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1929 Chicago Cardinals
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Record: 6-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL
NFL Season Summary
Scored 154 points (11.8/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 83 points (6.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 71 points (5.5/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 10.6-2.4.
Coached by Dewey Scanlon (6-6-1)
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1929 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Don Hill | 25 | Rook | 7 | ||
| TB | Eddie Butts | 26 | Rook | 5 | ||
| FB | Ernie Nevers+ | 26 | 3 | 10 | ||
| BB | Gene H. Rose | 25 | Rook | 6 | ||
| WB | Mickey MacDonnell | 59 | 6 | 10 | ||
| WB | Russ Method | 32 | 6 | 6 | ||
| LE | Pat Dowling | 28 | Rook | 10 | ||
| LT | Jess Tinsley | 21 | Rook | 6 | ||
| LT | Jake Williams | 59 | Rook | 5 | ||
| LG | Walt Kiesling | 26 | 3 | 12 | ||
| C | Louie Larson | 31 | 3 | 1 | ||
| RG | Herb Blumer | 29 | 4 | 9 | ||
| RT | Duke Slater | 31 | 7 | 13 | ||
| RE | Chuck Kassel | 26 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bullet Baker | 29 | 2 | 2 | ||
| P | Bullet Baker | 29 | 2 | 2 | ||
| PR | Bullet Baker | 29 | 2 | 2 | ||
| KR | Bullet Baker | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Baker | 29 | BB-WB-TB-HB | 4 | 2 | 180 | 5-8 | Santa Clara,USC | 11/4/1900 | 2 | |
| Herb Blumer | 29 | E-G-T | 10 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | Missouri | 3/7/1900 | 4 | |
| Earl Britton | 26 | B | 2 | 1 | 212 | 6-3 | Illinois | 7/15/1903 | 4 | |
| Eddie Butts | 26 | TB-BB-WB | 9 | 5 | 190 | Cal State-Chico | 8/18/1903 | Rook | ||
| Pat Dowling | 28 | E | 13 | 10 | 185 | 5-11 | DePaul | 4/14/1901 | Rook | |
| Chief Elkins | 30 | B | 2 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Haskell Indian,Nebraska,Southwest Oklahoma State | 8/16/1899 | 1 | |
| Don Hill | 25 | TB-WB-HB-C | 10 | 7 | 175 | 5-10 | Stanford | 9/18/1904 | Rook | |
| Murrell Hogue | 25 | G-T | 11 | 3 | 208 | 6-1 | Centenary | 8/13/1904 | 1 | |
| Chuck Kassel | 26 | E | 13 | 13 | 191 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/20/1903 | 2 | |
| Walt Kiesling | 26 | G-T | 12 | 12 | 260 | 6-3 | St. Thomas | 3/27/1903 | 3 | |
| Chick Lang | 28 | T | 3 | 3 | 195 | none | 10/3/1901 | 2 | ||
| Louie Larson | 31 | C-B | 3 | 1 | 168 | none | 1/5/1898 | 3 | ||
| Ojay Larson | 32 | C | 9 | 8 | 199 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 10/15/1897 | 7 | |
| Mickey MacDonnell | 59 | B | 13 | 10 | 159 | 5-8 | none | 0/0/0 | 6 | |
| Russ Method | 32 | B | 10 | 6 | 192 | 5-10 | none | 6/27/1897 | 6 | |
| Ernie Nevers+ | 26 | FB | 11 | 10 | 204 | 6-0 | Stanford | 6/11/1903 | 3 | |
| Bill Rooney | 33 | B-C | 9 | 3 | 194 | 6-2 | none | 7/16/1896 | 6 | |
| Cobb Rooney | 29 | B | 11 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | none | 3/23/1900 | 5 | |
| Gene H. Rose | 25 | B | 13 | 6 | 172 | 5-8 | Wisconsin | 7/11/1904 | Rook | |
| Duke Slater | 31 | T | 13 | 13 | 215 | 6-1 | Iowa | 12/9/1898 | 7 | |
| Bill Stein | 30 | C-G-T | 5 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Fordham,Macalester | 5/28/1899 | 6 | |
| Jess Tinsley | 21 | T-E | 12 | 6 | 201 | 6-0 | LSU | 10/18/1908 | Rook | |
| Jack Underwood | 32 | E-G-C | 9 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | none | 8/28/1897 | 5 | |
| Jake Williams | 59 | T-E-G-C | 8 | 5 | 205 | 6-0 | TCU | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 30.8 | 13 | 194.4 | 5-2.8 | 3.0 |