1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 9-3-0 .750 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | B | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 75 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 206 | 29 | Marquette | 1 | 0 |
| Loyd Arms | 76 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 |
| Vince Banonis | 32 | C-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Blackburn | 57 | LOE-LDE | 6-5 | 228 | 24 | Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice | 1 | 1 |
| Chet Bulger | 11 | OT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 30 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Campbell | 53 | QB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 44 | QB-S | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Missouri | 1 | 1 |
| Red Cochran | 24 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Coomer | 50 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 281 | 30 | Texas A&M: Austin | 1 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 39 | B | 6-0 | 186 | 29 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Dewell | 41 | OE-DE | 6-4 | 208 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 87 | B | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Butler; Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Doolan | 66 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 1 | 1 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 99 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 34 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 203 | 25 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 |
| Mal Kutner | 80 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 197 | 26 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 22 | B | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Mauldin | 77 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Texas | 1 | 1 |
| Ham Nichols | 73 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 209 | 23 | Rice | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Parker | 81 | OE-LDE | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 16 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 218 | 33 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 |
| Buster Ramsey | 20 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 42 | FB-LLB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 62 | B | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | / % | / % | 10 | 98 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | / % | / % | 6 | 55 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Harder | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 10 | 159 | 15.9 | 70t | 2 |
| Charley Trippi | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 44t | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 282 | 7.2 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 60 | 1.6 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 9 | 54 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 28 | 26 | 3.6 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 9 | 54 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 25 | 29 | 3.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 27 | 61.4 | 14 | 297 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 6.8 | 28 | 269 | 60.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 297 | 11.0 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mallouf | 8 | 256 | 32.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 276 | 34.5 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 256 | 32.0 | 0 | 150 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 75t | 1 | |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Mal Kutner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 75t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Dimancheff | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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