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1953 Chicago Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 1-10-1, 6th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Stydahar (1-10-1)

Points For: 190 (15.8/g) 10th of 12

Points Against: 337 (28.1/g) 10th of 12

Expected W-L: 2.5-9.5

SRS: -9.61 (10th of 12), SOS: 2.64

Other Notable Asst.: Mike Nixon (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Comiskey Park

Principal Owner: Violet Bidwill Wolfner

Managing Director: Walter Wolfner

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	190	3042	730	4.2	48	21	184	181	408	1863	14	27	4.6	95	322	1179	7	3.7	75	73	611	14
Opp. Stats	337	4026	781	5.2	36	12	216	176	341	2364	17	24	6.9	111	440	1662	24	3.8	95	72	615	10
Lg Rank Offense	10	10			9	9	9		4	7	8	5	10		12	10	10	9
Lg Rank Defense	10	10			11	12	11		3	10	7	7	12		10	8	11	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1		Washington Redskins	13	24	17	334	172	162	6	10	231	96	135	3
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		0-2		Cleveland Browns	7	27	17	239	128	111	5	12	337	266	71	2
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	28	31	16	233	161	72	5	24	354	268	86	5
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		0-4	@	New York Giants	7	21	14	155	156	-1	4	10	219	155	64	3
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		0-5		Philadelphia Eagles	17	56	12	195	136	59	4	32	542	337	205	3
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		0-6		New York Giants	20	23	19	311	249	62	6	9	228	110	118	5
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	L		0-7	@	Washington Redskins	17	28	11	240	78	162	2	18	367	105	262	2
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	T		0-7-1		Los Angeles Rams	24	24	20	349	149	200	3	17	291	117	174	3
9	Sat	November 21		boxscore	L		0-8-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	0	38	10	111	53	58	4	27	491	280	211	4
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		0-9-1	@	Cleveland Browns	16	27	18	374	241	133	2	18	358	243	115	1
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		0-10-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	21	14	212	165	47	4	18	210	63	147	3
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		1-10-1	@	Chicago Bears	24	17	16	288	174	114	3	21	398	324	74	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	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	193	0	0
2	Steve Romanik	29	QB	6	3	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	59	0	0
3	Charley Trippi	32	LH	12	9		20	34	58.8	195	2	5.9	1	2.9	21	5.7	5.6	9.8	16.3	82.4	46	1	0	PB
4	Ray Nagel	26	QB	4	3	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	30	0	0
5	Don Paul	27	RDH/S	12	12		1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.5	6.5	13.0	1.1	70.8		0	0	PB
6	Johnny Olszewski	23	FB	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0		0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	1-10-1	181	408	44.4	1863	14	3.4	27	6.6	77	5.4	3.1	12.1	155.3	45.3	328	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Don Stonesifer	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	56	684	12.2	2	46	4.7	57.0	56	12.2	684	2	1
2	Gern Nagler	21	LE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	610	14.2	6	41	3.9	55.5	43	14.2	610	6	0
3	Johnny Olszewski	23	FB	12	12	106	386	4	34	3.6	32.2	8.8	21	210	10.0	1	77	1.8	17.5	127	4.7	596	5	6	PB
4	Charley Trippi	32	LH	12	9	97	433	0	21	4.5	36.1	8.1	11	87	7.9	2	21	0.9	7.3	108	4.8	520	2	5	PB
5	Billy Cross	24	RH	12	6	51	196	1	56	3.8	16.3	4.3	17	285	16.8	1	51	1.4	23.8	68	7.1	481	2	7
6	Don Paul	27	RDH/S	12	12	16	114	0	36	7.1	9.5	1.3	16	167	10.4	2	27	1.3	13.9	32	8.8	281	2	3	PB
7	Ray Ramsey	32	LDH	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	118	9.8	0	20	1.0	9.8	12	9.8	118	0	1
8	Tony Curcillo	22	DB	12	1	8	29	0	12	3.6	2.4	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.6	29	0	2
9	Wally Triplett	27	HB	4	0	3	8	0	16	2.7	2.0	0.8	3	15	5.0	0	6	0.8	3.8	6	3.8	23	0	1
10	Jim Root	22	QB	11	6	26	12	1	19	0.5	1.1	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	0.5	12	1	7
11	Cliff Anderson	24	E	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
12	Ray Nagel	26	QB	4	3	4	8	0	6	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.0	8	0	2
13	Jack Spinks	23	FB	3	1	6	0	0		0.0	0.0	2.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.3	2.0	7	0.9	6	0	0
14	Steve Romanik	29	QB	6	3	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1	0
15	Willie Carter	22	FS	8	3	2	-3	0	2	-1.5	-0.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.5	-3	0	2
16	Al Campana	27	DB	8	1	2	-5	0		-2.5	-0.6	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.5	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	322	1179	7	56	3.7	98.3	26.8	181	2190	12.1	14	77	15.1	182.5	503	6.7	3369	21	38

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Jennings	27	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Johnny Olszewski	23	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Don Paul	27	RDH/S	12	12	5	62	0	38	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Leo Sanford	24	RLB	12	12	2	56	1	48	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Don Stonesifer	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bill Svoboda	25	LLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Gern Nagler	21	LE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	John Panelli	27	MLB	11	11	1	22	0	22	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Tom Higgins	23	LT	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ray Ramsey	32	LDH	12	10	10	237	1	46	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Nick Chickillo	23	MG	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Psaltis	26	S	12	9	2	43	0	43	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Charley Trippi	32	LH	12	9	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Billy Cross	24	RH	12	6	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bill Fischer	26	LT	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ed Husmann	22	LB	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jim Root	22	QB	11	6	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jerry Watford	23	RG	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	George Schmidt	26	LDE	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
20	Willie Carter	22	FS	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ray Nagel	26	QB	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Keever Jankovich	25	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	S.J. Whitman	27	DB	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Al Campana	27	DB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Tony Curcillo	22	DB	12	1	2	16	0	13	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Wally Triplett	27	HB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	24	439	2	48	39	30	0	0	0.0	1

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