1952 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 172 points (14.3/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 221 points (18.4/g), 3rd.
Differential of -49 points (-4.1/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 7th.

Coached by Joe Kuharich (4-8-0)

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1952 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 29	box	L	0-1		Washington Redskins	7	23	7	104	18	86	2	21	283	87	196	3
2	Sun	October 5	box	W	1-1		Chicago Bears	21	10	13	216	51	165	3	17	297	142	155	5
3	Sun	October 12	box	W	2-1	@	Washington Redskins	17	6	18	306	95	211	3	13	187	77	110	1
4	Sun	October 19	box	W	3-1	@	New York Giants	24	23	17	316	161	155	3	10	238	146	92	3
5	Sun	October 26	box	L	3-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	34	19	417	208	209	2	13	313	199	114	3
6	Sun	November 2	box	L	3-3		New York Giants	6	28	17	311	147	164	10	9	258	108	150	3
7	Sun	November 9	box	L	3-4	@	Cleveland Browns	13	28	12	195	15	180	1	22	423	239	184	2
8	Sun	November 16	box	L	3-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	10	20	226	94	132	2	8	183	117	66	5
9	Sun	November 23	box	L	3-6	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	17	19	278	94	184	3	14	226	122	104	3
10	Sun	November 30	box	W	4-6		Philadelphia Eagles	28	22	11	178	81	97	2	21	354	243	111	4
11	Sun	December 7	box	L	4-7		Cleveland Browns	0	10	9	150	98	52	5	13	332	175	157	6
12	Sun	December 14	box	L	4-8	@	Chicago Bears	7	10	14	271	149	122	9	15	259	110	149	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	172	2959	804	3.7	176	124	289	1211	10	22	3.7	74	477	1748	10	3.7	91	45	23	11
Team Defense	221	3353	784	4.3	267	149	307	1765	16	25	5.4	82	455	1588	8	3.5	176	43	18	9
Lg Rank Offense	12	11			10		10	12	12	3	11		1	5	10	9		8	9
Lg Rank Defense	3	6			2		2	6	4	6	9		10	7	1	5		6	5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Charlie Trippi*	30	QB	11	10	84	181	46.4	890	5	2.8	13	7.2	56	4.9	2.0	10.6	80.9	40.5
Don Panciera	25		10	1	35	96	36.5	582	5	5.2	9	9.4	47	6.1	2.4	16.6	58.2	36.0
Frank Tripucka	25	P	6	1	5	12	41.7	40	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	3.3	3.3	8.0	6.7	50.7
Team Total	25.3		12		124	289	42.9	1512	10	3.5	22	7.6	56	5.2	2.2	12.2	126.0	39.5
Opp Total			12		149	307	48.5	1765	16	5.2	25	8.1		5.7	2.6	11.8	147.1	49.9	22	177	5.4	1.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Ollie Matson*+	22	FB	12	0	96	344	3	25	3.6	28.7	8.0	11	187	17.0	3	47	0.9	15.6	531	6	8
Emil Sitko	29	RH	11	0	88	348	1	46	4.0	31.6	8.0	2	16	8.0	0	10	0.2	1.5	364	1	3
Charlie Trippi*	30	QB	11	10	72	350	4	59	4.9	31.8	6.5	5	66	13.2	0	21	0.5	6.0	416	4	3
Billy Cross	23	LH	12	0	71	347	2	45	4.9	28.9	5.9	17	234	13.8	2	56	1.4	19.5	581	4	6
Ralph Pasquariello	26		10	0	48	129	0	13	2.7	12.9	4.8	7	46	6.6	0	10	0.7	4.6	175	0	1
Elmer Angsman	27		12	0	46	114	0	9	2.5	9.5	3.8	4	22	5.5	1	9	0.3	1.8	136	1	1
Johnny Karras	24		10	0	24	42	0	17	1.8	4.2	2.4	5	63	12.6	1	29	0.5	6.3	105	1	3
Joe Geri	28	K	12	0	20	50	0	21	2.5	4.2	1.7								50	0	0
Don R. Paul	26		5	0	6	28	0	16	4.7	5.6	1.2	4	32	8.0	1	11	0.8	6.4	60	1	0
Don Panciera	25		10	1	4	6	0	8	1.5	0.6	0.4								6	0	4
Volney Peters	24	LDT	12	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0.1								-7	0	1
Frank Tripucka	25	P	6	1	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0.2								-3	0	2
Don Stonesifer	25	RE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	54	617	11.4	0	26	4.5	51.4	617	0	0
Cliff Anderson	23	LE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	191	17.4	2	30	0.9	15.9	191	2	0
Ray Ramsey	31	RDH	9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	27	9.0	0	13	0.3	3.0	27	0	1
Ray Pelfrey	24		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	11	0	0
Team Total	25.3		12		477	1748	10	59	3.7	145.7	39.8	124	1512	12.2	10	56	10.3	126.0	3260	20	33
Opp Total			12		455	1588	8		3.5	132.3	37.9	149	1765	11.8	16		12.4	147.1	3353	24	30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Billy Cross	23	LH	12	0	21	177	0	38	8.4	9	169	0	28	18.8	927
Ollie Matson*+	22	FB	12	0	9	86	0	23	9.6	20	624	2	100	31.2	1241
Don R. Paul	26		5	0	10	97	0	22	9.7	3	54	0	26	18.0	211
Johnny Karras	24		10	0	4	47	0	23	11.8	4	69	0	21	17.3	221
Roy Barni	25	LDH	12	0	2	17	0	9	8.5						17
Volney Peters	24	LDT	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	4	0	4	4.0	-3
Don Stonesifer	25	RE	12	0						2	27	0	15	13.5	644
Wally Triplett	26		2	0	2	26	0	14	13.0						26
Cliff Anderson	23	LE	12	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	199
Bill Fischer*	25	RG	12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Mike Mergen	23	LT	12	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
Ralph Pasquariello	26		10	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	188
Ray Pelfrey	24		1	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	19
Emil Sitko	29	RH	11	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	383
Team Total	25.3		12		49	450	0	38	9.2	45	1008	2	100	22.4	4718
Opp Total			12		54		1			35	774	2		22.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Joe Geri	28	K	12	0											18	2	11.1%	24	22	91.7%	29	1094	47	0	37.7
Frank Tripucka	25	P	6	1																	31	1155	65	2	37.3
Charlie Trippi*	30	QB	11	10																	16	588	47	0	36.8
Team Total	25.3		12												18	2	11.1%	24	22	91.7%	76	2837	65	2	37.3
Opp Total			12												20	8	40.0%	28	25	89.3%	69	2905			42.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Elmer Angsman	27		12	0								1	0	0	0
Roy Barni	25	LDH	12	0		6	70	0	38			0	3	4	0
Tom Bienemann	24	RDE	12	0								0	4	0	0
Billy Cross	23	LH	12	0								6	1	-10	0
Bob Dove	31	LDE	11	0								0	3	0	0
Bill Fischer*	25	RG	12	0								0	2	59	0
Johnny Karras	24		10	0								3	1	0	0
Tony Klimek	27		12	0		2	5	0	5
Ed Listopad	23		4	0								0	1	0	0
Ollie Matson*+	22	FB	12	0		2	51	0	30			8	4	34	1
Don Panciera	25		10	1								4	2	-2	0
John Panelli	26	RS	9	0		3	5	0	5			0	2	0	0
Ralph Pasquariello	26		10	0								1	0	0	0
Volney Peters	24	LDT	12	0								1	1	10	1
Gordon Polofsky	21	RLB	10	0								0	1	0	0
Ray Ramsey	31	RDH	9	0		5	67	0	23			1	0	0	0
Leo Sanford	23	LLB	12	12		2	5	0	5			0	1	8	0
Emil Sitko	29	RH	11	0								3	0	0	0
Don Stonesifer	25	RE	12	0								0	1	0	0
Bill Svoboda	24	LS	9	0		2	2	0	2
Charlie Trippi*	30	QB	11	10								3	0	0	0
Frank Tripucka	25	P	6	1								2	1	-14	0
S.J. Whitman	26		7	0		3	27	0	18
Team Total	25.3		12			25	232	0	38			33	28	89	2
Opp Total			12		38							30	12					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Ollie Matson*+	22	FB	12	0	3	3		2	1				54
Joe Geri	28	K	12	0						22	2		28
Billy Cross	23	LH	12	0	2	2							24
Charlie Trippi*	30	QB	11	10	4								24
Cliff Anderson	23	LE	12	0		2							12
Elmer Angsman	27		12	0		1							6
Johnny Karras	24		10	0		1							6
Don R. Paul	26		5	0		1							6
Volney Peters	24	LDT	12	0					1				6
Emil Sitko	29	RH	11	0	1								6
Team Total	25.3		12		10	10		2	2	22	2		172
Opp Total			12		8	16	1	2		25	8	2	221

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