1954 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 2-10-0, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 183 points (15.2/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 347 points (28.9/g), 11th.
Differential of -164 points (-13.7/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.8/g), 10th.

Coached by Joe Stydahar (2-10-0)

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1954 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	Sun	September 26	box	L	0-1		New York Giants	10	41	7	176	71	105	4	20	381	226	155	2
2	Sun	October 3	box	L	0-2		Philadelphia Eagles	16	35	11	129	91	38	7	19	451	422	29	8
3	Sun	October 10	box	L	0-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	31	13	261	183	78	3	21	431	333	98	2
4	Sun	October 17	box	L	0-4	@	New York Giants	17	31	18	302	121	181	5	13	320	171	149	4
5	Sun	October 24	box	L	0-5		Cleveland Browns	3	35	8	160	100	60	4	23	327	235	92	2
6	Sun	October 31	box	W	1-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	14	18	311	140	171	2	15	251	206	45	4
7	Sun	November 7	box	L	1-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	30	18	174	52	122	2	22	361	221	140	3
8	Sun	November 14	box	L	1-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	28	23	380	189	191	3	15	243	54	189	3
9	Sun	November 21	box	W	2-7		Washington Redskins	38	16	19	424	136	288	1	15	349	163	186	4
10	Sun	November 28	box	L	2-8	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	20	13	437	218	219	7	22	339	174	165	2
11	Sun	December 5	box	L	2-9		Chicago Bears	7	29	18	256	175	81	8	16	409	346	63	4
12	Sun	December 12	box	L	2-10	@	Washington Redskins	20	37	18	264	186	78	7	25	464	243	221	5

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	183	3274	797	4.1	184	148	349	1662	8	30	4.4	86	418	1612	10	3.9	83	53	23	15
Team Defense	347	4326	783	5.5	367	193	356	2794	29	24	7.3	123	400	1532	13	3.8	226	43	19	18
Lg Rank Offense	11	10			11		6	10	12	9	11		5	5	6	6		11	11
Lg Rank Defense	11	9			9		6	11	11	6	11		6	6	5	5		5	4

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
Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	105	255	41.2	1475	6	2.4	22	8.6	70	5.8	2.1	14.0	122.9	32.4
Steve Romanik	30		8	1	36	79	45.6	343	2	2.5	5	6.3	38	4.3	1.7	9.5	42.9	40.2
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0	7	13	53.8	85	0	0.0	3	23.1	22	6.5	-3.8	12.1	7.1	34.6
Ollie Matson*+	24	LH	12	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total	24.9		12		148	349	42.4	1903	8	2.3	30	8.6	70	5.5	1.8	12.9	158.6	32.0
Opp Total			12		193	356	54.2	2794	29	8.1	24	6.7		7.8	5.6	14.5	232.8	79.0	27	212	7.3	4.7

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
Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	0	106	352	1	23	3.3	32.0	9.6	12	133	11.1	1	25	1.1	12.1	485	2	5
Ollie Matson*+	24	LH	12	0	101	506	4	79	5.0	42.2	8.4	34	611	18.0	3	70	2.8	50.9	1117	7	7
Emmett King	21	FB	12	0	57	167	0	17	2.9	13.9	4.8	6	43	7.2	1	17	0.5	3.6	210	1	1
Paul Barry	28		12	0	50	156	0	26	3.1	13.0	4.2	7	29	4.1	0	26	0.6	2.4	185	0	4
Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	34	152	1	18	4.5	12.7	2.8								152	1	3
Les Goble	22	RET	12	0	30	42	1	8	1.4	3.5	2.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	41	1	5
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0	18	152	1	57	8.4	12.7	1.5	3	18	6.0	0	7	0.3	1.5	170	1	1
Bill Bredde	22	LS	12	0	13	57	1	14	4.4	4.8	1.1	3	44	14.7	0	27	0.3	3.7	101	1	2
Steve Romanik	30		8	1	7	2	1	4	0.3	0.3	0.9								2	1	3
George Brancato	23		5	0	2	26	0	18	13.0	5.2	0.4	3	28	9.3	0	22	0.6	5.6	54	0	0
Don Stonesifer	27	LE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	44	607	13.8	3	39	3.7	50.6	607	3	0
Jim Ladd	22	RE	11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	22	254	11.5	0	22	2.0	23.1	254	0	0
Jack Crittendon	24		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	48	9.6	0	15	0.5	4.8	48	0	0
Night Train Lane*	27	RDH	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	58	14.5	0	26	0.3	4.8	58	0	1
Mel Embree	27		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	15	0.4	4.0	20	0	0
Gary Knafelc	22		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	7	2.0	11.0	11	0	0
Team Total	24.9		12		418	1612	10	79	3.9	134.3	34.8	148	1903	12.9	8	70	12.3	158.6	3515	18	32
Opp Total			12		400	1532	13		3.8	127.7	33.3	193	2794	14.5	29		16.1	232.8	4326	42	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
Les Goble	22	RET	12	0	22	51	0	18	2.3	27	749	2	94	27.7	841
Ollie Matson*+	24	LH	12	0	11	100	1	59	9.1	17	449	1	91	26.4	1666
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0	6	57	0	15	9.5	1	17	0	17	17.0	244
Paul Barry	28		12	0						5	80	0	20	16.0	265
Jimmy Sears	23		1	0						2	38	0	22	19.0	38
Bill Bredde	22	LS	12	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	120
Johnny Hatley	24	LG	12	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
Jack Jennings	28	RT	12	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
Emmett King	21	FB	12	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	229
Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	506
Leo Sugar	25	LDE	12	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Team Total	24.9		12		39	208	1	59	5.3	58	1420	3	94	24.5	5143
Opp Total			12		46		0			36	832	1		23.1

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
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0																	59	2308	62	0	39.1
Pat Summerall	24	K	12	0											18	8	44.4%	23	21	91.3%
Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11																	4	159	49	0	39.8
Jack Crittendon	24		10	0											1		0.0%
Team Total	24.9		12												19	8	42.1%	23	21	91.3%	63	2467	62	0	39.2
Opp Total			12												16	11	68.8%	44	42	95.5%	55	2294			41.7

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
Paul Barry	28		12	0								4	0	0	0
Tom Bienemann	26	RDE	11	0								0	1	0	0
George Brancato	23		5	0								0	1	0	0
Bill Bredde	22	LS	12	0		2	44	0	41			2	0	0	0
Al Brosky	24	RS	9	0		2	11	0	11
Jack Crittendon	24		10	0								0	1	0	0
Ledio Fanucchi	23		12	0								0	1	0	0
Dick Fugler	23		12	0								0	1	0	0
Les Goble	22	RET	12	0		1	3	0	3			5	0	0	0
Johnny Hatley	24	LG	12	0								0	1	0	0
George Kinek	25		12	0		2	0	0	0
Emmett King	21	FB	12	0								1	0	0	0
Ellsworth Kingery	25	LDH	9	0		1	19	0	19
Night Train Lane*	27	RDH	12	0		10	181	0	64			1	0	0	0
Ollie Matson*+	24	LH	12	0		1	0	0	0			7	3	0	0
Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11								3	0	0	0
Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	0								5	0	0	0
Gordon Polofsky	23	RLB	12	0								0	2	0	0
Steve Romanik	30		8	1								3	1	0	0
Leo Sanford	25	MLB	12	12		2	2	0	2			0	4	6	0
Jack Simmons	30	C	12	12								0	1	3	0
Don Stonesifer	27	LE	12	0								0	2	0	0
Leo Sugar	25	LDE	12	0								0	2	5	1
Pat Summerall	24	K	12	0								0	1	0	0
Len Teeuws	27	LT	12	0								0	1	0	0
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0		3	34	0	23			1	0	0	0
Chuck Ulrich	25	LDT	11	0								0	2	0	0
Fred Wallner	26	LLB	12	0								0	2	19	0
Jerry Watford	24	RG	12	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	24.9		12			24	294	0	64			32	28	33	1
Opp Total			12		30							30	11					1

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*+	24	LH	12	0	4	3	1	1					54
Pat Summerall	24	K	12	0						21	8		45
Les Goble	22	RET	12	0	1			2					18
Don Stonesifer	27	LE	12	0		3							18
Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	0	1	1							12
Bill Bredde	22	LS	12	0	1								6
Emmett King	21	FB	12	0		1							6
Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	1								6
Steve Romanik	30		8	1	1								6
Leo Sugar	25	LDE	12	0					1				6
Charlie Trippi	32	P	12	0	1								6
Team Total	24.9		12		10	8	1	3	1	21	8		183
Opp Total			12		13	29		1		42	11	1	347

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