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1950 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 5th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 233 points (19.4/g), 9th of 13 in the NFL.
 Allowed 287 points (23.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of -54 points (-4.5/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 4.5-7.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Curly Lambeau (5-7-0)

1950 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 Sun September 24 box L 0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 7 45 12 265 155 110 12 26 439 163 276 4
2 Mon October 2 box W 1-1 Baltimore Colts 55 13 27 553 281 272 2 11 186 143 43 7
3 Sun October 8 box L 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 6 27 7 135 69 66 2 23 334 93 241 4
4 Sun October 15 box L 1-3 @ Cleveland Browns 24 34 15 263 126 137 2 21 412 369 43 3
5 Sun October 22 box W 2-3 @ Washington Redskins 38 28 18 429 289 140 2 21 400 275 125 6
6 Sun October 29 box W 3-3 New York Giants 17 3 16 304 110 194 4 10 171 73 98 3
7 Sun November 5 box L 3-4 Cleveland Browns 7 10 12 267 194 73 5 16 351 114 237 2
8 Sun November 12 box L 3-5 @ New York Giants 21 51 18 326 231 95 4 22 552 243 309 2
9 Sun November 19 box W 4-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 10 16 323 133 190 1 16 292 89 203 2
10 Thu November 23 box L 4-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 28 16 283 169 114 4 19 351 131 220 5
11 Sun December 3 box W 5-6 Chicago Bears 20 10 18 375 255 120 2 14 252 112 140 3
12 Sun December 10 box L 5-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 28 19 367 274 93 5 17 408 211 197 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 233 3588 803 4.5 194 165 368 1984 21 31 4.8 87 386 1604 8 4.2 84 45 14 23
Team Defense 287 4040 815 5.0 216 130 269 1908 14 22 6.6 79 525 2132 21 4.1 126 46 24 11
Lg Rank Offense 9 8 8 4 6 4 11 11 12 12 13 9 7 3
Lg Rank Defense 7 9 8 1 5 6 9 12 13 11 10 6 6 2

Passing

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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%
21 Jim Hardy* 27 QB 11 10 3-7-0 117 257 45.5 1636 17 6.6 24 9.3 58 6.4 3.5 14.0 148.7 49.7
8 Frank Tripucka 23 qb 10 2 2-0-0 47 108 43.5 720 4 3.7 7 6.5 81 6.7 4.5 15.3 72.0 51.5
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 1 3 33.3 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 6.3 6.3 19.0 1.6 56.2
Team Total 26.2 12 5-7-0 165 368 44.8 2375 21 5.7 31 8.4 81 6.5 3.8 14.4 197.9 50.3
Opp Total 12 130 269 48.3 2075 14 5.2 22 8.2 7.7 5.1 16.0 172.9 57.8 21 167 6.6 4.1

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
7 Elmer Angsman* 25 RH 12 0 102 362 1 21 3.5 30.2 8.5 7 56 8.0 1 20 0.6 4.7 418 2 3
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 99 426 3 22 4.3 35.5 8.3 32 270 8.4 1 28 2.7 22.5 696 4 5
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB 12 12 99 454 1 22 4.6 37.8 8.3 15 111 7.4 0 35 1.3 9.3 565 1 0
33 Vinnie Yablonski 27 12 0 30 110 1 39 3.7 9.2 2.5 7 71 10.1 0 31 0.6 5.9 181 1 1
90 Vic Schwall 25 12 0 17 114 0 26 6.7 9.5 1.4 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 121 0 1
37 Don R. Paul 24 RDH 12 0 14 80 0 18 5.7 6.7 1.2 5 93 18.6 1 35 0.4 7.8 173 1 2
21 Jim Hardy* 27 QB 11 10 10 14 1 19 1.4 1.3 0.9 14 1 9
87 Babe Dimancheff 28 7 0 8 5 0 5 0.6 0.7 1.1 5 53 10.6 0 17 0.7 7.6 58 0 0
8 Frank Tripucka 23 qb 10 2 4 35 1 21 8.8 3.5 0.4 35 1 2
22 Fred Gehrke 32 7 1 3 4 0 9 1.3 0.6 0.4 2 -3 -1.5 0 13 0.3 -0.4 1 0 0
60 Bob Shaw* 29 RE 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 971 20.2 12 65 4.0 80.9 971 12 1
41 Fran Polsfoot 23 LE 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 653 17.2 6 81 3.2 54.4 653 6 0
80 Mal Kutner 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 74 18.5 0 51 0.4 8.2 74 0 0
55 Ed Bagdon 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.1 1.7 19 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 386 1604 8 39 4.2 133.7 32.2 165 2375 14.4 21 81 13.8 197.9 3979 29 25
Opp Total 12 525 2132 21 4.1 177.7 43.8 130 1908 14.7 14 10.8 159.0 4040 35 37

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
37 Don R. Paul 24 RDH 12 0 18 194 1 82 10.8 28 693 0 46 24.8 1060
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 7 54 0 19 7.7 8 139 0 27 17.4 889
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB 12 12 6 112 0 24 18.7 677
31 Jerry Davis 26 LDH 11 0 3 29 0 17 9.7 2 53 0 27 26.5 82
44 Mike Swistowicz 23 8 0 4 59 0 28 14.8 59
51 Tom Wham 26 RDE 11 0 3 25 0 14 8.3 25
55 Ed Bagdon 24 11 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 30
57 Bill Blackburn 27 C/LLB 12 7 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
66 Jerry Hennessy 24 7 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
11 John Hock 23 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
90 Vic Schwall 25 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 142
Team Total 26.2 12 33 338 1 82 10.2 51 1064 0 46 20.9 5381
Opp Total 12 46 1 46 1063 0 23.1

Kicking & Punting

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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
21 Jim Hardy* 27 QB 11 10 56 2208 76 1 39.4
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB 12 12 9 4 44.4% 24 22 91.7%
8 Frank Tripucka 23 qb 10 2 18 787 63 0 43.7
33 Vinnie Yablonski 27 12 0 3 2 66.7% 7 7 100.0%
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 2 94 56 0 47.0
Team Total 26.2 12 12 6 50.0% 31 29 93.5% 76 3089 76 1 40.6
Opp Total 12 18 8 44.4% 38 35 92.1% 57 2468 43.3

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
7 Elmer Angsman* 25 RH 12 0 3 0 0 0
75 Ray Apolskis 32 RLB 9 0 1 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
57 Bill Blackburn 27 C/LLB 12 7 0 2 0 0
31 Jerry Davis 26 LDH 11 0 9 40 0 15 0 3 0 0
42 Bob Dove* 29 LDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 Bill Fischer* 23 LT/LDT 12 12 0 4 0 0
22 Fred Gehrke 32 7 1 3 23 0 23
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB 12 12 0 2 0 0
21 Jim Hardy* 27 QB 11 10 9 2 0 0
66 Jerry Hennessy 24 7 0 0 2 0 0
80 Mal Kutner 29 9 0 3 31 0 20
37 Don R. Paul 24 RDH 12 0 4 90 0 41 2 2 0 0
87 Ray Ramsey 29 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
90 Vic Schwall 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
60 Bob Shaw* 29 RE 12 11 1 0 0 0
67 Bill Svoboda 22 S 12 0 0 2 0 0
44 Mike Swistowicz 23 8 0 1 0 0 0
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 5 3 0 0
8 Frank Tripucka 23 qb 10 2 2 0 0 0
51 Tom Wham 26 RDE 11 0 0 5 41 1
33 Vinnie Yablonski 27 12 0 1 1 1 0
Team Total 26.2 12 22 190 0 41 25 35 47 1
Opp Total 12 49 37 13

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
60 Bob Shaw* 29 RE 12 11 12 12 72
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB 12 12 1 1 22 4 40
41 Fran Polsfoot 23 LE 12 10 6 6 36
62 Charlie Trippi 28 LH 12 11 3 1 4 24
33 Vinnie Yablonski 27 12 0 1 1 7 2 19
7 Elmer Angsman* 25 RH 12 0 1 1 2 12
37 Don R. Paul 24 RDH 12 0 1 1 2 12
21 Jim Hardy* 27 QB 11 10 1 1 6
8 Frank Tripucka 23 qb 10 2 1 1 6
51 Tom Wham 26 RDE 11 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 8 21 1 1 31 29 6 233
Opp Total 12 21 14 1 35 8 287