 | 53 | 13 | / % | / % | 82 | 695 | |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 100 | 102 | 22 | / % | / % | 65 | 677 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 53 |
| Dave Mann | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ollie Matson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Psaltis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 0 | 224 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 11 | 29 | 37.9 | 1 | 252 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 3 | 42 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Tom Keane | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 3 | 42 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 29 | 37.9 | 2/ | 5/ | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 109 | 475 | 4.4 | 54 | 1 |
| Dave Mann | 87 | 336 | 3.9 | 65t | 4 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 84 | 326 | 3.9 | 41t | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 56 | 194 | 3.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Mal Hammack | 51 | 160 | 3.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Jimmy Carr | 30 | 115 | 3.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Les Goble | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ogden Compton | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 438 | 1626 | 3.7 | 65t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 1902 | 4.1 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 207 | 78 | 37.7 | 110 | 1085 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 74t | 11 | 5.3 | 19 | 9.2 | 128 | 957 | 34.8 | |
| Ogden Compton | 61 | 22 | 36.1 | 33 | 339 | 5.6 | 15.4 | 98t | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 9.8 | 47 | 292 | 21.2 | |
| Dave Mann | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 5 | 53 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 50 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 53 | 105.4 | |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 43 | 118.8 | |
| Dave Leggett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 280 | 106 | 37.9 | 149 | 1520 | 5.4 | 14.3 | 98t | 14 | 5.0 | 25 | 8.9 | 175 | 1345 | 35.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 371 | 154 | 41.5 | 188 | 2146 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 16 | 4.3 | 29 | 7.8 | 138 | 2008 | 42.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 28 | 330 | 11.8 | 28t | 5 |
| Ollie Matson | 17 | 237 | 13.9 | 70t | 2 |
| Dave Mann | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 42 | 1 |
| Jimmy Carr | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 7 | 218 | 31.1 | 74t | 3 |
| Dick Brubaker | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 39t | 1 |
| Max Boydston | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 67t | 1 |
| Dick Lane | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 98t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 106 | 1520 | 14.3 | 98t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 154 | 2146 | 13.9 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lane | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Psaltis | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Leo Sanford | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 92t | 1 |
| Lindon Crow | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Wallner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Pat Summerall | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 368 | 12.7 | 92t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 261 | 10.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 32 | 1301 | 40.7 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Mann | 43 | 1723 | 40.1 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 3024 | 40.3 | 60 | 1 | 288 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2475 | 40.6 | 408 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 245 | 18.8 | 78t | 2 | |
| Frank Bernardi | 19 | 163 | 8.6 | 39 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Carr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 408 | 12.0 | 78t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 288 | 6.9 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Les Goble | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Dave Mann | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Carr | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| John Hatley | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Burt Delavan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Simmons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 835 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1133 | 24.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Bernardi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Carr | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ogden Compton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burt Delavan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Groom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hatley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gern Nagler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Pasquesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Psaltis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Len Teeuws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 0 |
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