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1943 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 0-10-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 95 points (9.5/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 238 points (23.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of -143 points (-14.3/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 1.0-9.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.6/g), 8th.

Coached by Phil Handler

Training Camp: Carroll College (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 95 1804 553 3.3 102 88 219 1095 6 39 5.0 43 334 709 5 2.1 48 44 5 11
Team Defense 238 2773 592 4.7 131 101 198 1607 21 16 8.1 48 394 1166 11 3.0 75 28 12 8
Lg Rank Offense 7 7 6 5 6 7 8 7 5 7 7 7 8 1
Lg Rank Defense 8 6 8 2 7 8 7 8 6 4 4 3 6 1

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 boxscore L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 17 35 9 157 157 5 14 288 120 168 4
2 Sun October 3 boxscore L 0-2 Green Bay Packers 7 28 14 255 153 102 6 13 339 155 184 2
3 Sun October 10 boxscore L 0-3 @ Chicago Bears 0 20 13 216 99 117 6 12 297 211 86 3
4 Sun October 17 boxscore L 0-4 Detroit Lions 0 7 10 84 46 38 3 9 136 189 -53 1
3 Sun October 24 boxscore L 0-5 @ Washington Redskins 7 13 12 169 92 77 3 7 179 78 101 3
5 Sun October 31 boxscore L 0-6 @ Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers 13 34 9 206 175 31 5 16 241 74 167 3
7 Sun November 7 boxscore L 0-7 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 0 7 8 138 56 82 5 12 200 96 104 4
8 Sun November 14 boxscore L 0-8 @ Green Bay Packers 14 35 13 209 131 78 5 15 327 296 31 2
7 Sun November 21 boxscore L 0-9 @ New York Giants 13 24 9 168 88 80 2 14 326 147 179 2
10 Sun November 28 boxscore L 0-10 Chicago Bears 24 35 5 202 98 104 4 19 440 241 199 4

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Ronnie Cahill 28 TB 10 2 50 109 45.9 608 3 2.8 21 19.3 67 5.6 -2.5 12.2 60.8 33.1 0 0
Walt Masters 36 b 7 1 17 45 37.8 249 2 4.4 7 15.6 37 5.5 -0.6 14.6 35.6 31.9 0 0
Joe Bukant 28 tb 8 7 14 40 35.0 109 1 2.5 5 12.5 15 2.7 -2.4 7.8 13.6 12.5 0 0
John Grigas 23 FB 10 7 4 19 21.1 98 0 0.0 4 21.1 50 5.2 -4.3 24.5 9.8 9.0 0 0
Johnny Hall 27 wb 8 4 2 4 50.0 24 0 0.0 2 50.0 15 6.0 -16.5 12.0 3.0 29.2 0 0
Cal Purdin 22 b 4 2 1 2 50.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 3.5 3.5 7.0 1.8 58.3 0 0
Team Total 26.1 10 88 219 40.2 1095 6 2.7 39 17.8 67 5.0 -2.5 12.4 109.5 26.0 0 0
Opp Total 10 101 198 51.0 1607 21 10.6 16 8.1 8.1 6.60 15.9 160.7 80.1 0 0 8.1 6.6 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
John Grigas 23 FB 10 7 105 333 3 28 3.2 33.3 10.5 19 225 11.8 0 39 1.9 22.5 558 3 0
Ronnie Cahill 28 TB 10 2 62 -11 0 25 -0.2 -1.1 6.2 -11 0 0
Joe Bukant 28 tb 8 7 42 87 0 10 2.1 10.9 5.3 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 87 0 0
Bob Morrow 25 b 10 4 38 129 2 9 3.4 12.9 3.8 3 20 6.7 0 14 0.3 2.0 149 2 0
Johnny Martin 27 KR/P/PR/WB 10 5 30 98 0 15 3.3 9.8 3.0 7 138 19.7 0 50 0.7 13.8 236 0 0
Johnny Hall 27 wb 8 4 22 51 0 14 2.3 6.4 2.8 7 82 11.7 1 67 0.9 10.3 133 1 0
Walt Masters 36 b 7 1 14 -17 0 4 -1.2 -2.4 2.0 -17 0 0
Cal Purdin 22 b 4 2 9 20 0 13 2.2 5.0 2.3 3 35 11.7 0 20 0.8 8.8 55 0 0
Marshall Goldberg 26 b 1 1 6 6 0 5 1.0 6.0 6.0 4 31 7.8 1 11 4.0 31.0 37 1 0
George J. Smith 22 3 0 4 12 0 4 3.0 4.0 1.3 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.3 6.0 30 0 0
Walt Rankin 24 QB 10 8 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.1 0.2 10 44 4.4 0 17 1.0 4.4 45 0 0
Ed Rucinski+ 27 LE 10 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 398 15.3 3 47 2.6 39.8 398 3 0
Don Currivan 23 RE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 79 15.8 1 34 0.7 11.3 79 1 0
Freeman Rexer 25 e 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.4 14 0 0
Clint Wager 23 e 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.2 2.2 11 0 0
Team Total 26.1 10 334 709 5 28 2.1 70.9 33.4 88 1095 12.4 6 67 8.8 109.5 1804 11 0
Opp Total 10 394 1166 11 3.0 116.6 39.4 101 1607 15.9 21 10.1 160.7 2773 32 19

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Johnny Martin 27 KR/P/PR/WB 10 5 9 95 0 25 10.6 7 130 0 25 18.6 461
John Grigas 23 FB 10 7 2 -2 0 5 -1.0 3 72 0 31 24.0 628
Ronnie Cahill 28 TB 10 2 1 19 0 19 19.0 3 56 0 21 18.7 64
Walt Rankin 24 QB 10 8 4 57 0 27 14.3 102
Marshall Goldberg 26 b 1 1 1 15 0 15 15.0 2 53 0 34 26.5 105
Johnny Hall 27 wb 8 4 1 17 0 17 17.0 2 35 0 30 17.5 185
Walt Masters 36 b 7 1 1 13 0 13 13.0 2 39 0 20 19.5 35
Bob Morrow 25 b 10 4 3 66 0 30 22.0 215
Cal Purdin 22 b 4 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 24 0 24 24.0 85
Andy Puplis 28 8 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Floyd Rhea 23 1 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Marshall Robnett 25 c 9 2 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Gordon Wilson 28 RG 10 10 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 26.1 10 16 163 0 25 10.2 31 569 0 34 18.4 2536
Opp Total 10 29 0 24 655 0 27.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Johnny Martin 27 KR/P/PR/WB 10 5 30 1187 59 0 39.6
Walt Masters 36 b 7 1 10 368 49 0 36.8
Dixie Stokes 30 K 6 2 3 1 33.3% 6 5 83.3%
Conway Baker 32 LG 10 8 2 1 50.0% 6 5 83.3%
Cal Purdin 22 b 4 2 8 341 72 0 42.6
Joe Bukant 28 tb 8 7 5 181 46 0 36.2
Ronnie Cahill 28 TB 10 2 3 88 36 0 29.3
Chet Bulger 26 RT 10 10 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.1 10 5 2 40.0% 13 11 84.6% 56 2165 72 0 38.7
Opp Total 10 7 1 14.3% 34 31 91.2% 51 1897 37.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
John Grigas 23 FB 10 7 5 42 0 27 0
Walt Rankin 24 QB 10 8 3 30 0 15 0
Johnny Hall 27 wb 8 4 2 49 0 44 0
Bob Morrow 25 b 10 4 2 49 0 44 0
Vern Ghersanich 24 4 0 1 19 0 19 0
Marshall Goldberg 26 b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Martin 27 KR/P/PR/WB 10 5 1 35 0 35 0
Andy Puplis 28 8 0 1 19 0 19 0
Team Total 26.1 10 16 243 0 44 0
Opp Total 10 19 7

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Grigas 23 FB 10 7 3 3 18
Ed Rucinski+ 27 LE 10 9 3 3 18
Conway Baker 32 LG 10 8 1 1 5 1 14
Don Currivan 23 RE 7 7 1 1 2 12
Bob Morrow 25 b 10 4 2 2 12
Dixie Stokes 30 K 6 2 5 1 8
Marshall Goldberg 26 b 1 1 1 1 6
Johnny Hall 27 wb 8 4 1 1 6
Chet Bulger 26 RT 10 10 1 1
Team Total 26.1 10 5 6 1 1 13 11 2 95
Opp Total 10 11 21 31 1 238