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1948 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 11-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 395 points (32.9/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 226 points (18.8/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 169 points (14.1/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-2.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.6/g), 1st.

Coached by Jimmy Conzelman (11-1-0)

1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 24 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 21 14 14 340 151 189 2 15 331 207 124 4
2 Mon October 4 box L 1-1 Chicago Bears 17 28 15 300 199 101 3 15 330 124 206 3
3 Sun October 10 box W 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 7 16 355 35 320 6 12 237 122 115 4
4 Sun October 17 box W 3-1 @ New York Giants 63 35 23 579 280 299 1 26 392 247 145 2
5 Sun October 24 box W 4-1 Boston Yanks 49 27 20 442 142 300 3 12 223 147 76 6
6 Sun October 31 box W 5-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 27 22 27 477 299 178 3 19 460 406 54 3
7 Sun November 7 box W 6-1 Detroit Lions 56 20 23 484 251 233 3 15 357 252 105 3
8 Sun November 14 box W 7-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 24 7 18 368 184 184 1 14 327 186 141 5
9 Sun November 21 box W 8-1 Los Angeles Rams 27 24 22 386 216 170 2 14 415 323 92 3
10 Thu November 25 box W 9-1 @ Detroit Lions 28 14 10 263 159 104 19 370 186 184 4
11 Sun December 5 box W 10-1 Green Bay Packers 42 7 25 388 99 289 2 9 132 10 122 5
12 Sun December 12 box W 11-1 @ Chicago Bears 24 21 20 312 119 193 2 20 462 310 152 5
Playoffs
Championship December 19 box L 11-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 7 6 131 35 96 3 16 232 7 225 3

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 395 4694 816 5.8 233 134 285 2134 22 12 7.5 81 531 2560 25 4.8 135 28 16 17
Team Defense 226 4036 744 5.4 190 159 336 2520 22 23 7.5 94 408 1516 8 3.7 85 47 24 11
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 5 7 6 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 3 7 4 7 10 7 5 9 3 3 3 4 2 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
Ray Mallouf 30 QB 12 5 73 143 51.0 1160 13 9.1 6 4.2 54 8.1 8.0 15.9 96.7 91.2
Paul Christman 30 qb 7 2 51 114 44.7 740 5 4.4 4 3.5 71 6.5 5.8 14.5 105.7 66.4
Charley Eikenberg 24 9 1 6 19 31.6 116 3 15.8 2 10.5 52 6.1 4.5 19.3 12.9 53.8
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 4 8 50.0 118 1 12.5 0 0.0 64 14.8 17.3 29.5 9.8 135.4
Vic Schwall 23 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.9 12 134 285 47.0 2134 22 7.7 12 4.2 71 7.5 7.1 15.9 177.8 80.7
Opp Total 12 159 336 47.3 2520 22 6.5 23 6.8 7.5 5.7 15.8 210.0 66.1 0 0 7.5 5.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Elmer Angsman 23 RH 12 8 131 638 8 72 4.9 53.2 10.9 9 142 15.8 1 38 0.8 11.8 780 9 5
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 128 690 6 50 5.4 57.5 10.7 22 228 10.4 2 33 1.8 19.0 918 8 5
Pat Harder 26 FB 12 7 126 554 6 71 4.4 46.2 10.5 13 93 7.2 0 26 1.1 7.8 647 6 3
Vinnie Yablonski 25 12 2 48 233 0 47 4.9 19.4 4.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 246 0 0
Babe Dimancheff 26 12 0 27 117 1 26 4.3 9.8 2.3 13 260 20.0 3 52 1.1 21.7 377 4 0
Vic Schwall 23 7 0 15 107 1 23 7.1 15.3 2.1 2 13 6.5 0 7 0.3 1.9 120 1 0
Ray Mallouf 30 QB 12 5 13 17 1 12 1.3 1.4 1.1 17 1 4
Jerry Davis 24 RET 11 3 12 77 0 35 6.4 7.0 1.1 77 0 2
Paul Christman 30 qb 7 2 8 6 1 5 0.8 0.9 1.1 6 1 1
Corwin Clatt 24 12 4 6 38 0 26 6.3 3.2 0.5 38 0 0
Bob Hanlon 24 10 1 6 11 0 5 1.8 1.1 0.6 11 0 0
Mal Kutner+ 27 RE 12 10 5 50 1 32 10.0 4.2 0.4 41 943 23.0 14 71 3.4 78.6 993 15 0
Red Cochran 26 qb 12 5 3 15 0 9 5.0 1.3 0.3 15 0 1
Charley Eikenberg 24 9 1 2 9 0 18 4.5 1.0 0.2 9 0 0
Bob Dove 27 12 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 -2 0 0
Billy Dewell 31 LE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 442 13.4 2 48 3.0 40.2 442 2 0
Team Total 26.9 12 531 2560 25 72 4.8 213.3 44.3 134 2134 15.9 22 71 11.2 177.8 4694 47 21
Opp Total 12 408 1516 8 3.7 126.3 34.0 159 2520 15.8 22 13.3 210.0 4036 30 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jerry Davis 24 RET 11 3 16 334 2 70 20.9 15 437 0 83 29.1 848
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 11 213 2 67 19.4 16 354 0 50 22.1 1485
Red Cochran 26 qb 12 5 8 122 0 20 15.3 1 6 0 6 6.0 143
Babe Dimancheff 26 12 0 6 118 0 26 19.7 495
Team Total 26.9 12 35 669 4 70 19.1 38 915 0 83 24.1 6278
Opp Total 12 42 0 64 1207 1 18.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Pat Harder 26 FB 12 7 17 7 41.2% 53 53 100.0%
Ray Mallouf 30 QB 12 5 45 1754 61 0 39.0
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 13 564 56 0 43.4
Red Cochran 26 qb 12 5 6 229 56 0 38.2
Vinnie Yablonski 25 12 2 4 1 25.0%
Charley Eikenberg 24 9 1 2 72 38 0 36.0
Team Total 26.9 12 21 8 38.1% 53 53 100.0% 66 2619 61 0 39.7
Opp Total 12 11 2 18.2% 32 28 87.5% 72 2822 39.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Elmer Angsman 23 RH 12 8 5 0 0 0
Ray Apolskis 30 12 1 0 1 0 0
Vince Banonis 27 C 12 9 2 32 0 22 0 1 0 0
Bill Blackburn 25 12 1 2 58 2 31 0 2 3 0
Chet Bulger 31 LT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Paul Christman 30 qb 7 2 1 0 0 0
Corwin Clatt 24 12 4 1 20 0 20 0 3 3 0
Red Cochran 26 qb 12 5 7 111 0 32 1 1 0 0
Jake Colhouer 26 11 0 0 2 20 0
Joe Coomer 30 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Davis 24 RET 11 3 4 47 0 18 2 1 0 0
Billy Dewell 31 LE 11 11 0 1 0 0
John Doolan 29 12 2 0 1 0 0
Marshall Goldberg 31 11 0 2 9 0 5 0 3 0 0
Sam Goldman 32 11 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Hanlon 24 10 1 1 25 0 25 0 1 0 0
Pat Harder 26 FB 12 7 3 0 0 0
Mal Kutner+ 27 RE 12 10 2 35 0 31 0 1 0 0
Ray Mallouf 30 QB 12 5 4 2 0 0
Stan Mauldin 28 1 1 0 1 0 0
Hamilton Nichols 24 12 2 0 1 0 0
Buster Ramsey+ 28 RG 12 10 1 13 0 13 0 1 0 0
Bob Ravensberg 23 11 1 1 0 0 0
Walt Szot 28 12 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 5 2 0 0
Team Total 26.9 12 23 350 2 32 21 29 26 0
Opp Total 12 30 6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pat Harder 26 FB 12 7 6 6 53 7 110
Mal Kutner+ 27 RE 12 10 1 14 15 90
Charlie Trippi+ 26 LH 12 11 6 2 2 10 60
Elmer Angsman 23 RH 12 8 8 1 9 54
Babe Dimancheff 26 12 0 1 3 4 24
Bill Blackburn 25 12 1 2 2 12
Jerry Davis 24 RET 11 3 2 2 12
Billy Dewell 31 LE 11 11 2 2 12
Paul Christman 30 qb 7 2 1 1 6
Ray Mallouf 30 QB 12 5 1 1 6
Vic Schwall 23 7 0 1 1 6
Vinnie Yablonski 25 12 2 1 3
Team Total 26.9 12 25 22 4 2 53 53 8 395
Opp Total 12 8 22 1 28 2 226