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

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 27	box	W	1-0		Washington Redskins	49	21	25	569	319	250	1	23	419	226	193	5
2	Sun	October 4	box	L	1-1		Cleveland Browns	7	34	21	273	172	101	5	20	299	139	160
3	Sun	October 11	box	L	1-2	@	Washington Redskins	14	23	20	298	194	104	4	17	280	112	168	3
4	Sun	October 18	box	L	1-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	17	13	220	122	98	4	18	295	126	169
5	Sun	October 25	box	L	1-4		Philadelphia Eagles	24	28	14	313	150	163	6	22	399	231	168	2
6	Sun	November 1	box	W	2-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	45	24	20	336	70	266	3	20	329	154	175	6
7	Sun	November 8	box	L	2-5	@	New York Giants	3	9	6	163	49	114	5	11	274	144	130	3
8	Sun	November 15	box	L	2-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	27	11	181	52	129	7	18	377	218	159	4
9	Sun	November 22	box	L	2-7		New York Giants	20	30	9	96		96	4	12	386	268	118	2
10	Sun	November 29	box	L	2-8		Chicago Bears	7	31	13	270	99	171	7	15	273	180	93	1
11	Sun	December 6	box	L	2-9	@	Detroit Lions	21	45	16	289	218	71	5	24	377	158	219	3
12	Sun	December 13	box	L	2-10	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	35	11	164	114	50	4	12	307	185	122	1

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	234	3172	673	4.7	179	125	280	1559	14	19	5.1	80	367	1613	10	4.4	85	55	36	14
Team Defense	324	4015	770	5.2	325	138	266	2141	22	15	7.3	100	477	1874	15	3.9	212	30	15	13
Lg Rank Offense	10	12			12		9	10	7	7	10		12	9	10	7		12	12
Lg Rank Defense	11	10			5		1	9	11	7	10		12	9	7	4		8	6

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
King Hill	23	QB	11	11	82	181	45.3	1015	7	3.9	13	7.2	31	5.6	2.8	12.4	92.3	46.2
John Roach	26	LS	12	1	22	57	38.6	340	2	3.5	4	7.0	62	6.0	3.2	15.5	28.3	41.6
M.C. Reynolds	24		7	0	19	39	48.7	329	4	10.3	1	2.6	85	8.4	8.3	17.3	47.0	101.3
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0	2	3	66.7	82	1	33.3	1	33.3	52	27.3	15.7	41.0	6.8	109.7
Team Total	25.8		12		125	280	44.6	1766	14	5.0	19	6.8	85	6.3	3.8	14.1	147.2	54.0
Opp Total			12		138	266	51.9	2141	22	8.3	15	5.6		8.0	6.3	15.5	178.4	82.9	27	218	7.3	5.0

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
John David Crow*	24	FB	12	0	140	666	3	73	4.8	55.5	11.7	27	328	12.1	4	36	2.3	27.3	994	7	5
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0	74	328	2	56	4.4	27.3	6.2	14	142	10.1	3	25	1.2	11.8	470	5	10
Mal Hammack	26		12	0	49	237	0	19	4.8	19.8	4.1	4	69	17.3	0	20	0.3	5.8	306	0	6
King Hill	23	QB	11	11	39	167	5	29	4.3	15.2	3.5								167	5	13
Joe Childress	26	RH	9	0	30	59	0	9	2.0	6.6	3.3	4	73	18.3	1	52	0.4	8.1	132	1	1
Ken Hall	24		12	0	14	81	0	20	5.8	6.8	1.2	4	60	15.0	1	31	0.3	5.0	141	1	3
John Roach	26	LS	12	1	9	20	0	7	2.2	1.7	0.8								20	0	2
Larry Hickman	24		12	0	5	18	0	5	3.6	1.5	0.4	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	0.9	29	0	0
M.C. Reynolds	24		7	0	5	-4	0	11	-0.8	-0.6	0.7								-4	0	3
Jerry Norton*	28	RDH	12	0	2	41	0	24	20.5	3.4	0.2								41	0	0
Woodley Lewis	34	LE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	34	534	15.7	3	85	2.8	44.5	534	3	2
John Tracey	26	RE	8	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	17	258	15.2	0	51	2.1	32.3	258	0	0
Sonny Randle	23	re	8	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	202	13.5	1	31	1.9	25.3	202	1	0
Perry Richards	25		4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	89	17.8	1	25	1.3	22.3	89	1	1
Team Total	25.8		12		367	1613	10	73	4.4	134.4	30.6	125	1766	14.1	14	85	10.4	147.2	3379	24	48
Opp Total			12		477	1874	15		3.9	156.2	39.8	138	2141	15.5	22		11.5	178.4	4015	37	25

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
Billy Stacy	23	RS	12	0	29	281	2	74	9.7	12	280	0	34	23.3	561
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0	16	133	1	69	8.3	18	388	0	33	21.6	991
Ken Hall	24		12	0	3	91	1	84	30.3	6	99	0	32	16.5	331
Jerry Norton*	28	RDH	12	0	3	4	0	4	1.3	3	70	0	25	23.3	115
John David Crow*	24	FB	12	0						5	185	0	72	37.0	1179
Perry Richards	25		4	0	3	22	0	11	7.3						111
Sonny Randle	23	re	8	0						2	33	0	17	16.5	235
Bobby Cross	28		11	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ken Gray	23	RG	12	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
Mal Hammack	26		12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	323
Jimmy Hill	31		12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Ken Panfil*	29	RT	12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jack Patera	26		12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Leo Sugar	30	LDE	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
John Tracey	26	RE	8	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	272
Team Total	25.8		12		56	548	5	84	9.8	52	1080	0	72	20.8	5007
Opp Total			12		39		0			33	692	0		21.0

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
Jerry Norton*	28	RDH	12	0																	59	2650	60	0	44.9
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0											9	6	66.7%	31	30	96.8%
King Hill	23	QB	11	11																	3	118	47	0	39.3
Team Total	25.8		12												9	6	66.7%	31	30	96.8%	62	2768	60	0	44.6
Opp Total			12												22	12	54.5%	41	40	97.6%	67	2767			41.3

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
Ted Bates	23	MLB	12	0								0	1	0	0
Carl Brettschneider	28	LLB	12	0		1	2	0	2			0	1	8	0
Joe Childress	26	RH	9	0								1	1	-10	0
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0								10	2	0	0
John David Crow*	24	FB	12	0								5	1	0	0
Ed Culpepper	25	LDT	11	0								0	1	0	0
Ken Gray	23	RG	12	0								0	1	0	0
Ken Hall	24		12	0								3	1	0	0
Mal Hammack	26		12	0								6	2	0	0
Jimmy Hill	31		12	0		2	4	0	4
King Hill	23	QB	11	11								13	2	0	0
Ed Husmann	28		12	0								0	1	0	0
Bill Koman	25	RLB	11	0								0	2	0	0
Night Train Lane	32	LDH	12	0		3	125	1	69
Woodley Lewis	34	LE	12	0								2	0	0	0
Jerry Norton*	28	RDH	12	0		3	35	0	30			0	1	11	0
Luke Owens	26	RDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
Ken Panfil*	29	RT	12	0								0	1	0	0
Jack Patera	26		12	0		1	21	0	21			0	1	0	0
M.C. Reynolds	24		7	0								3	1	0	0
Perry Richards	25		4	0								1	0	0	0
John Roach	26	LS	12	1								2	1	0	0
Marion Rushing	23		12	0								0	2	0	0
Maury Schleicher	22		10	0								0	1	0	0
Billy Stacy	23	RS	12	0		5	114	0	36			2	1	0	0
John Tracey	26	RE	8	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	25.8		12			15	301	1	69			48	27	9	0
Opp Total			12		26							25	10					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Bobby Joe Conrad	24	LH	12	0	2	3	1			30	6		84
John David Crow*	24	FB	12	0	3	4							42
King Hill	23	QB	11	11	5								30
Woodley Lewis	34	LE	12	0		3							18
Ken Hall	24		12	0		1	1						12
Billy Stacy	23	RS	12	0			2						12
Joe Childress	26	RH	9	0		1							6
Mal Hammack	26		12	0			1						6
Jimmy Hill	31		12	0					1				6
Night Train Lane	32	LDH	12	0				1					6
Sonny Randle	23	re	8	0		1							6
Perry Richards	25		4	0		1							6
Team Total	25.8		12		10	14	5	1	1	30	6		234
Opp Total			12		15	22				40	12	1	324

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