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1937 Chicago Cardinals
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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 135 points (12.3/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 165 points (15.0/g), 7th.
Differential of -30 points (-2.7/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 4.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +24 (2.2/g), 3rd.
Coached by Milan Creighton (5-5-1)
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1937 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) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | George Grosvenor | 27 | 2 | 7 | 143 rushes for 461 yards, 2 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Pat Coffee | 22 | Rook | 4 | 55 rushes for 157 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Hal Pangle | 25 | 2 | 8 | 61 rushes for 203 yards, 2 td, & 5 catches for 58 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Howie Tipton | 26 | 4 | 7 | 9 rushes for 23 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 2 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Doug Russell | 26 | 3 | 10 | 23 rushes for 76 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 263 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Gaynell Tinsley+ | 22 | Rook | 11 | 36 catches for 675 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 12th pick / 1937 |
| LT | Tony Blazine | 25 | 2 | 6 | ||
| LG | Bree Cuppoletti | 27 | 3 | 7 | ||
| C | Ham Harmon | 24 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 43rd pick / 1937 |
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| C | Len Dugan | 27 | 1 | 5 | ||
| RG | Ross Carter | 23 | 1 | 11 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 69th pick / 1936 |
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| RT | Jack Robinson | 26 | 2 | 10 | ||
| RE | Versil Deskin | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 catches for 48 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Conway Baker | 26 | 1 | 3 | ||
| P | Conway Baker | 26 | 1 | 3 | ||
| PR | Conway Baker | 26 | 1 | 3 | ||
| KR | Conway Baker | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Conway Baker | 26 | G-T | 6 | 3 | 228 | 5-11 | Centenary | 9/9/1911 | 1 | |
| Tony Blazine | 25 | T | 11 | 6 | 232 | 6-0 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1/2/1912 | 2 | |
| Hal Carlson | 22 | G | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | DePaul,Northwestern | 1/22/1915 | Rook | |
| Ross Carter | 23 | G-C | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-0 | Oregon | 3/10/1914 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 69th pick / 1936 |
| Pat Coffee | 22 | TB | 9 | 4 | 183 | 5-11 | LSU | 8/3/1915 | Rook | |
| Bill Crass | 26 | FB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | LSU | 6/9/1911 | Rook | |
| Milan Creighton | 29 | E | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 1/21/1908 | 6 | |
| Bree Cuppoletti | 27 | G | 10 | 7 | 200 | 5-10 | Oregon | 6/19/1910 | 3 | |
| Versil Deskin | 24 | E | 11 | 8 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 2/14/1913 | 2 | |
| Len Dugan | 27 | C-LB | 11 | 5 | 218 | 6-0 | Wichita State | 2/19/1910 | 1 | |
| George Grosvenor | 27 | TB-HB | 11 | 7 | 175 | 6-0 | Colorado | 8/4/1910 | 2 | |
| Ham Harmon | 24 | C | 6 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 4/2/1913 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 43rd pick / 1937 |
| Bob Hoel | 24 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/5/1913 | 2 | |
| Jimmy Lawrence | 24 | WB-HB | 11 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | TCU | 3/15/1913 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1936 |
| John Marrow | 23 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 230 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Kearney | 7/8/1914 | Rook | |
| Bill May | 24 | BB | 9 | 3 | 188 | 5-11 | LSU | 2/4/1913 | Rook | |
| Dub Miller | 26 | G-T | 8 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Chadron State | 9/28/1911 | 2 | |
| Bill Muellner | 23 | E | 1 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | DePaul | 9/30/1914 | Rook | |
| Earl Nolan | 23 | T | 8 | 3 | 205 | 6-1 | Arizona | 3/8/1914 | Rook | |
| Hal Pangle | 25 | B | 11 | 8 | 200 | 5-10 | Oregon State | 5/4/1912 | 2 | |
| Buddy Parker | 24 | BB-FB | 11 | 3 | 193 | 6-0 | Centenary,North Texas | 12/16/1913 | 2 | |
| Rock Reed | 23 | HB | 8 | 0 | 173 | 5-8 | LSU | 8/7/1914 | Rook | |
| John Reynolds | 23 | C | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Baylor | 4/20/1914 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 72nd pick / 1937 |
| Jack Robinson | 26 | T | 11 | 10 | 220 | 6-2 | Truman State | 6/18/1911 | 2 | |
| Doug Russell | 26 | TB-WB | 11 | 10 | 187 | 6-0 | Kansas State,Muskingum | 6/11/1911 | 3 | |
| Bill Smith | 25 | E-DE | 9 | 2 | 198 | 6-1 | Washington | 1/13/1912 | 3 | |
| Gaynell Tinsley+ | 22 | E | 11 | 11 | 198 | 6-1 | LSU | 2/1/1915 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 12th pick / 1937 |
| Howie Tipton | 26 | G-WB-BB-E | 11 | 7 | 186 | 5-11 | USC | 4/19/1911 | 4 | |
| Pete Tyler | 23 | BB | 6 | 1 | 190 | 5-11 | Hardin-Simmons | 6/18/1914 | Rook | |
| Billy Volok | 27 | G-T | 11 | 4 | 215 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 3/23/1910 | 3 | |
| Billy Wilson | 26 | E | 11 | 1 | 184 | 5-10 | Gonzaga | 5/8/1911 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 24.7 | 11 | 200.5 | 5-11.6 | 1.4 |