1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 6th place • Eastern Conference • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Pop Ivy |
| Chuck Drulis | Assistant Coach |
| Wally Lemm | Defense |
| Ray Prochaska | Assistant Coach |
| Walt Schlinkman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/5/1959 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 55-26 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27152 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1959 | N | Detroit Lions | 19-21 | L | Norman, OK | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | 40000 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1959 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-10 | W | Austin, TX | Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1959 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52013 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 27-24 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 23000 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1959 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-21 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 30055 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1959 | N | Baltimore Colts | 31-17 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 16671 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 49-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 21892 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 19935 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-23 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25937 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46422 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-28 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 20112 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 23187 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | A | New York Giants | 3-9 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56779 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 28887 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | H | New York Giants | 20-30 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 26625 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 48687 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-45 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 45811 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1959 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19011 | |
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 |
| Ted Bates | 51 | MLB-DE | 6-2 | 219 | 23 | Oregon State | 12 | 8 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 57 | LLB | 6-1 | 223 | 28 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | ROH | 6-0 | 202 | 26 | Auburn | 10 | 3 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 40 | ROH-LOH-K | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Cook | 75 | LOG-ROG-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 |
| Bobby Cross | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 248 | 28 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 5 |
| John David Crow | 44 | LOH-FB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Culpepper | 73 | LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Alabama | 10 | 6 |
| Frank Fuller | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 30 | Kentucky | 10 | 10 |
| Don Gillis | 50 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Del Mar JC; Rice | 12 | 12 |
| Freddy Glick | 49 | DB | 6-1 | 189 | 22 | Colorado State | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Gray | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Howard Payne | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Hall | 22 | ROH-LOH | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 2 |
| Mal Hammack | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 12 | 7 |
| Art Hauser | 65 | LDT | 6-0 | 237 | 30 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 37 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Baylor | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 41 | RDH | 6-2 | 192 | 31 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 12 |
| King Hill | 16 | QB-P | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | Rice | 12 | 10 |
| Ed Husmann | 66 | RDT-RDE | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Nebraska | 12 | 4 |
| Bill Koman | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | North Carolina | 11 | 1 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | LDH | 6-1 | 194 | 30 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 12 |
| Mac Lewis | 76 | ROT-LOT-C | 6-6 | 290 | 22 | Iowa | 8 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | LOE | 6-0 | 193 | 34 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Dale Meinert | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 11 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 63 | LOT-LOG | 6-2 | 247 | 22 | Wyoming | 12 | 7 |
| Jerry Norton | 25 | LS-P | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 9 |
| Luke Owens | 78 | LDT-RDE | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Kent State | 12 | 7 |
| Ken Panfil | 74 | ROT | 6-6 | 262 | 29 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Patera | 61 | MLB | 6-1 | 234 | 26 | Oregon | 9 | 4 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Louisiana State | 8 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 83 | ROE | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 5 | 4 |
| John Roach | 33 | LS-QB | 6-4 | 197 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 5 |
| Marion Rushing | 86 | RDE-RLB | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | Southern Illinois | 11 | 5 |
| Maury Schleicher | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 22 | Penn State | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 24 | RS | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 30 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| John Tracey | 80 | ROE | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Texas A&M | 9 | 8 |
| Jim Wagstaff | 49 | DB | 6-2 | 192 | 23 | Idaho State | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Billy Stacy | B | Mississippi State |
| 2 | 14 | Jerry Wilson | E | Auburn |
| 3 | 27 | Jim Butler | B | Vanderbilt |
| 4 | 38 | Ken Beck | T | Texas A&M |
| 5 | 50 | Maury Schleicher | E | Penn State |
| 5 | 52 | Ted Bates | T | Oregon State |
| 6 | 63 | Tom Redmond | T | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 64 | Mac Lewis | T | Iowa |
| 9 | 98 | Gary Ferguson | T | Southern Methodist |
| 10 | 111 | Emil DeCantis | B | North Carolina |
| 11 | 122 | Floyd Faucette | B | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | 135 | Ted Edmondson | E | Hardin-Simmons |
| 13 | 146 | Pat Lamberti | E | Richmond |
| 14 | 159 | Bob Bobo | T | Texas-El Paso |
| 15 | 170 | John Schroeder | E | North Carolina |
| 16 | 183 | John Dingens | T | Detroit Mercy |
| 17 | 194 | Pete Hart | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 18 | 207 | Darrel DeDecker | T | Illinois |
| 19 | 218 | Billy Dunn | B | Southern Methodist |
| 20 | 231 | Jerry Lee Murphy | T | Ohio State |
| 21 | 242 | Dale Memmelaar | G | Wyoming |
| 22 | 255 | Glen Shamblin | B | West Virginia |
| 23 | 266 | Freddy Glick | B | Colorado State |
| 24 | 279 | Jim Reed | G | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 25 | 290 | Jim Jeffrey | T | Auburn |
| 26 | 303 | Joe Chuha | C | Southern California |
| 27 | 314 | Bob Corrigan | G | Indiana |
| 28 | 327 | Don Fleming | B | Florida |
| 29 | 338 | Jim O'Conner | C | Marshall |
| 30 | 351 | Rabe Walton | B | North Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 103 | 93 | 80 | 324 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 179 | 85 | 80 | 14 | / % | / % | 44 | 431 | |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 99 | 100 | 13 | / % | / % | 61 | 528 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 6 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 84 |
| John David Crow | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| King Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Stacy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Perry Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 1 | 324 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 1 | 37 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 1 | 37 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 5/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John David Crow | 140 | 666 | 4.8 | 73 | 3 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 56t | 2 |
| Mal Hammack | 49 | 237 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| King Hill | 39 | 167 | 4.3 | 29 | 5 |
| Ken Hall | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Roach | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 367 | 1613 | 4.4 | 73 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 477 | 1874 | 3.9 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | 181 | 82 | 45.3 | 86 | 1015 | 5.6 | 12.4 | 31 | 7 | 3.9 | 13 | 7.2 | 137 | 878 | 46.2 | |
| John Roach | 57 | 22 | 38.6 | 31 | 340 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 62 | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 331 | 41.6 | |
| M.C. Reynolds | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 19 | 329 | 8.4 | 17.3 | 85t | 4 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 54 | 275 | 101.3 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 | 41.0 | 52t | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 75 | 109.7 | |
| Team Totals | 280 | 125 | 44.6 | 136 | 1766 | 6.3 | 14.1 | 85t | 14 | 5.0 | 19 | 6.8 | 207 | 1559 | 54.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 266 | 138 | 51.9 | 113 | 2359 | 8.9 | 17.1 | 76t | 22 | 8.3 | 15 | 5.6 | 218 | 2141 | 86.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 34 | 534 | 15.7 | 85t | 3 |
| John David Crow | 27 | 328 | 12.1 | 36t | 4 |
| John Tracey | 17 | 258 | 15.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 25 | 3 |
| Perry Richards | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 25t | 1 |
| Joe Childress | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 52t | 1 |
| Mal Hammack | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Larry Hickman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 125 | 1766 | 14.1 | 85t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 138 | 2359 | 17.1 | 76t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stacy | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 69 | 1 |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 301 | 20.1 | 69 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 158 | 8.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Norton | 59 | 2650 | 44.9 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| King Hill | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2768 | 44.6 | 60 | 0 | 181 | 41.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2767 | 41.3 | 548 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stacy | 29 | 281 | 9.7 | 74t | 2 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 69t | 1 | |
| Ken Hall | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 84t | 1 | |
| Perry Richards | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 0 | 17 | 17Lt | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 56 | 548 | 9.8 | 84t | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 181 | 4.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stacy | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 18 | 388 | 21.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ken Hall | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 72 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Sonny Randle | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| John Tracey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ken Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bobby Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1080 | 20.8 | 72 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 692 | 21.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Culpepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Hammack | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| King Hill | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Husmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Luke Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Panfil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Roach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maury Schleicher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 2 |
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