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1959 Chicago Cardinals
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Record: 2-10-0, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 234 points (19.5/g), 10th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 324 points (27.0/g), 11th.
Differential of -90 points (-7.5/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 3.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -25 (-2.1/g), 12th.
Coached by Pop Ivy (2-10-0)
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1959 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | King Hill | 23 | 1 | 11 | 82 for 181, 1,015 yards, 7 td, 13 int, & 39 rushes for 167 yards and 5 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| FB | John David Crow* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 140 rushes for 666 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 328 yards and 4 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1958 |
| LH | Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | 1 | 0 | 74 rushes for 328 yards, 2 td, & 14 catches for 142 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| RH | Joe Childress | 26 | 3 | 0 | 30 rushes for 59 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 73 yards and 1 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| LE | Woodley Lewis | 34 | 9 | 0 | 34 catches for 534 yards, 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| LT | Dale Memmelaar | 22 | Rook | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
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| LG | Dale Meinert | 26 | 1 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
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| LG | Ed Cook | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||
| C | Don Gillis | 24 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 89th pick / 1957 |
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| RG | Ken Gray | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| RT | Ken Panfil* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 70th pick / 1954 |
| RE | John Tracey | 26 | Rook | 0 | 17 catches for 258 yards, 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| RE | Sonny Randle | 23 | Rook | 0 | 15 catches for 202 yards, 1 td | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leo Sugar | 30 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 123rd pick / 1952 |
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| LDT | Ed Culpepper | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 101st pick / 1955 |
| RDT | Frank Fuller* | 30 | 6 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 313th pick / 1952 |
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| RDE | Luke Owens | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Carl Brettschneider | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Ted Bates | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 52nd pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Bill Koman | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| LDH | Night Train Lane | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDH | Jerry Norton* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 81st pick / 1954 |
| LS | John Roach | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 31st pick / 1956 |
| RS | Billy Stacy | 23 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 of 9 field goals & 30 of 31 extra points | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| P | Jerry Norton* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 59 punts for a 44.9 average, 0 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 81st pick / 1954 |
| PR | Billy Stacy | 23 | Rook | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 9.7 average and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1959 |
| KR | Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | 1 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ted Bates | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 9/22/1936 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 52nd pick / 1959 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Iowa State | 12/2/1931 | 3 | |
| Joe Childress | 26 | HB-FB-FL | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/26/1933 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | FL-DB-HB-WR-K | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/1935 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| Ed Cook | 27 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/29/1932 | 1 | |
| Bobby Cross | 28 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Stephen F. Austin | 4/4/1931 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1952 |
| John David Crow* | 24 | HB-TE-FB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/8/1935 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1958 |
| Ed Culpepper | 25 | DT | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/21/1934 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 101st pick / 1955 |
| Frank Fuller* | 30 | DT-T-G-C-DE | 10 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 8/8/1929 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 313th pick / 1952 |
| Don Gillis | 24 | C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Rice | 3/31/1935 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 89th pick / 1957 |
| Fred Glick | 22 | DB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 2/25/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 266th pick / 1959 |
| Ken Gray | 23 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| Ken Hall | 24 | HB-P | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 12/13/1935 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 165th pick / 1958 |
| Mal Hammack | 26 | FB-LB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Florida | 6/19/1933 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 26th pick / 1955 |
| Art Hauser | 30 | DT-T-G | 2 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 6/19/1929 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 58th pick / 1954 |
| Larry Hickman | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Baylor | 10/9/1935 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 31st pick / 1959 |
| Jimmy Hill | 31 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 6/27/1928 | 4 | |
| King Hill | 23 | QB | 11 | 11 | 212 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/8/1936 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1958 |
| Ed Husmann | 28 | DT-G-DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/6/1931 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 99th pick / 1953 |
| Bill Koman | 25 | LB | 11 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 9/16/1934 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 91st pick / 1956 |
| Night Train Lane | 32 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Western Nebraska Community College-Scottsbluff | 4/16/1927 | 7 | |
| Mac Lewis | 22 | T | 8 | 0 | 290 | 6-6 | Iowa | 8/28/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 64th pick / 1959 |
| Woodley Lewis | 34 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon | 6/14/1925 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| Dale Meinert | 26 | LB-G | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 12/18/1933 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 88th pick / 1955 |
| Dale Memmelaar | 22 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 1/15/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Norton* | 28 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | SMU | 5/16/1931 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 81st pick / 1954 |
| Luke Owens | 26 | DE-DT-T | 12 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Kent State | 10/19/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 |
| Ken Panfil* | 29 | T | 12 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Purdue | 9/16/1930 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 70th pick / 1954 |
| Jack Patera | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Oregon | 8/1/1933 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1955 |
| Sonny Randle | 23 | E-WR | 8 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/6/1936 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 19th / 218th pick / 1958 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 24 | QB | 7 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | LSU | 2/11/1935 | 1 | |
| Perry Richards | 25 | E | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 1/14/1934 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 55th pick / 1957 |
| John Roach | 26 | QB-DB | 12 | 1 | 197 | 6-4 | SMU | 3/26/1933 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 31st pick / 1956 |
| Marion Rushing | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Southern Illinois | 9/3/1936 | Rook | |
| Maury Schleicher | 22 | DE-LB | 10 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | Penn State | 7/17/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 50th pick / 1959 |
| Billy Stacy | 23 | DB-FL | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 7/30/1936 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1959 |
| Leo Sugar | 30 | DE | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Purdue | 4/6/1929 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 123rd pick / 1952 |
| John Tracey | 26 | LB-E-DE | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Wagstaff | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Idaho State | 6/12/1936 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 21st / 253rd pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 12 | 221.2 | 6-2.0 | 2.3 |