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1958 Chicago Cardinals
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Record: 2-9-1, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 261 points (21.8/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (29.7/g), 11th.
Differential of -95 points (-7.9/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 3.9-8.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.5/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total -7.4, Offense: 0.8, Defense: -8.2, SoS: 0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Pop Ivy
Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | M.C. Reynolds | 23 | Rook | 3 | 105 for 195, 1,422 yards, 11 td, 11 int, & 48 rushes for 252 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Joe Childress | 25 | 2 | 0 | 50 rushes for 170 yards, 0 td, & 35 catches for 406 yards and 4 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| LH | Ollie Matson* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 129 rushes for 505 yards, 5 td, & 33 catches for 465 yards and 3 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1952 |
| RH | John David Crow | 23 | Rook | 0 | 52 rushes for 221 yards, 2 td, & 20 catches for 362 yards and 3 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1958 |
| LE | Gern Nagler* | 26 | 5 | 0 | 36 catches for 469 yards, 5 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1953 |
| LT | Bobby Cross | 27 | 6 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1952 | |
| LG | Dale Meinert | 25 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| C | Don Gillis | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 89th pick / 1957 |
| RG | Bob Konovsky | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 77th pick / 1956 |
| RT | Jim McCusker | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1958 |
| RE | Woodley Lewis | 33 | 8 | 0 | 46 catches for 690 yards, 4 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leo Sugar* | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 123rd pick / 1952 |
| LDT | Chuck Ulrich | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 41st pick / 1952 |
| RDT | Ed Husmann | 27 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 99th pick / 1953 | |
| RDE | Ken Gray | 22 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 | |
| LLB | Carl Brettschneider | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MLB | Chuck Weber | 28 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RLB | Doug Eggers | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDH | Night Train Lane* | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| K | Bobby Joe Conrad | 23 | Rook | 0 | 6 of 17 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Bobby Gordon | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1958 |
| RS | Dick Nolan | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Joe Conrad | 23 | Rook | 0 | 6 of 17 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Bobby Gordon | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1958 |
| K | Bobby Joe Conrad | 23 | Rook | 0 | 6 of 17 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Jimmy Sears | 27 | 4 | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 62nd pick / 1953 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Max Boydston | 26 | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 1/22/1932 | 3 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1955 | |
| 57 | Carl Brettschneider | 27 | LLB | 10 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Iowa St. | 12/2/1931 | 2 | 6 | |
| 35 | Joe Childress | 25 | FB | 10 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/26/1933 | 2 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| 40 | Bobby Joe Conrad | 23 | K | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/1935 | Rook | 6 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| 75 | Ed Cook | 26 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/29/1932 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 71 | Bobby Cross | 27 | LT | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | S.F. Austin | 4/4/1931 | 6 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1952 |
| 44 | John David Crow | 23 | RH | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/8/1935 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1958 |
| 73 | Ed Culpepper | 24 | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/21/1934 | Rook | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 101st pick / 1955 | |
| 51 | Doug Eggers | 28 | RLB | 8 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | South Dakota St. | 9/21/1930 | 4 | 6 | |
| 50 | Don Gillis | 23 | C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Rice | 3/31/1935 | Rook | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 89th pick / 1957 |
| 47 | Bobby Gordon | 23 | LS | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 12/7/1935 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1958 |
| 64 | Ken Gray | 22 | RDE | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | Rook | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| 31 | Mal Hammack | 25 | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Florida | 6/19/1933 | 3 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 26th pick / 1955 | |
| 16 | King Hill | 22 | 7 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/8/1936 | Rook | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 | |
| 64 | Doug Hogland | 27 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon St. | 5/8/1931 | 5 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 93rd pick / 1953 | |
| 66 | Ed Husmann | 27 | RDT | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/6/1931 | 5 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 99th pick / 1953 |
| 22 | Charlie Jackson | 22 | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | SMU | 3/3/1936 | Rook | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 146th pick / 1958 | |
| 67 | Bob Konovsky | 24 | RG | 12 | 0 | 246 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 8/19/1934 | 2 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 77th pick / 1956 |
| Lowell Lander | 26 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Westminster (PA) | 9/12/1932 | Rook | 1 | |||
| 81 | Night Train Lane* | 31 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | West. Nebraska CC-Scottsbluff | 4/16/1927 | 6 | 10 | |
| 20 | Woodley Lewis | 33 | RE | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon | 6/14/1925 | 8 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| 33 | Ollie Matson* | 28 | LH | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | San Francisco | 5/1/1930 | 6 | 9 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1952 |
| 70 | Jim McCusker | 22 | RT | 11 | 0 | 246 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 5/19/1936 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1958 |
| 8 | Lamar McHan | 26 | QB | 12 | 9 | 201 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 12/16/1932 | 4 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1954 |
| 62 | Dale Meinert | 25 | LG | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Oklahoma St. | 12/18/1933 | Rook | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| 86 | Gern Nagler* | 26 | LE | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 2/23/1932 | 5 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1953 |
| 25 | Dick Nolan | 26 | RS | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/26/1932 | 4 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| 78 | Luke Owens | 25 | 11 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Kent St. | 10/19/1933 | 1 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 | |
| 61 | Jack Patera | 25 | 9 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Oregon | 8/1/1933 | 3 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1955 | |
| 37 | Dean Philpott | 23 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Fresno St. | 11/11/1935 | Rook | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 122nd pick / 1958 | |
| 17 | M.C. Reynolds | 23 | QB | 11 | 3 | 193 | 6-0 | LSU | 2/11/1935 | Rook | 7 | |
| 21 | Jimmy Sears | 27 | KR | 12 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | USC | 3/20/1931 | 4 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 62nd pick / 1953 |
| 84 | Leo Sugar* | 29 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Purdue | 4/6/1929 | 4 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 123rd pick / 1952 |
| 55 | Jim G. Taylor | 24 | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Baylor | 6/27/1934 | 2 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1956 | |
| 53 | Jerry Tubbs | 23 | 7 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 1/23/1935 | 1 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick / 1957 | |
| 72 | Chuck Ulrich | 29 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Illinois | 12/14/1929 | 4 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 41st pick / 1952 |
| 24 | Bobby Watkins | 26 | 5 | 0 | 198 | 5-10 | Ohio St. | 3/30/1932 | 3 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1955 | |
| 89 | Chuck Weber | 28 | MLB | 10 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | West Chester | 3/25/1930 | 3 | 6 | |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 12 | 217.5 | 6-1.4 | 2.4 |
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