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1953 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 1-10-1, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 190 points (15.8/g), 10th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 337 points (28.1/g), 10th.
 Differential of -147 points (-12.2/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 2.5-9.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-1.0/g), 11th.

Coached by Joe Stydahar (1-10-1)

1953 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 27 box L 0-1 Washington Redskins 13 24 17 334 172 162 6 10 225 90 135 3
2 Sun October 4 box L 0-2 Cleveland Browns 7 27 17 239 128 111 5 12 343 272 71 2
3 Sun October 11 box L 0-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 28 31 16 233 161 72 5 24 354 268 86 5
4 Sun October 18 box L 0-4 @ New York Giants 7 21 14 155 156 -1 4 10 219 155 64 3
5 Sun October 25 box L 0-5 Philadelphia Eagles 17 56 12 195 136 59 4 32 542 337 205 3
6 Sun November 1 box L 0-6 New York Giants 20 23 19 311 249 62 6 9 228 110 118 5
7 Sun November 8 box L 0-7 @ Washington Redskins 17 28 11 241 79 162 2 18 367 105 262 2
8 Sun November 15 box T 0-7-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 24 20 349 149 200 3 17 291 117 174 3
9 Sat November 21 box L 0-8-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 38 10 111 53 58 4 27 491 280 211 4
10 Sun November 29 box L 0-9-1 @ Cleveland Browns 16 27 18 374 241 133 2 18 358 243 115 1
11 Sun December 6 box L 0-10-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 21 14 212 165 47 4 18 210 63 147 3
12 Sun December 13 box W 1-10-1 @ Chicago Bears 24 17 16 288 174 114 3 21 398 324 74 2

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 190 3042 771 3.9 184 181 408 1863 14 27 4.1 95 322 1179 7 3.7 75 48 21 14
Team Defense 337 4026 813 5.0 216 176 341 2364 17 24 6.3 111 440 1662 24 3.8 95 36 12 10
Lg Rank Offense 10 10 9 4 7 8 5 10 12 10 10 9 9 9
Lg Rank Defense 10 10 11 3 10 7 7 12 10 8 11 4 11 12

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%
9 Jim Root 22 QB 11 6 0-5-1 80 192 41.7 1149 8 4.2 11 5.7 77 6.0 4.2 14.4 104.5 51.8
12 Steve Romanik 29 qb 6 4 1-3-0 50 117 42.7 641 4 3.4 9 7.7 42 5.5 2.7 12.8 106.8 39.9
7 Ray Nagel 26 4 2 0-2-0 30 62 48.4 192 0 0.0 5 8.1 27 3.1 -0.5 6.4 48.0 21.7
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 20 34 58.8 195 2 5.9 1 2.9 21 5.7 5.6 9.8 16.3 82.4
22 Don R. Paul* 27 RH 12 0 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 6.5 6.5 13.0 1.1 70.8
33 Johnny Olszewski* 23 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.2 12 1-10-1 181 408 44.4 2190 14 3.4 27 6.6 77 5.4 3.1 12.1 182.5 45.3
Opp Total 12 176 341 51.6 2619 17 5.0 24 7.0 7.7 5.5 14.9 218.3 64.4 32 255 6.3 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

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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 Johnny Olszewski* 23 FB 12 0 106 386 4 34 3.6 32.2 8.8 21 210 10.0 1 77 1.8 17.5 596 5 6
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 97 433 0 21 4.5 36.1 8.1 11 87 7.9 2 21 0.9 7.3 520 2 5
20 Billy Cross 24 RET 12 0 51 196 1 56 3.8 16.3 4.3 17 285 16.8 1 51 1.4 23.8 481 2 7
9 Jim Root 22 QB 11 6 26 12 1 19 0.5 1.1 2.4 12 1 7
22 Don R. Paul* 27 RH 12 0 16 114 0 36 7.1 9.5 1.3 16 167 10.4 2 27 1.3 13.9 281 2 3
39 Tony Curcillo 22 12 0 8 29 0 12 3.6 2.4 0.7 29 0 2
37 Jack Spinks 23 3 0 6 0 0 7 0.0 0.0 2.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.3 2.0 6 0 0
7 Ray Nagel 26 4 2 4 8 0 6 2.0 2.0 1.0 8 0 2
47 Wally Triplett 27 4 0 3 8 0 16 2.7 2.0 0.8 3 15 5.0 0 6 0.8 3.8 23 0 1
47 Al Campana 27 RS 8 0 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.6 0.3 -5 0 1
41 Willie Carter 22 8 0 2 -3 0 2 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 -3 0 2
12 Steve Romanik 29 qb 6 4 1 1 1 1 1.0 0.2 0.2 1 1 0
80 Don Stonesifer 26 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 684 12.2 2 46 4.7 57.0 684 2 1
84 Gern Nagler 21 LE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 610 14.2 6 41 3.9 55.5 610 6 0
87 Ray Ramsey 32 LDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 118 9.8 0 20 1.0 9.8 118 0 1
84 Cliff Anderson 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.0 8.0 8 0 0
Team Total 25.2 12 322 1179 7 56 3.7 98.3 26.8 181 2190 12.1 14 77 15.1 182.5 3369 21 39
Opp Total 12 440 1662 24 3.8 138.5 36.7 176 2364 13.4 17 14.7 197.0 4026 41 23

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
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 21 239 0 38 11.4 8 199 0 33 24.9 958
22 Don R. Paul* 27 RH 12 0 18 85 0 22 4.7 4 106 0 35 26.5 472
20 Billy Cross 24 RET 12 0 6 5 0 5 0.8 12 257 0 39 21.4 743
41 Willie Carter 22 8 0 4 20 0 9 5.0 8 178 0 32 22.3 195
47 Wally Triplett 27 4 0 10 253 0 48 25.3 276
47 Al Campana 27 RS 8 0 3 56 0 27 18.7 51
33 Johnny Olszewski* 23 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 613
39 Tony Curcillo 22 12 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 46
70 Jack Jennings 27 RT 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
71 Don Joyce 24 RDT 10 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
31 Bill Svoboda* 25 LS 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 25.2 12 50 349 0 38 7.0 50 1120 0 48 22.4 4838
Opp Total 12 44 0 35 852 0 24.3

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
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 54 2314 63 0 42.9
83 Pat Summerall 23 K 12 0 24 9 37.5% 23 23 100.0%
50 Jack Simmons 29 C 12 12 22 845 61 0 38.4
Team Total 25.2 12 24 9 37.5% 23 23 100.0% 76 3159 63 0 41.6
Opp Total 12 13 8 61.5% 45 43 95.6% 74 3108 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
47 Al Campana 27 RS 8 0 1 0 0 0
41 Willie Carter 22 8 0 2 0 0 0
68 Nick Chickillo 23 MG 12 0 0 2 0 0
20 Billy Cross 24 RET 12 0 7 2 0 0
39 Tony Curcillo 22 12 0 2 16 0 13 2 2 0 0
72 Bill Fischer 26 11 0 0 1 0 0
73 Tom Higgins 23 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
66 Ed Husmann 22 lg 12 0 0 1 0 0
53 Keever Jankovich 25 2 0 0 1 0 0
70 Jack Jennings 27 RT 12 0 0 2 0 0
7 Ray Nagel 26 4 2 2 0 0 0
84 Gern Nagler 21 LE 11 0 0 1 0 0
33 Johnny Olszewski* 23 FB 12 0 6 1 0 0
34 John Panelli 27 LLB 11 0 1 22 0 22 0 2 0 0
22 Don R. Paul* 27 RH 12 0 5 62 0 38 3 0 0 0
24 Jim Psaltis 26 RDH 12 0 2 43 0 43 1 3 0 0
87 Ray Ramsey 32 LDH 12 0 10 237 1 46 1 0 0 0
9 Jim Root 22 QB 11 6 7 1 0 0
51 Leo Sanford 24 RLB 12 12 2 56 1 48 0 1 0 0
80 Don Stonesifer 26 RE 12 0 1 1 0 0
31 Bill Svoboda* 25 LS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
47 Wally Triplett 27 4 0 1 1 0 0
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 5 3 0 0
64 Jerry Watford 23 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
21 S.J. Whitman 27 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.2 12 24 439 2 48 39 30 0 0 1
Opp Total 12 41 23 11

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
83 Pat Summerall 23 K 12 0 23 9 50
84 Gern Nagler 21 LE 11 0 6 6 36
33 Johnny Olszewski* 23 FB 12 0 4 1 5 30
20 Billy Cross 24 RET 12 0 1 1 2 12
22 Don R. Paul* 27 RH 12 0 2 2 12
80 Don Stonesifer 26 RE 12 0 2 2 12
2 Charlie Trippi* 31 LH 12 0 2 2 12
87 Ray Ramsey 32 LDH 12 0 1 1 6
12 Steve Romanik 29 qb 6 4 1 1 6
9 Jim Root 22 QB 11 6 1 1 6
51 Leo Sanford 24 RLB 12 12 1 1 6
81 George Schmidt 26 LDE 6 0 1 2
Team Total 25.2 12 7 14 2 23 23 9 1 190
Opp Total 12 24 17 43 8 337