Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Chicago Cardinals > 1950 Statistics & Players

News: s-r blog:New Drive Finder Play Index Tool

1950 Chicago Cardinals

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

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.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.0, Offense: 1.8, Defense: -2.8, SoS: 3.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Curly Lambeau

Training Camp: Wayland Academy (Beaver Dam, 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 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

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 24 boxscore L 0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 7 45 12 265 155 110 12 26 439 163 276 4
2 Mon October 2 boxscore W 1-1 Baltimore Colts 55 13 27 553 281 272 2 11 186 143 43 7
4 Sun October 8 boxscore L 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 6 27 7 135 69 66 2 23 334 93 241 4
5 Sun October 15 boxscore L 1-3 @ Cleveland Browns 24 34 15 263 126 137 2 21 412 369 43 3
5 Sun October 22 boxscore W 2-3 @ Washington Redskins 38 28 18 429 289 140 2 21 400 275 125 6
6 Sun October 29 boxscore W 3-3 New York Giants 17 3 16 304 110 194 4 10 171 73 98 3
7 Sun November 5 boxscore L 3-4 Cleveland Browns 7 10 12 267 194 73 5 16 351 114 237 2
8 Sun November 12 boxscore L 3-5 @ New York Giants 21 51 18 326 231 95 4 22 552 243 309 2
9 Sun November 19 boxscore W 4-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 10 16 323 133 190 1 16 292 89 203 2
10 Thu November 23 boxscore L 4-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 28 16 283 169 114 4 19 351 131 220 5
11 Sun December 3 boxscore W 5-6 Chicago Bears 20 10 18 375 255 120 2 14 252 112 140 3
12 Sun December 10 boxscore L 5-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 28 19 367 274 93 5 17 408 211 197 5

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
21 Jim Hardy* 27 P/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 0 0
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 0 0
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 0 0
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 0 0
Opp Total 12 130 269 48.3 2075 14 5.2 22 8.2 7.7 5.07 16.0 172.9 57.8 21 167 6.6 4.1 7.2

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
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/K 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 KR/PR/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 P/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 hb 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

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
37 Don R. Paul 24 KR/PR/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/K 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

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
21 Jim Hardy* 27 P/QB 11 10 56 2208 76 1 39.4
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB/K 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

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

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
60 Bob Shaw* 29 RE 12 11 12 12 72
34 Pat Harder* 28 FB/K 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 KR/PR/RDH 12 0 1 1 2 12
21 Jim Hardy* 27 P/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