FRANK TRIPUCKA

Tripucka, Francis Joseph
Height: 6-2 Weight: 192
Born: December 8, 1927 Bloomfield, NJ

Year	College	Status
1945	Notre Dame	Played
1946	Notre Dame	Played
1947	Notre Dame	Played
1948	Notre Dame	Played

Draft: 2nd round (14th overall) 1949 Buffalo Bills (secret); 1st round (9th overall) 1949 Philadelphia Eagles

Relatives: Grandfather of Travis Tripucka

NFL Game Logs

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	28	QB-S	6	4
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	8	QB-P	10	1
1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL	8	QB-P	3	2
1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL	8	QB-P	6	1
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	11	QB-P	6	6
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL			12	7
1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU	91	QB	4
1954 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	82	QB	14
1955 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1955 SAS WIFU	82	QB	16
1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1956 SAS WIFU	82	QB	16
1957 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1957 SAS WIFU	82	QB	16
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	82	QB	13
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU	83	QB	8
1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1959 SAS WIFU	24	QB	2
1959 Year (CFL)1959 Year CFL			10
1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)1960 DEN AFL	18	QB	14	14
1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)1961 DEN AFL	18	QB	14	11
1962 Denver Broncos (AFL)1962 DEN AFL	18	QB	14	13
1963 Denver Broncos (AFL)1963 DEN AFL	18	QB	2	2
1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	24	QB	7
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			75	54
8 Years (CFL)8 Years CFL			96

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	7/8/1948	1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC
Draft	12/21/1948	1949 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1949 PHI NFL
Signed	2/9/1949	1949 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1949 PHI NFL
Released	10/19/1949	1949 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1949 PHI NFL
Assigned on Waivers	10/20/1949	1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL
Traded		1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL
Released	11/5/1952	1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL
Signed	11/5/1952	1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1953	1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL
Signed		1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU
Traded	3/27/1959	1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU
Released	10/1/1959	1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU
Signed	10/1/1959	1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1959 SAS WIFU
Free Agent	6/1/1960	1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1959 SAS WIFU
Signed	4/29/1960	1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)1960 DEN AFL
Released	9/17/1963	1963 Denver Broncos (AFL)1963 DEN AFL
Signed	9/29/1963	1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL
Free Agent		1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FGA	FG%	S	PTS
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0		-	6
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0		-	6
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0		-	18
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0		-	18
1959 Year (CFL)1959 Year CFL	0	0	0		-	-	-	0		1	1
1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)1961 DEN AFL	0	0	0		0	1	-	0		-	0
1962 Denver Broncos (AFL)1962 DEN AFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0		-	6
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU	0	0	0		-	-	-	0		1	1
1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU	0	0	0		-	-	-	0		3	3
1954 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	1	0	0		-	-	-	0		0	5
1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1956 SAS WIFU	1	0	1	0.0	-	-	-	0		0	6
1957 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1957 SAS WIFU	3	0	0		-	-	-	0		0	18
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	0	0	0		-	-	-	0		2	2
1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	0	5	5	100.0	-	-	-	1	0.0	1	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	0		0	1	-	0		-	36
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	5	5	6	83.3				1	0.0	7	41

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	12	36	3.0	19	1		0	0
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	4	35	8.8	21	1			0
1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL	1	14	14.0	14	0		0	0	0
1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0	0	0	0
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	9	28	3.1	15	3		0	0
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL	10	25	2.5	15	3		0	0
1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU	5	-77	-15.4		0
1954 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	25	-125	-5.0	3	1		0	0
1955 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1955 SAS WIFU	36	-155	-4.3	8	0		0	0
1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1956 SAS WIFU	31	-138	-4.5	9	1		0	0
1957 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1957 SAS WIFU	29	-95	-3.3	9	3		0	0
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	26	-58	-2.2	9	0		0	0
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU	3	-3	-1.0		0
1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1959 SAS WIFU	3	3	1.0	3	0		0	0
1959 Year (CFL)1959 Year CFL	6	0	0.0	3	0		0	0
1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)1960 DEN AFL	10	0	0.0	3	0		0	0
1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)1961 DEN AFL	4	-8	-2.0	0	0	0	0	0
1962 Denver Broncos (AFL)1962 DEN AFL	2	-1	-0.5	1t	1		0	0
1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	4	-8	-2.0	2	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	43	101	2.3	21	6	0	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	20+	40+	RTG
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	145	62	42.8	69	833	5.7	13.4	64t	9	6.2	14	9.7		82			42.8
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	108	47	43.5	54	720	6.7	15.3	81t	4	3.7	7	6.5		131			51.5
1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL	29	17	58.6	11	244	8.4	14.4	48	2	6.9	1	3.4		67			94.6
1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL	12	5	41.7	7	40	3.3	8.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0		16	0	0	50.7
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	174	86	49.4	71	769	4.4	8.9	42t	3	1.7	17	9.8		132			27.8
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL	186	91	48.9	78	809	4.3	8.9	42t	3	1.6	17	9.1		148			28.3
1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU	94	59	62.8	30	703	7.5	11.9		4	4.3	5	5.3					77.6
1954 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	259	152	58.7	93	2003	7.7	13.2		14	5.4	14	5.4					78.7
1955 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1955 SAS WIFU	257	158	61.5	82	2306	9.0	14.6	53	11	4.3	17	6.6					77.4
1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1956 SAS WIFU	383	216	56.4	145	3274	8.5	15.2	67	18	4.7	22	5.7					76.4
1957 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1957 SAS WIFU	343	172	50.1	142	2589	7.5	15.1	92	12	3.5	29	8.5					51.8
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	338	189	55.9	122	2766	8.2	14.6	91	20	5.9	27	8.0					69.2
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU	145	79	54.5	52	1119	7.7	14.2	57	4	2.8	14	9.7	12	104			49.3
1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1959 SAS WIFU	45	27	60.0	15	311	6.9	11.5	25	1	2.2	3	6.7		7		0	60.5
1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)1960 DEN AFL	478	248	51.9	196	3038	6.4	12.3	80t	24	5.0	34	7.1	27	226			58.9
1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)1961 DEN AFL	344	167	48.5	156	1690	4.9	10.1	87t	10	2.9	21	6.1					47.3
1962 Denver Broncos (AFL)1962 DEN AFL	440	240	54.5	175	2917	6.6	12.2	96t	17	3.9	25	5.7					64.4
1963 Denver Broncos (AFL)1963 DEN AFL	15	7	46.7	3	31	2.1	4.4	14	0	0.0	5	33.3			0	0	13.9
1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	66	38	57.6	23	435	6.6	11.4	40	3	4.5	5	7.6	8	102			61.1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1745	879	50.4	742	10282	5.9	11.7	96t	69	4.0	124	7.1	27	654	0	0	52.2
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1930	1090	56.5	704	15506	8.0	14.2	92	87	4.5	136	7.0	20	213		0	68.3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	28	1074	38.4	50	1
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	18	787	43.7	63	0
1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL	11	429	39.0	56	1
1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL	31	1155	37.3	57	1
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	5	167	33.4	65	1
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL	36	1322	36.7	65	2
1953 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1953 SAS WIFU	31	1463	47.2		0	-
1954 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	16	686	42.9	55	0	-
1955 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1955 SAS WIFU	7	242	34.6	58	0	-
1958 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	19	936	49.3	80		-
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)1959 OTT IRFU	52	2057	39.6	58	0	-
1959 Year (IRFU)1959 Year IRFU	52	2057	39.6	58	0	-
1963 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	4	185	46.3	65		-
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	93	3612	38.8	65	4
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	129	5569	43.2	80	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	1		0	0	0	0
1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL	2		0	0	0	0
1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL	2		1	0	1	-14
1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL	4		1	0	1	0
1952 Year (NFL)1952 Year NFL	6		2	0	2	-14
1954 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1954 SAS WIFU	4
1955 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1955 SAS WIFU	4					0
1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1956 SAS WIFU	3	3	0	0	0	0
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	1		0	0	0	0
1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)1960 DEN AFL	7			0
1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)1961 DEN AFL	3			0
1962 Denver Broncos (AFL)1962 DEN AFL	2
1963 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1963 SAS CFL	2		1	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	21		2	0	2	-14
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	14	3	1	0	1	0

Last Updated: September 12, 2025