1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/22/1953	N	Baltimore Colts	7-10	L	Lubbock, TX	Jones Field	7000
Sat	8/29/1953	N	Green Bay Packers	13-7	W	Spokane, WA	Memorial Stadium	17000
Mon	9/7/1953	N	Los Angeles Rams	23-10	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	26210
Sun	9/13/1953	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-14	T	San Francisco, CA	Kezard Stadium	22736
Sun	9/20/1953	A	Chicago Bears	13-14	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	25840
Sun	9/27/1953	H	Washington Redskins	13-24	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	16055
Sun	10/4/1953	H	Cleveland Browns	7-27	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	24374
Sun	10/11/1953	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	25935
Sun	10/18/1953	A	New York Giants	7-21	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	30301
Sun	10/25/1953	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-56	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	22064
Sun	11/1/1953	H	New York Giants	20-23	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	18499
Sun	11/8/1953	A	Washington Redskins	17-28	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	19654
Sun	11/15/1953	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-24	T	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	26674
Sat	11/21/1953	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-38	L	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	19402
Sun	11/29/1953	A	Cleveland Browns	16-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	24499
Sun	12/6/1953	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-21	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	14138
Sun	12/13/1953	A	Chicago Bears	24-17	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	38059

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Cliff Anderson	84	LOE	6-2	215	24	Indiana	1	1
Roy Barni	49	RDH	5-11	185	26	San Francisco	8	5
Tom Bienemann	82	RDE	6-3	221	25	Drake	12	12
Al Campana	41	DB-LOH	5-11	181	27	Youngstown State	8	1
Willie Carter	47	S-ROH	5-11	198	22	Tennessee State	8	3
Nick Chickillo	68	MG-FB	5-11	220	23	Miami (Florida)	12	9
Billy Cross	20	ROH-LOH	5-6	151	24	West Texas A&M	12	6
Tony Curcillo	39	MLB-FB	6-1	200	22	Ohio State	12	1
Bob Dove	42	LDE	6-1	222	32	Notre Dame	4	4
Bill Fischer	72	LOT-LOG	6-2	248	26	Notre Dame	11	6
George Gilchrist	78	RDT-MG	6-0	260	25	Tennessee State	11	0
Jerry Groom	57	RDT-LDT	6-3	236	24	Notre Dame	12	7
Tom Higgins	73	LOT-LDE	6-2	230	23	North Carolina	12	10
Ed Husmann	66	LOG-ROG	6-0	235	22	Nebraska	12	6
Keever Jankovich	53	LDE	6-1	213	25	Santa Ana JC; Utah; Pacific	2	2
Jack Jennings	70	ROT	6-4	245	27	Ohio State	12	12
Don Joyce	71	RDT-MG	6-3	253	24	Tulane	10	7
Ray Nagel	7	QB	5-11	177	26	UCLA	4	3
Gern Nagler	84	LOE	6-2	190	21	Santa Clara	11	11
Johnny Olszewski	33	FB-ROH	5-11	200	23	California	12	12
John Panelli	34	MLB	5-11	200	27	Notre Dame	11	11
Don Paul	22	CB-ROH	6-0	187	27	Washington State	12	12
Volney Peters	76	LDT	6-4	237	25	Compton JC; Southern California	12	12
Gordon Polofsky	60	ROG	6-1	219	22	Tennessee	4	4
Jim Psaltis	24	S	6-1	190	26	Santa Rosa JC; Southern California	12	9
Ray Ramsey	87	LDH-LOE	6-2	166	32	Bradley	12	10
Steve Romanik	12	QB	6-1	190	29	Villanova	6	3
Jim Root	9	QB	6-1	185	22	Miami (Ohio)	12	6
Dan Sandifer	21	DB	6-1	190	26	Louisiana State	3	0
Leo Sanford	51	RLB	6-1	224	24	Louisiana Tech	12	12
George Schmidt	81	LDE	6-2	230	26	Lewis	6	4
Jack Simmons	50	C-P	6-4	236	29	Detroit Mercy	12	12
Jack Spinks	37	FB	6-0	236	23	Alcorn State	8	1
Don Stonesifer	80	ROE	6-0	200	26	Northwestern	12	12
Dave Suminski	61	LOG-ROG	5-11	230	22	Wisconsin	6	5
Pat Summerall	83	K-DE	6-4	228	23	Arkansas	12	1
Bill Svoboda	31	LLB	6-0	210	25	Tulane	12	12
Wally Triplett	47	LOH-ROH	5-10	173	27	Penn State	4	0
Charley Trippi	2	LOH-P	6-0	186	32	Georgia	12	9
Jerry Watford	64	ROG	6-3	205	23	Alabama	12	6
S.J. Whitman	21	LDH	5-11	185	27	Tulsa	2	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Johnny Olszewski	B	California
2	15	Jim Psaltis	B	Southern California
3	28	Dale Samuels	QB	Purdue
4	40	Buck Martin	E	Georgia Tech
5	53	Bill Shalosky	G	Cincinnati
6	64	Tony Curcillo	B	Ohio State
6	71	Tom Higgins	T	North Carolina
8	88	Jerry Watford	G	Alabama
9	100	Ed Husmann	G	Nebraska
9	101	Avatus Stone	B	Syracuse
10	112	Charley Berndt	T	Wisconsin
11	125	Ed Woodsum	E	Yale
12	136	Chuck Spaulding	B	Wyoming
13	148	Frank McPhee	E	Princeton
13	149	Ronnie Morris	B	Tulsa
14	160	Dick Sprague	B	Washington
15	173	Nick Chickillo	G	Miami (Florida)
16	184	Jimmy Lear	B	Mississippi
17	197	Earl Heninger	B	Purdue
18	208	Joe Yukica	E	Penn State
19	221	Tom Donahue	C	Wake Forest
20	232	Len D'Errico	G	Boston University
21	245	Joe Curtis	E	Alabama
22	256	Hal Lokovsek	T	Washington State
23	269	Jim Root	B	Miami (Ohio)
24	280	Brad Glass	G	Princeton
25	293	Haywood Sullivan	B	Florida
26	304	Don Ringe	T	Idaho
27	317	C.O. Brocato	C	Baylor
28	328	Mike Prokopiak	B	New Mexico
29	341	Earl Wrightenberry	T	Clemson
30	352	Bill Gaudreau	B	Notre Dame

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	65	44	41	40	190
Opponents Totals	90	71	42	134	337

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		184	75	95	14	/ %	/ %	73	611
Opponents Totals		216	95	111	10	/ %	/ %	72	615

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Pat Summerall	0	23	23	100.0	9	24	37.5	0	50
Gern Nagler	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Johnny Olszewski	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Billy Cross	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Paul	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Stonesifer	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Charley Trippi	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ray Ramsey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Romanik	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Root	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leo Sanford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Schmidt	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	23	23	23	100.0	9	24	37.5	1	190
Opponents Totals	45	43	45	95.6	8	13	61.5	0	337

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Summerall	9	24	37.5	2	49	5/11	1/2	1/2	2/4	0/5
Team Totals	9	24	37.5	2	49	5/11	1/2	1/2	2/4	0/5
Opponents Totals	8	13	61.5			1/	4/	3/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charley Trippi	97	433	4.5	21	0
Johnny Olszewski	106	386	3.6	34	4
Billy Cross	51	196	3.8	56	1
Don Paul	16	114	7.1	36	0
Tony Curcillo	8	29	3.6	12	0
Jim Root	26	12	0.5	19	1
Wally Triplett	3	8	2.7	16	0
Ray Nagel	4	8	2.0	6	0
Steve Romanik	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Jack Spinks	6	0	0.0	7	0
Willie Carter	2	-3	-1.5	2	0
Al Campana	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Team Totals	322	1179	3.7	56	7
Opponents Totals	440	1662	3.8		24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Root	192	80	41.7	101	1149	6.0	14.4	77	8	4.2	11	5.7	193	956	51.8
Steve Romanik	117	50	42.7	58	641	5.5	12.8	42	4	3.4	9	7.7	59	582	39.9
Ray Nagel	62	30	48.4	27	192	3.1	6.4	27	0	0.0	5	8.1	30	162	21.7
Charley Trippi	34	20	58.8	13	195	5.7	9.8	21	2	5.9	1	2.9	46	149	82.4
Don Paul	2	1	50.0	1	13	6.5	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	0	70.8
Johnny Olszewski	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	408	181	44.4	200	2190	5.4	12.1	77	14	3.4	27	6.6	328	1862	45.3
Opponents Totals	341	176	51.6	141	2619	7.7	14.9	75t	17	5.0	24	7.0	255	2364	64.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Stonesifer	56	684	12.2	46	2
Gern Nagler	43	610	14.2	41t	6
Johnny Olszewski	21	210	10.0	77	1
Billy Cross	17	285	16.8	51t	1
Don Paul	16	167	10.4	27	2
Ray Ramsey	12	118	9.8	20	0
Charley Trippi	11	87	7.9	21	2
Wally Triplett	3	15	5.0	6	0
Cliff Anderson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jack Spinks	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	181	2190	12.1	77	14
Opponents Totals	176	2619	14.9	75t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Ramsey	10	237	23.7	46	1
Don Paul	5	62	12.4	38	0
Leo Sanford	2	56	28.0	48t	1
Jim Psaltis	2	43	21.5	43	0
Tony Curcillo	2	16	8.0	13	0
John Panelli	1	22	22.0	22	0
S.J. Whitman	1	3	3.0	3	0
Bill Svoboda	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	439	18.3	48t	2
Opponents Totals	27	202	7.5		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Charley Trippi	54	2314	42.9	63	0
Jack Simmons	22	845	38.4	61	0
Team Totals	76	3159	41.6	63	0	68	40.7
Opponents Totals	74	3110	42.0			349

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Charley Trippi	21	239	11.4	38
Don Paul	18	85	4.7	22
Billy Cross	6	5	0.8	5
Willie Carter	4	20	5.0	9
Johnny Olszewski	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	349	7.0	38
Opponents Totals	44	68	1.5

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Wally Triplett	10	253	25.3	48
Billy Cross	12	257	21.4	39
Charley Trippi	8	199	24.9	33
Willie Carter	8	178	22.3	32
Don Paul	4	106	26.5	35
Al Campana	3	56	18.7	27
Tony Curcillo	1	17	17.0	17
Johnny Olszewski	1	17	17.0	17
Jack Jennings	1	15	15.0	15
Bill Svoboda	1	15	15.0	15
Don Joyce	1	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	50	1120	22.4	48
Opponents Totals	35	852	24.3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Campana	1		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Carter	2		0	0	0	0	0
Nick Chickillo	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Billy Cross	7		2	0	2	0	0
Tony Curcillo	2		1	1	2	0	0
Bill Fischer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Higgins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ed Husmann	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keever Jankovich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Jennings	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ray Nagel	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gern Nagler	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Johnny Olszewski	6		1	0	1	0	0
John Panelli	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Don Paul	3		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Psaltis	1		2	1	3	0	0
Ray Ramsey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Root	7		1	0	1	0	0
Leo Sanford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Stonesifer	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Svoboda	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Wally Triplett	1		1	0	1	0	0
Charley Trippi	5		3	0	3	0	0
Jerry Watford	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
S.J. Whitman	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Team Totals	39	21	18	12	30	0	0
Opponents Totals	23	12	11	21	32		4

Dick Gallagher	Ends
Ernie Jorge	Line
Skip Stahley	Backfield