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1935 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)

3rd place • Western Division • 6-4-2 .600

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Head Coach: Milan Creighton

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/1/1935	A	Calumet All-Stars	20-0	W		East Chicago, IN	Roosevelt High School Stadium	2000
Sun	9/15/1935	A	Green Bay Packers	7-6	W		Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	10000
Sun	9/22/1935	A	La Crosse Old Style Lagers	41-0	W		La Crosse, WI	La Crosse Teachers College Field	1000
Tue	9/24/1935	A	St. Louis Blues		-		St. Louis, MO
Sun	9/29/1935	A	Detroit Lions	10-10	T		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	8200
Sun	10/13/1935	A	Green Bay Packers	3-0	W		West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	13000
Sun	10/20/1935	A	Pittsburgh Pirates	13-17	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	6991
Sun	10/27/1935	A	New York Giants	14-13	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	32000
Sun	11/3/1935	H	Detroit Lions	6-7	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	5000
Sun	11/10/1935	H	Philadelphia Eagles	12-3	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	6000
Tue	11/19/1935	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	12-14	L		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	12000
Sun	11/24/1935	A	Boston Redskins	6-0	W		Boston, MA	Fenway Park	4152
Thu	11/28/1935	H	Green Bay Packers	9-7	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	7500
Sun	12/1/1935	A	Chicago Bears	7-7	T		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	12167
Sun	12/8/1935	H	Chicago Bears	0-13	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	17373

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes
9/24/1935	St. Louis Blues	Canceled
11/19/1935	Brooklyn Dodgers	Postponed from 11/17
12/8/1935	Chicago Bears	Postponed from 10/6

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Gil Berry	28	LOH-LDH	5-10	179	24	Illinois	5	2
Tony Blazine	23	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-0	232	23	Illinois Wesleyan	12	8
Bill Brian		OT-DT	6-2	216	24	Gonzaga	1	0
Dave Cook	26	WB-DB	6-2	204	23	Illinois	10	5
Milan Creighton	24	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-0	190	27	Arkansas	8	1
Bree Cuppoletti	47	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-10	200	25	Oregon	12	11
Versil Deskin		LOE-LDE	5-11	199	22	Drake	2	0
Mule Dowell	25	FB-LB	6-2	206	22	Texas Tech	5	1
Harry Field	31	LOT-LDT	6-1	230	24	Hawaii; Oregon State	11	4
Lou Gordon	22	ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG	6-5	224	27	Illinois	12	5
Phil Handler	11	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-0	212	27	Texas Christian	10	8
Homer Hanson	45	C-LB	6-0	220	25	Kansas State	1	0
Bernie Hughes	18	C-LB	6-1	190	25	Oregon	10	7
Ted Isaacson	49	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG-C-LB	6-4	272	23	Washington	12	7
Pete Mehringer	19	ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-1	206	25	Kansas	8	0
Mike Mikulak	48	FB-LB	6-0	210	23	Oregon	12	10
Jim Mooney	32	LOE-LDE	5-11	200	28	Georgetown (DC)	4	1
Bob Neuman	20	ROE-RDE	6-0	198	23	Illinois Wesleyan	11	5
Al Nichelini	43	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-0	207	26	St. Mary's (California)	11	7
Hal Pangle	21	TB-S-FB-LB-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	5-10	200	23	Oregon State	8	3
Paul Pardonner	12	TB-S	5-8	170	25	Purdue	9	5
Bert Pearson	46	C-LB	6-0	206	30	Kansas State	10	5
Ken Petersen	30	LOH-LDH-FB-LB	5-8	185	26	Gonzaga	11	4
Doug Russell	33	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	6-0	190	24	Muskingum; Kansas State	12	6
Phil Sarboe	41	TB-S-LOH-LDH	5-10	170	24	Washington State	12	5
Bill Smith	40	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-1	198	23	Washington	11	10
Howie Tipton	27	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-11	186	24	Southern California	8	4
Bill Volok	44	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT	6-2	215	25	Tulsa	12	1
Billy Wilson	42	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	5-10	185	24	Gonzaga	10	7

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	16	31	10	42	99
Opponents Totals	33	23	17	24	97

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		107				/ %	/ %		255
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Smith	2	5	8	62.5	6			0	35
Al Nichelini	4	0	0		0			0	24
Phil Sarboe	2	0	0		0			0	12
Dave Cook	1	0	0		0			0	6
Mike Mikulak	1	0	0		0			0	6
Bob Neuman	1	0	0		0			0	6
Bill Volok	1	0	2	0.0	0			0	6
Paul Pardonner	0	1	2	50.0	1			0	4
Team Totals	12	6	12	50.0	7			0	99
Opponents Totals	13	10	13	76.9	3			0	97

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill Smith	6				44	1/	1/	3/	1/	0/
Paul Pardonner	1				12	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	7				44	2/	1/	3/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	3					1/	2/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Doug Russell	140	499	3.6		0
Ken Petersen	95	297	3.1		0
Al Nichelini	94	234	2.5		4
Phil Sarboe	38	129	3.4		0
Dave Cook	31	121	3.9		1
Mike Mikulak	68	82	1.2		1
Gil Berry	44	77	1.8		0
Hal Pangle	18	50	2.8		0
Bill Smith	8	33	4.1		0
Bree Cuppoletti	1	9	9.0	9	0
Mule Dowell	6	4	0.7		0
Paul Pardonner	4	-14	-3.5		0
Team Totals	547	1521	2.8		6
Opponents Totals	420	1261	3.0		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Phil Sarboe	67	31	46.3	26	368	5.5	11.9		0	0.0	10	14.9				23.9
Doug Russell	28	7	25.0	17	108	3.9	15.4		1	3.6	4	14.3				15.5
Ken Petersen	17	5	29.4	9	92	5.4	18.4		1	5.9	3	17.6				29.7
Al Nichelini	1	1	100.0	0	16	16.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Hal Pangle	4	1	25.0	1	15	3.8	15.0	15	0	0.0	2	50.0				3.1
Dave Cook	1	1	100.0	0	7	7.0	7.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0				95.8
Paul Pardonner	5	1	20.0	1	6	1.2	6.0	6	0	0.0	3	60.0				0.0
Gil Berry	4	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	25.0				0.0
Team Totals	127	47	37.0	57	612	4.8	13.0		2	1.6	23	18.1				18.7
Opponents Totals	153	58	37.9	71	793	5.2	13.7		5	3.3	24	15.7				26.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Smith	24	318	13.3		2
Mike Mikulak	8	93	11.6	21	0		1	0
Bob Neuman	3	52	17.3		0
Doug Russell	3	33	11.0		0
Paul Pardonner	2	44	22.0	27	0		1	0
Ken Petersen	2	37	18.5	22	0		1	0
Phil Sarboe	2	22	11.0	16	0		0	0
Milan Creighton	1	8	8.0	8	0		0	0
Hal Pangle	1	5	5.0	5	0		0	0
Al Nichelini	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	47	612	13.0		2
Opponents Totals	58	793	13.7		5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals	24				0
Opponents Totals	23				1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								572

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Phil Sarboe						2
Team Totals			572			2
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bill Volok							1
Team Totals	27						1
Opponents Totals							0

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