| Chicago Cardinals at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1953 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 19654 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 50 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Don Stonesifer 26 pass from Steve Romanik (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Eddie LeBaron 9 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 45 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 14 pass from Jack Scarbath (Bill Dudley kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Gern Nagler 41 pass from Steve Romanik (Pat Summerall kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Leon Heath 2 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Leon Heath 1 run (Bill Dudley kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Fischer |
| 66 | LOG | Ed Husmann |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Watford |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 9 | QB | Jim Root |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 22 | ROH | Don Paul |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Tom Higgins |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 68 | MG | Nick Chickillo |
| 71 | RDT | Don Joyce |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 87 | LDH | Ray Ramsey |
| 24 | S | Jim Psaltis |
| 22 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 61 | LOG | Gene Pepper |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 65 | ROT | Jim Clark |
| 83 | ROE | Paul Dekker |
| 18 | QB | Jack Scarbath |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 29 | FB | Paul Barry |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 74 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 50 | LLB | Harry Ulinski |
| 68 | RLB | Knox Ramsey |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 21 | 2 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Romanik | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 2 | 93 | 4.9 | 41t | 2 | 23 | 43.0 | |
| Jim Root | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 28 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 63.2 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Jack Scarbath | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 0 | 56 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 63.5 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 41t | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26t | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 6 | 248 | 41.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 7 | 248 | 35.4 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Sam Baker | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 | |
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