1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| Buddy Parker | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Plasman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-21 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 16282 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | H | New York Giants | 52-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 39850 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1947 | N | Boston Yanks | 7-3 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 16000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | H | Detroit Lions | 45-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22245 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 51123 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25502 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69631 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 27-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22286 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 40075 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 25296 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 40086 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-45 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35362 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | New York Giants | 31-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28744 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 45-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 32322 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | A | Chicago Bears | 30-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48632 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30759 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Plato Andros | 68 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 |
| Ray Apolskis | 75 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 206 | 29 | Marquette | 12 | 5 |
| Loyd Arms | 76 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 12 |
| Vince Banonis | 32 | C-RLB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 11 |
| Bill Blackburn | 57 | C-RLB | 6-5 | 228 | 24 | Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice | 12 | 5 |
| Chet Bulger | 11 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 30 | Auburn | 12 | 11 |
| Jeff Burkett | 35 | DB-HB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Louisiana State | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Campbell | 53 | C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 |
| Paul Christman | 44 | QB-S | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Missouri | 12 | 12 |
| Red Cochran | 24 | ROH-RDH-QB-S-FB-LB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Jake Colhouer | 55 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Coomer | 50 | LDT-LOT | 6-5 | 281 | 30 | Texas A&M: Austin | 12 | 12 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 39 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 29 | Northwestern | 12 | 3 |
| Billy Dewell | 41 | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 208 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 10 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 87 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Butler; Purdue | 12 | 2 |
| Jack Doolan | 66 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 2 |
| Clarence Esser | 67 | OT-DT-DE | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Wisconsin | 8 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 99 | ROH-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Pat Harder | 34 | FB-LB-K | 5-11 | 203 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 10 |
| Pop Ivy | 51 | RDE-ROE | 6-3 | 208 | 31 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Karwales | 33 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 80 | ROE-RDH | 6-2 | 197 | 26 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Mallouf | 22 | QB-S | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 0 |
| Caleb Martin | 82 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 0 |
| Stan Mauldin | 77 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Ham Nichols | 73 | LLB | 5-11 | 209 | 23 | Rice | 12 | 5 |
| Joe Parker | 81 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Plasman | 16 | RDE-ROE | 6-3 | 218 | 33 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 |
| Buster Ramsey | 20 | ROG-LB? | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | William & Mary | 8 | 12 |
| Walt Rankin | 42 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Texas Tech | 12 | 9 |
| Vic Schwall | 37 | HB-DH | 5-8 | 190 | 22 | Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 19 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 168 | 23 | Georgia | 10 | 1 |
| Walt Szot | 36 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 222 | 27 | Bucknell | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 62 | LOH-DB | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 9 |
| Bob Zimny | 15 | RDT-OT | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Indiana | 6 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Tex Coulter | T | Army |
| 3 | 18 | Ermal Allen | B | Kentucky |
| 6 | 41 | Ben Raimondi | B | Indiana |
| 7 | 50 | Howie Turner | B | North Carolina State |
| 8 | 60 | George Maddock | T | Northwestern |
| 9 | 70 | Art Dufelmeier | B | Illinois |
| 10 | 82 | Ray Ramsey | B | Bradley |
| 11 | 90 | Dave Wallace | B | Oklahoma |
| 12 | 101 | Chuck Sarratt | B | Oklahoma |
| 13 | 112 | Harden Cooper | T | Tulsa |
| 14 | 120 | Carl Russ | B | Rice |
| 15 | 131 | Buddy Mulligan | B | Duke |
| 16 | 142 | Charlie Smith | B | Georgia |
| 17 | 150 | Bob Ravensberg | E | Indiana |
| 18 | 162 | Barney Barnett | E | Northeastern State |
| 19 | 171 | Scotty Deeds | B | Brigham Young |
| 20 | 180 | Clarence Esser | T | Wisconsin |
| 21 | 192 | Shelton Ballard | C | Louisiana State |
| 22 | 201 | Wade Walker | T | Oklahoma |
| 23 | 210 | Tom Carroll | T | Minnesota |
| 24 | 222 | Tom Dorsey | B | Brown |
| 25 | 231 | Otto Schnellbacher | E | Kansas |
| 26 | 240 | Larry Joe | B | Penn State |
| 27 | 252 | Dick Abrams | B | Washington State |
| 28 | 260 | Joe Smith | E | Texas Tech |
| 29 | 270 | Tony Rotunno | B | St. Ambrose |
| 30 | 282 | Clyde Lindsey | E | Louisiana State |
| 31 | 289 | Bob Callahan | C | Michigan |
| 32 | 296 | Johnny Karamigios | B | Denver |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 71 | 84 | 103 | 306 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 68 | 55 | 56 | 231 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 101 | 110 | 30 | / % | / % | 89 | 688 | |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 90 | 101 | 10 | / % | / % | 90 | 852 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 7 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 0 | 102 |
| Elmer Angsman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Mal Kutner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Babe Dimancheff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Dewell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Paul Christman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Red Cochran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vince Banonis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Burkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Decorrevont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pop Ivy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 306 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 231 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 0 | 35 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Pop Ivy | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 35 | 3/7 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 110 | 412 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 |
| Charley Trippi | 83 | 401 | 4.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Pat Harder | 113 | 371 | 3.3 | 45t | 7 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 51 | 155 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 29 | 149 | 5.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 30 | 116 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Red Cochran | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Vic Schwall | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeff Burkett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 3 | 2 |
| Walt Rankin | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 468 | 1735 | 3.7 | 45t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 400 | 1759 | 4.4 | 92t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 301 | 138 | 45.8 | 141 | 2191 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 80t | 17 | 5.6 | 22 | 7.3 | 121 | 2070 | 59.0 | |
| Ray Mallouf | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 13 | 340 | 9.4 | 16.2 | 52 | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 5.6 | 11 | 329 | 76.2 | |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 56.3 |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 340 | 160 | 47.1 | 155 | 2580 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 80t | 18 | 5.3 | 25 | 7.4 | 59.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 314 | 148 | 47.1 | 139 | 2206 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 18 | 5.7 | 27 | 8.6 | 53.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Kutner | 43 | 944 | 22.0 | 70t | 7 |
| Billy Dewell | 42 | 576 | 13.7 | 46t | 4 |
| Charley Trippi | 23 | 240 | 10.4 | 62 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 22 | 438 | 19.9 | 80t | 4 |
| Pat Harder | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 52 | 1 |
| Bill Decorrevont | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Burkett | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Jack Doolan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2580 | 16.1 | 80t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 2206 | 14.9 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cochran | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 74 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 56t | 1 |
| Vince Banonis | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Ham Nichols | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jeff Burkett | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Stan Mauldin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 438 | 16.2 | 74 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 331 | 13.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mallouf | 43 | 1717 | 39.9 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Burkett | 11 | 521 | 47.4 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Red Cochran | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2282 | 40.8 | 62 | 0 | 337 | 31.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 370 | 34.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cochran | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bill deCorrevont | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 12 | 0 | |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 370 | 13.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 337 | 9.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 15 | 321 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bill Decorrevont | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Red Cochran | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jake Colhouer | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Vic Schwall | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Joe Coomer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 716 | 16.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1037 | 19.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| Loyd Arms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 1 |
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Bulger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Burkett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jake Colhouer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Coomer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill deCorrevont | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Doolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Harder | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | |
| Mal Kutner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Mallouf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caleb Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Mauldin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 96 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 1 |
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