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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)

1952 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 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

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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 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 4.3 176 149 307 1765 16 25 5.4 82 455 1588 8 3.5 85 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 8 10 7 1 5 6 5

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%
2 Charlie Trippi* 30 QB 11 10 4-6-0 84 181 46.4 890 5 2.8 13 7.2 56 4.9 2.2 10.6 80.9 40.5
9 Don Panciera 25 10 1 0-1-0 35 96 36.5 582 5 5.2 9 9.4 47 6.1 2.9 16.6 58.2 36.0
8 Frank Tripucka 25 P 6 1 0-1-0 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 4-8-0 124 289 42.9 1512 10 3.5 22 7.6 56 5.2 2.5 12.2 126.0 39.5
Opp Total 12 149 307 48.5 1942 16 5.2 25 8.1 6.3 3.7 13.0 161.8 52.3 22 177 5.4 2.9

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
33 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
24 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
2 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
20 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
36 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
7 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
44 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
37 Joe Geri 28 K 12 0 20 50 0 21 2.5 4.2 1.7 50 0 0
22 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
9 Don Panciera 25 10 1 4 6 0 8 1.5 0.6 0.4 6 0 4
76 Volney Peters 24 LDT 12 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.6 0.1 -7 0 1
8 Frank Tripucka 25 P 6 1 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.5 0.2 -3 0 2
80 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
84 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
87 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
83 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(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
20 Billy Cross 23 LH 12 0 21 177 0 38 8.4 9 169 0 28 18.8 927
33 Ollie Matson*+ 22 FB 12 0 9 86 0 23 9.6 20 624 2 100 31.2 1241
22 Don R. Paul 26 5 0 10 97 0 22 9.7 3 54 0 26 18.0 211
44 Johnny Karras 24 10 0 4 47 0 23 11.8 4 69 0 21 17.3 221
49 Roy Barni 25 LDH 12 0 2 17 0 9 8.5 17
76 Volney Peters 24 LDT 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 0 4 4.0 -3
80 Don Stonesifer 25 RE 12 0 2 27 0 15 13.5 644
40 Wally Triplett 26 2 0 2 26 0 14 13.0 26
84 Cliff Anderson 23 LE 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 199
72 Bill Fischer* 25 RG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
73 Mike Mergen 23 LT 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
36 Ralph Pasquariello 26 10 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 188
83 Ray Pelfrey 24 1 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 19
24 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

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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
37 Joe Geri 28 K 12 0 18 2 11.1% 24 22 91.7% 29 1094 47 0 37.7
8 Frank Tripucka 25 P 6 1 31 1155 65 2 37.3
2 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(+), · 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 27 12 0 1 0 0 0
49 Roy Barni 25 LDH 12 0 6 70 0 38 0 3 4 0
82 Tom Bienemann 24 RDE 12 0 0 4 0 0
20 Billy Cross 23 LH 12 0 6 1 -10 0
42 Bob Dove 31 LDE 11 0 0 3 0 0
72 Bill Fischer* 25 RG 12 0 0 2 59 0
44 Johnny Karras 24 10 0 3 1 0 0
61 Tony Klimek 27 12 0 2 5 0 5
66 Ed Listopad 23 4 0 0 1 0 0
33 Ollie Matson*+ 22 FB 12 0 2 51 0 30 8 4 34 1
9 Don Panciera 25 10 1 4 2 -2 0
34 John Panelli 26 RS 9 0 3 5 0 5 0 2 0 0
36 Ralph Pasquariello 26 10 0 1 0 0 0
76 Volney Peters 24 LDT 12 0 1 1 10 1
60 Gordon Polofsky 21 RLB 10 0 0 1 0 0
87 Ray Ramsey 31 RDH 9 0 5 67 0 23 1 0 0 0
51 Leo Sanford 23 LLB 12 12 2 5 0 5 0 1 8 0
24 Emil Sitko 29 RH 11 0 3 0 0 0
80 Don Stonesifer 25 RE 12 0 0 1 0 0
31 Bill Svoboda 24 LS 9 0 2 2 0 2
2 Charlie Trippi* 30 QB 11 10 3 0 0 0
8 Frank Tripucka 25 P 6 1 2 1 -14 0
21 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

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
33 Ollie Matson*+ 22 FB 12 0 3 3 2 1 9 54
37 Joe Geri 28 K 12 0 22 2 28
20 Billy Cross 23 LH 12 0 2 2 4 24
2 Charlie Trippi* 30 QB 11 10 4 4 24
84 Cliff Anderson 23 LE 12 0 2 2 12
7 Elmer Angsman 27 12 0 1 1 6
44 Johnny Karras 24 10 0 1 1 6
22 Don R. Paul 26 5 0 1 1 6
76 Volney Peters 24 LDT 12 0 1 1 6
24 Emil Sitko 29 RH 11 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.3 12 10 10 2 2 24 22 2 172
Opp Total 12 8 16 1 2 25 8 2 221