1958 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 2-9-1 .182 |
| Head Coach: Pop Ivy |
| Chuck Drulis | Assistant Coach |
| Ray Prochaska | Assistant Coach |
| Abe Stuber | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1958 | N | Chicago Bears | 7-10 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Sradium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1958 | N | Baltimore Colts | 31-31 | T | Austin, TX | Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-55 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 23997 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1958 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 27-26 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 31500 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1958 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 25302 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1958 | N | Green Bay Packers | 31-24 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 18520 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | H | New York Giants | 7-37 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 21923 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1958 | H | Washington Redskins | 37-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21824 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 28-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65403 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | A | New York Giants | 23-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 52684 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30933 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-21 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17486 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-45 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26196 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-49 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 18315 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 15946 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 13014 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41617 | |
| Sat | 12/13/1958 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 16660 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Max Boydston | 83 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 57 | LLB | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Iowa State | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | ROH-FB | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | Auburn | 11 | 7 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | RDH-RS-K | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Texas A&M | 12 | 9 |
| Ed Cook | 75 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 | 3 |
| Bobby Cross | 71 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 10 |
| John David Crow | 44 | ROH-FB | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Texas A&M | 7 | 6 |
| Ed Culpepper | 73 | RDT-MLB | 6-1 | 255 | 24 | Alabama | 11 | 3 |
| Doug Eggers | 51 | RLB | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | South Dakota State | 8 | 8 |
| Don Gillis | 50 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Del Mar JC; Rice | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Gordon | 47 | LS-P | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | RDE-LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Howard Payne | 10 | 7 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | FB-OHB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 8 | 2 |
| King Hill | 16 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | Rice | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Hogland | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Oregon State | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Husmann | 66 | RDE-RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Charlie Jackson | 22 | RS | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 3 |
| Bob Konovsky | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 246 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Lowell Lander | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Westminster (Pennsylvania) | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Lane | 81 | LDH-LOH | 6-1 | 194 | 29 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | ROE | 6-0 | 193 | 33 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | LOH-FB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Jim McCusker | 70 | ROT | 6-2 | 246 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Lamar McHan | 8 | QB-P | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 5 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 11 |
| Gern Nagler | 86 | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Santa Clara | 12 | 11 |
| Dick Nolan | 25 | RS-RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Luke Owens | 78 | RDT | 6-2 | 254 | 24 | Kent State | 11 | 3 |
| Jack Patera | 61 | MLB | 6-1 | 234 | 25 | Oregon | 9 | 3 |
| Dean Philpott | 37 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Fresno State | 9 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Louisiana State | 11 | 7 |
| Jimmy Sears | 21 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 183 | 27 | El Camino JC; Southern California | 12 | 2 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 29 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Taylor | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Baylor | 12 | 2 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 243 | 29 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Watkins | 38 | LOH | 5-9 | 196 | 26 | Ohio State | 5 | 4 |
| Chuck Weber | 89 | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 28 | West Chester | 10 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | King Hill | QB | Rice |
| 1 | 2 | John David Crow | B | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 14 | Jim McCusker | T | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 21 | Bobby Jack Oliver | T | Baylor |
| 3 | 26 | Larry Cowart | C | Baylor |
| 6 | 63 | Bobby Gordon | B | Tennessee |
| 7 | 74 | Jon Jelacic | E | Minnesota |
| 9 | 98 | John Keelan | T | Kansas State |
| 10 | 111 | Gil Robertshaw | T | Brown |
| 11 | 122 | Dean Philpott | B | Fresno State |
| 12 | 135 | Tom Hinton | G | Louisiana Tech |
| 13 | 146 | Charlie Jackson | B | Southern Methodist |
| 14 | 159 | Bob Schmidt | T | Minnesota |
| 15 | 170 | Ray Dunlap | B | Marshall |
| 16 | 183 | Wade Patterson | E | Idaho |
| 17 | 194 | Mac Starnes | C | Abilene Christian |
| 18 | 207 | Mario Cheppo | E | Louisville |
| 19 | 218 | Sonny Randle | B | Virginia |
| 20 | 231 | Jim Matheny | C | UCLA |
| 21 | 242 | Ray Toole | B | North Texas |
| 22 | 255 | Tony Aloisio | E | Indiana |
| 23 | 266 | John Harbour | T | Southeast Missouri State |
| 24 | 279 | Eric Soesbe | T | Vanderbilt |
| 25 | 290 | J.C. Riekenberg | B | Northwestern Oklahoma State |
| 26 | 303 | Ray Masters | B | Southern Methodist |
| 27 | 314 | Bill Rewis | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 28 | 327 | Gale McGinty | B | Sam Houston State |
| 29 | 338 | Ken Irby | T | Mississippi State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 89 | 66 | 79 | 261 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 122 | 72 | 73 | 356 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 80 | 124 | 15 | / % | / % | 71 | 615 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 121 | 114 | 18 | / % | / % | 68 | 696 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 0 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 0 | 51 |
| John David Crow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Childress | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jimmy Sears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 0 | 261 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 44 | 46 | 95.7 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 0 | 356 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 2 | 45 | 2/10 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 2 | 45 | 2/10 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 5/ | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 129 | 505 | 3.9 | 55t | 5 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 48 | 252 | 5.3 | 50 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 52 | 221 | 4.3 | 83t | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 50 | 170 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 35 | 121 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 32 | 1 |
| Jimmy Sears | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dean Philpott | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| King Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 366 | 1456 | 4.0 | 83t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 449 | 2133 | 4.8 | 26 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C. Reynolds | 195 | 105 | 53.8 | 79 | 1422 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 91t | 11 | 5.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 68 | 1354 | 72.6 | |
| Lamar McHan | 198 | 91 | 46.0 | 94 | 1291 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 71t | 12 | 6.1 | 13 | 6.6 | 93 | 1198 | 60.4 | |
| King Hill | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 6 | 18 | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.3 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jimmy Sears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| John David Crow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 407 | 198 | 48.6 | 182 | 2735 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 91t | 23 | 5.7 | 27 | 6.6 | 161 | 2574 | 61.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 171 | 50.7 | 151 | 2793 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 78t | 18 | 5.3 | 15 | 4.5 | 166 | 2627 | 78.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 46 | 690 | 15.0 | 64 | 4 |
| Gern Nagler | 36 | 469 | 13.0 | 47 | 5 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | 406 | 11.6 | 26 | 4 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | 465 | 14.1 | 59 | 3 |
| John David Crow | 20 | 362 | 18.1 | 91t | 3 |
| Jimmy Sears | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 55 | 2 |
| Bobby Watkins | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 48t | 1 |
| Dean Philpott | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 198 | 2735 | 13.8 | 91t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 2793 | 16.3 | 78t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nolan | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 210 | 7.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Gordon | 55 | 2089 | 38.0 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2154 | 37.8 | 66 | 0 | 154 | 35.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 2227 | 41.2 | 259 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sears | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Charlie Jackson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gordon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 259 | 6.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 154 | 4.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 14 | 497 | 35.5 | 101t | 2 | |
| Jimmy Sears | 32 | 756 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 | |
| Dean Philpott | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1532 | 25.1 | 101t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 933 | 22.8 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Childress | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ed Culpepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gillis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mal Hammack | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| King Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Hogland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Konovsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCusker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Meinert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Patera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 1 |
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