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1946 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 6-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 260 points (23.6/g), 3rd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 198 points (18.0/g), 6th.
 Differential of 62 points (5.6/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 7.2-3.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.4/g), 6th.

Coached by Jimmy Conzelman (6-5-0)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 20 box L 0-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 14 11 186 79 107 4 8 137 25 112 2
2 Mon September 30 box W 1-1 Detroit Lions 34 14 19 343 116 227 4 12 156 173 -17 7
3 Sun October 6 box L 1-2 Chicago Bears 17 34 12 351 218 133 4 22 358 179 179 2
4 Sun October 13 box W 2-2 @ Detroit Lions 36 14 23 394 263 131 4 8 158 182 -24 3
5 Sun October 20 box L 2-3 @ New York Giants 24 28 16 303 170 133 4 17 328 294 34 6
6 Sun October 27 box W 3-3 Los Angeles Rams 34 10 21 359 238 121 3 19 336 173 163 6
7 Sun November 3 box W 4-3 @ Boston Yanks 28 14 20 393 236 157 1 18 276 109 167 4
8 Sun November 10 box L 4-4 Green Bay Packers 7 19 10 237 225 12 10 19 270 50 220 4
9 Sun November 17 box L 4-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 17 12 268 165 103 5 16 304 162 142 2
10 Sun November 24 box W 5-5 @ Green Bay Packers 24 6 16 349 106 243 6 11 155 24 131 4
11 Sun December 1 box W 6-5 @ Chicago Bears 35 28 15 297 135 162 4 26 374 232 142 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 260 3480 637 5.5 175 115 266 1951 17 20 7.3 84 371 1529 17 4.1 77 49 29 14
Team Defense 198 2852 711 4.0 257 118 273 1603 14 25 5.9 66 438 1249 12 2.9 176 45 20 15
Lg Rank Offense 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 4 8 4 2 2 10 10
Lg Rank Defense 6 6 7 10 5 6 3 2 7 4 3 3 3 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Paul Christman 28 QB 11 3 100 229 43.7 1656 13 5.7 18 7.9 82 7.2 4.3 16.6 150.5 54.8
Ray Mallouf 28 5 0 14 34 41.2 260 4 11.8 2 5.9 59 7.6 6.2 18.6 52.0 83.0
Elmer Angsman 21 rh 11 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Frank Seno 25 RH 11 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Jimmy Strausbaugh 28 11 1 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.2 118.7
Team Total 26.6 11 115 266 43.2 1951 17 6.4 20 7.5 82 7.3 4.6 17.0 177.4 58.6
Opp Total 11 118 273 43.2 1603 14 5.1 25 9.2 5.9 2.3 13.6 145.7 41.5 0 0 5.9 2.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Pat Harder 24 FB 11 6 106 545 4 55 5.1 49.5 9.6 11 128 11.6 1 24 1.0 11.6 673 5 4
Frank Seno 25 RH 11 7 62 191 0 27 3.1 17.4 5.6 12 124 10.3 1 27 1.1 11.3 315 1 7
Elmer Angsman 21 rh 11 5 48 328 2 61 6.8 29.8 4.4 2 44 22.0 0 38 0.2 4.0 372 2 2
Marshall Goldberg 29 LH 10 8 43 210 3 32 4.9 21.0 4.3 17 152 8.9 1 22 1.7 15.2 362 4 3
Jimmy Strausbaugh 28 11 1 37 183 3 29 4.9 16.6 3.4 5 56 11.2 0 21 0.5 5.1 239 3 4
Paul Christman 28 QB 11 3 28 -61 3 6 -2.2 -5.5 2.5 -61 3 15
Ward Cuff 33 qb 10 7 13 78 1 26 6.0 7.8 1.3 5 82 16.4 1 39 0.5 8.2 160 2 0
Bill Montgomery 23 3 0 8 11 0 6 1.4 3.7 2.7 11 0 0
Jimmy Johnston 29 6 0 6 18 0 11 3.0 3.0 1.0 18 0 0
Walt Rankin 27 11 4 5 1 0 5 0.2 0.1 0.5 1 0 0
George Sutch 25 3 0 5 4 0 4 0.8 1.3 1.7 4 0 3
Ray Mallouf 28 5 0 4 6 0 18 1.5 1.2 0.8 6 0 3
Paul Sarringhaus 26 2 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 1.0 1 0 0
Mal Kutner 25 RE 11 5 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 27 634 23.5 5 63 2.5 57.6 633 5 1
Bill Blackburn 23 P 11 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.9 0.1 10 0 1
Al Drulis 25 5 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 0
Buster Ramsey 26 RG 11 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.5 0.1 5 0 0
Billy Dewell 29 LE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 643 23.8 7 82 2.5 58.5 643 7 0
Pop Ivy 30 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 39 9.8 1 19 0.4 3.5 39 1 1
Joe Parker 23 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 17 8.5 0 11 0.3 2.1 17 0 0
Ed Rucinski 30 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 23 11.5 0 12 0.2 2.3 23 0 0
Al Hust 25 10 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.9 9 0 0
Team Total 26.6 11 371 1529 16 61 4.1 139.0 33.7 115 1951 17.0 17 82 10.5 177.4 3480 33 44
Opp Total 11 438 1249 12 2.9 113.5 39.8 118 1603 13.6 14 10.7 145.7 2852 26 39

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Frank Seno 25 RH 11 7 17 176 0 21 10.4 13 408 1 105 31.4 899
Jimmy Strausbaugh 28 11 1 2 34 0 28 17.0 6 104 0 28 17.3 377
Marshall Goldberg 29 LH 10 8 1 11 0 11 11.0 5 108 0 42 21.6 481
Pat Harder 24 FB 11 6 1 10 0 10 10.0 5 92 0 36 18.4 775
Mal Kutner 25 RE 11 5 3 30 0 28 10.0 663
Ward Cuff 33 qb 10 7 2 24 0 16 12.0 184
Jimmy Johnston 29 6 0 2 22 0 16 11.0 40
Elmer Angsman 21 rh 11 5 1 13 0 13 13.0 385
Bill Campbell 26 rt 11 7 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Stan Mauldin 26 6 4 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Joe Parker 23 8 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 17
Walt Rankin 27 11 4 1 11 0 11 11.0 12
George Sutch 25 3 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 8
Team Total 26.6 11 23 255 0 28 11.1 40 825 1 105 20.6 4560
Opp Total 11 29 0 46 748 0 16.3

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Ward Cuff 33 qb 10 7 12 5 41.7% 30 28 93.3%
Bill Blackburn 23 P 11 1 35 1465 60 0 41.9
Ray Mallouf 28 5 0 15 520 47 0 34.7
Pat Harder 24 FB 11 6 5 5 100.0%
Team Total 26.6 11 12 5 41.7% 35 33 94.3% 50 1985 60 0 39.7
Opp Total 11 10 5 50.0% 26 25 96.2% 57 2360 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Elmer Angsman 21 rh 11 5 2 3 0 0
Ray Apolskis 28 6 1 1 20 0 20
Loyd Arms 27 LG 8 5 0 1 0 0
Vince Banonis 25 C 11 11 2 1 0 1
Bill Blackburn 23 P 11 1 3 56 0 25 1 4 2 0 1
Bill Campbell 26 rt 11 7 0 1 0 0
Paul Christman 28 QB 11 3 15 3 0 0
Billy Dewell 29 LE 11 6 0 1 0 0
Ralph Foster 29 LT 10 4 0 2 -6 0
Marshall Goldberg 29 LH 10 8 4 46 0 14 3 5 0 0
Pat Harder 24 FB 11 6 4 4 13 0
Al Hust 25 10 4 0 1 0 0
Pop Ivy 30 11 4 1 22 0 22 1 1 0 0
Jimmy Johnston 29 6 0 1 20 0 20
Mal Kutner 25 RE 11 5 5 29 0 24 1 1 0 0
Ray Mallouf 28 5 0 1 15 0 15 3 1 0 0
Joe Parker 23 8 1 0 1 0 0
Buster Ramsey 26 RG 11 11 1 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
Walt Rankin 27 11 4 2 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
Frank Seno 25 RH 11 7 4 33 0 14 7 0 0 0
Jimmy Strausbaugh 28 11 1 4 2 0 0
George Sutch 25 3 0 3 0 0 0
Team Total 26.6 11 25 262 0 25 44 34 9 0 1
Opp Total 11 39 19 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ward Cuff 33 qb 10 7 1 1 28 5 55
Billy Dewell 29 LE 11 6 7 42
Pat Harder 24 FB 11 6 4 1 5 35
Mal Kutner 25 RE 11 5 5 30
Marshall Goldberg 29 LH 10 8 3 1 24
Paul Christman 28 QB 11 3 3 18
Jimmy Strausbaugh 28 11 1 3 18
Elmer Angsman 21 rh 11 5 2 12
Frank Seno 25 RH 11 7 1 1 12
Bill Blackburn 23 P 11 1 1 1 8
Pop Ivy 30 11 4 1 6
Team Total 26.6 11 16 17 1 1 33 5 1 260
Opp Total 11 12 14 25 5 1 198