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1954 Chicago Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-10-0, 6th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Stydahar (2-10-0)

Points For: 183 (15.3/g) 11th of 12

Points Against: 347 (28.9/g) 11th of 12

Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8

SRS: -14.47 (11th of 12), SOS: -0.80

Other Notable Asst.: Ray Richards (Line 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	183	3274	767	4.3	53	23	184	148	349	1662	8	30	4.8	86	418	1612	10	3.9	83	91	819	15
Opp. Stats	347	4326	756	5.7	43	19	226	193	356	2794	29	24	7.8	123	400	1532	13	3.8	85	74	716	18
Lg Rank Offense	11	10			11	11	11		6	10	12	9	12		5	5	6	6
Lg Rank Defense	11	9			5	4	8		6	11	11	6	12		6	6	5	5

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

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	Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	1-10-0	105	255	41.2	1475	6	2.4	22	8.6	70	5.8	2.4	14.0	122.9	32.4	176	0	0
2	Steve Romanik	30	QB	8	1	1-0-0	36	79	45.6	343	2	2.5	5	6.3	38	4.3	2.0	9.5	42.9	40.2	22	0	0
3	Charley Trippi	33	HB	12	6		7	13	53.8	85	0	0.0	3	23.1	22	6.5	-3.8	12.1	7.1	34.6	37	0	0
4	Ollie Matson	24	LH	12	8		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	6	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			12	12	2-10-0	148	349	42.4	1662	8	2.3	30	8.6	70	5.5	2.0	12.9	138.5	32.0	241	0	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	Ollie Matson	24	LH	12	8	101	506	4	79	5.0	42.2	8.4	34	611	18.0	3	70	2.8	50.9	135	8.3	1117	7	7	PB,AP-1
2	Don Stonesifer	27	LE	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	607	13.8	3	39	3.7	50.6	44	13.8	607	3	0
3	Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	11	106	352	1	23	3.3	32.0	9.6	12	133	11.1	1	25	1.1	12.1	118	4.1	485	2	5
4	Jim Ladd	22	RE	11	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	254	11.5	0	22	2.0	23.1	22	11.5	254	0	0
5	Emmett King	21	FB	12	11	57	167	0	17	2.9	13.9	4.8	6	43	7.2	1	17	0.5	3.6	63	3.3	210	1	1
6	Paul Barry	28	HB	12	1	50	156	0	26	3.1	13.0	4.2	7	29	4.1	0	26	0.6	2.4	57	3.2	185	0	4
7	Charley Trippi	33	HB	12	6	18	152	1	57	8.4	12.7	1.5	3	18	6.0	0	7	0.3	1.5	21	8.1	170	1	1
8	Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	34	152	1	18	4.5	12.7	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	4.5	152	1	3
9	Bill Bredde	22	HB	12	0	13	57	1	14	4.4	4.8	1.1	3	44	14.7	0	27	0.3	3.7	16	6.3	101	1	2
10	Night Train Lane	26	RDH	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	58	14.5	0	26	0.3	4.8	4	14.5	58	0	1	PB,AP-2
11	George Brancato	23	DB	5	3	2	26	0	18	13.0	5.2	0.4	3	28	9.3	0	22	0.6	5.6	5	10.8	54	0	0
12	Jack Crittendon	24	E	10	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	48	9.6	0	15	0.5	4.8	5	9.6	48	0	0
13	Les Goble	22	HB	12	1	30	42	1	8	1.4	3.5	2.5	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	31	1.3	41	1	5
14	Mel Embree	27	E	5	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	15	0.4	4.0	2	10.0	20	0	0
15	Gary Knafelc	22	E	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	7	2.0	11.0	2	5.5	11	0	0
16	Steve Romanik	30	QB	8	1	7	2	1	4	0.3	0.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	0.3	2	1	3
	Team Totals			12	12	418	1612	10	79	3.9	134.3	34.8	148	1903	12.9	8	70	12.3	158.6	566	6.2	3515	18	32

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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	George Kinek	25	LLB	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Night Train Lane	26	RDH	12	12	10	181	0	64	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Leo Sanford	25	RLB	12	12	2	2	0	2	0	4	6	0	0.0	0
4	Jack Simmons	30	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
5	Leo Sugar	25	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0.0	0
6	Len Teeuws	27	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Fred Wallner	26	MLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	0	0.0	0
8	Emmett King	21	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Lamar McHan	22	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Johnny Olszewski	24	RH	11	11	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Don Stonesifer	27	LE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Chuck Ulrich	25	LDT	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Tom Bienemann	26	RDE	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Al Brosky	26	SS	9	9	2	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ellsworth Kingery	25	LDH	9	9	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dick Fugler	23	MG	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Johnny Hatley	24	LG	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ollie Matson	24	LH	12	8	1	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
19	Jerry Watford	24	G	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ledio Fanucchi	23	RDT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Charley Trippi	33	HB	12	6	3	34	0	23	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jack Crittendon	24	E	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Gordon Polofsky	23	G	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	George Brancato	23	DB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Pat Summerall	24	DE	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Paul Barry	28	HB	12	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Les Goble	22	HB	12	1	1	3	0	3	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Steve Romanik	30	QB	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Bill Bredde	22	HB	12	0	2	44	0	41	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	24	294	0	64	32	28	33	1	0.0	0

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