1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)

1st place Western Division 11-1-0 .917

Phil Handler	Assistant Coach
Buddy Parker	Assistant Coach
Dick Plasman	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/20/1948	A	College All-Stars	0-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	101200
Mon	9/6/1948	N	Washington Redskins	46-20	W	Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	17782
Sat	9/11/1948	A	Philadelphia Eagles	23-9	W	Philadelphia, PA	Municipal Stadium	65000	Postponed from 9/10
Sun	9/19/1948	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-14	W	Chicago, IL	Comsikey Park	16834
Fri	9/24/1948	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21-14	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	25875
Mon	10/4/1948	H	Chicago Bears	17-28	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	52765
Sun	10/10/1948	A	Green Bay Packers	17-7	W	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	34369
Sun	10/17/1948	A	New York Giants	63-35	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	35342
Sun	10/24/1948	H	Boston Yanks	49-27	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	23423
Sun	10/31/1948	A	Los Angeles Rams	27-22	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	32149
Sun	11/7/1948	H	Detroit Lions	56-20	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	22311
Sun	11/14/1948	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	33364
Sun	11/21/1948	H	Los Angeles Rams	27-24	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	29031
Thu	11/25/1948	A	Detroit Lions	28-14	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	22099
Sun	12/5/1948	H	Green Bay Packers	42-7	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	26072
Sun	12/12/1948	A	Chicago Bears	24-21	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	51283
Sun	12/19/1948	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-7	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	28864	League Championship

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
68	Plato Andros	LOG-LDG	6-0	240	27	Oklahoma	12	9
7	Elmer Angsman	ROH	5-11	200	23	Notre Dame	12	12
75	Ray Apolskis	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-10	206	30	Marquette	12	0
76	Loyd Arms	LOG-LDG	6-1	215	29	Oklahoma State	9	3
82	Johnny Badaczewski	ROG-RDG	6-1	235	26	Western Reserve	5	0
32	Vince Banonis	C-LB	6-1	230	27	Detroit Mercy	12	8
57	Bill Blackburn	C	6-5	228	25	Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice	12	3
11	Chet Bulger	LOT-LDT	6-3	239	31	Auburn	12	12
53	Billy Campbell	LB-C	6-0	195	28	Oklahoma	7	0
44	Paul Christman	QB	6-0	210	30	Missouri	8	2
67	Corwin Clatt	LB-FB	6-0	210	24	Notre Dame	12	0
24	Red Cochran	LDH-LOH	6-0	190	26	Wake Forest	12	0
55	Jake Colhouer	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	6-1	211	26	Oklahoma State	12	0
50	Joe Coomer	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-5	281	31	Austin	12	0
31	Jerry Davis	RDH-ROH	5-10	180	24	Southeastern Louisiana	12	0
41	Billy Dewell	LOE-LDE	6-4	208	31	Southern Methodist	12	12
87	Babe Dimancheff	LOH	5-10	178	26	Butler; Purdue	10	0
68	Jack Doolan	RDE	6-1	190	29	Georgetown (DC)	11	1
42	Bob Dove	LOE-LDE	6-1	222	27	Notre Dame	12	0
49	Charley Eikenberg	QB	6-2	205	24	Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice	9	1
99	Marshall Goldberg	RDH	5-11	190	31	Pittsburgh	11	0
70	Sam Goldman	ROE-RDE	6-3	228	32	Ohio State; Samford	11	0
17	Bob Hanlon	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-0	195	24	Notre Dame; Loras	11	0
34	Pat Harder	FB-K	5-11	203	26	Wisconsin	12	12
82	Marv Jacobs	ROT-RDT	6-2	235	24	none	6	0
80	Mal Kutner	ROE-RDH	6-2	197	27	Texas	12	11
51	Frank Liebel	RDE	6-1	211	29	Norwich	7	0
64	Dick Loepfe	LOT-LDT	6-2	230	26	Wisconsin	10	0
22	Ray Mallouf	QB	5-11	180	30	Southern Methodist	12	9
77	Stan Mauldin	ROT-DRT	6-2	217	28	Texas	1	1
73	Ham Nichols	ROG-RDG	5-11	209	24	Rice	12	1
20	Buster Ramsey	ROG-RDG	6-1	219	28	William & Mary	12	11
61	Bob Ravensberg	LDE-RDE	6-0	190	23	Indiana	12	0
37	Vic Schwall	ROH	5-8	190	23	Northwestern	9	0
36	Walt Szot	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-1	222	28	Bucknell	12	0
62	Charley Trippi	LOH	6-0	186	27	Georgia	12	12
33	Vinnie Yablonski	FB	5-8	195	25	Fordham; Columbia	12	1
15	Bob Zimny	ROT-RDT	6-1	235	27	Indiana	12	11

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	11	Jim Spavital	B	Oklahoma State
3	23	Bill Smith	T	North Carolina
5	35	Jay Smith	E	Southern Mississippi
7	55	Jim Cason	B	Louisiana State
8	65	Jim Camp	B	North Carolina
9	75	Ed Royston	G	Wake Forest
10	85	Carl Weisner	E	St. Louis
11	95	Gene Corum	G	West Virginia
12	105	Clarence Self	B	Wisconsin
13	115	John Hollar	B	Appalachian State
14	125	Bob Hanlon	B	Loras
15	135	George Petrovich	T	Texas
16	145	Jim Still	B	Georgia Tech
17	155	Clay Davis	C	Oklahoma State
18	165	Harry Caughron	T	William & Mary
19	175	Jerry Davis	B	Southeastern Louisiana
20	185	Gene Dwyer	E	St. Ambrose
21	195	Harry Waters	B	Colorado College
22	205	Dick Monroe	C	Kansas
23	215	Henry Reynolds	E	Southern Mississippi
24	225	Dick Wedel	G	Wake Forest
25	235	Paul Shoults	B	Miami (Ohio)
26	245	Fred Wendt	B	Texas-El Paso
27	255	Doug Belden	B	Florida
28	265	Ray Stackhouse	T	Xavier (Ohio)
29	275	Bernie Reid	G	Georgia
30	285	Jim Powell	E	Tennessee
31	293	Bob Polidor	B	Villanova
32	300	Bill Fischer	G	Notre Dame

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	76	128	94	97
Opponents Totals	57	52	35	82

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		233	135	81	17	/ %	/ %	83	749
Opponents Totals		190	85	94	11	/ %	/ %	87	743

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Pat Harder	6	53	53	100.0	7	17	41.2	110
Mal Kutner	15	0	0		0	0		90
Charley Trippi	10	0	0		0	0		60
Elmer Angsman	9	0	0		0	0		54
Babe Dimancheff	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bill Blackburn	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jerry Davis	2	0	0		0	0		12
Billy Dewell	2	0	0		0	0		12
Paul Christman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ray Mallouf	1	0	0		0	0		6
Vic Schwall	1	0	0		0	0		6
Vinnie Yablonski	0	0	0		1	4	25.0	3
Team Totals	53	53	53	100.0	8	21	38.1	395
Opponents Totals	32	28	32	87.5	2	11	18.2	226

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Harder	7	17	41.2	1/	3/	3/	0/	0/
Vinnie Yablonski	1	4	25.0	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Team Totals	8	21	38.1	1/	3/	3/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	2	11	18.2	0/	0/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charley Trippi	128	690	5.4	50t	6
Elmer Angsman	131	638	4.9	72t	8
Pat Harder	126	554	4.4	71t	6
Vinnie Yablonski	48	233	4.9	47	0
Babe Dimancheff	27	117	4.3	26t	1
Vic Schwall	15	107	7.1	23	1
Jerry Davis	12	77	6.4	35	0
Mal Kutner	5	50	10.0	32t	1
Corwin Clatt	6	38	6.3	26	0
Ray Mallouf	13	17	1.3	12	1
Red Cochran	3	15	5.0	9	0
Bob Hanlon	6	11	1.8	5	0
Charley Eikenberg	2	9	4.5	18	0
Paul Christman	8	6	0.8	5	1
Bob Dove	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	531	2560	4.8	72t	25
Opponents Totals	408	1516	3.7		8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ray Mallouf	143	73	51.0	64	1160	8.1	15.9	54t	13	9.1	6	4.2		67	1093	91.2
Paul Christman	114	51	44.7	59	740	6.5	14.5	71t	5	4.4	4	3.5		54	686	66.4
Charley Eikenberg	19	6	31.6	11	116	6.1	19.3	52t	3	15.8	2	10.5		68	48	53.8
Charley Trippi	8	4	50.0	4	118	14.8	29.5	64t	1	12.5	0	0.0		19	99	135.4
Vic Schwall	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	285	134	47.0	139	2134	7.5	15.9	71t	22	7.7	12	4.2				80.7
Opponents Totals	336	159	47.3	154	2520	7.5	15.8		22	6.5	23	6.8				66.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mal Kutner	41	943	23.0	71t	14
Billy Dewell	33	442	13.4	48	2
Charley Trippi	22	228	10.4	33t	2
Babe Dimancheff	13	260	20.0	52t	3
Pat Harder	13	93	7.2	26	0
Elmer Angsman	9	142	15.8	38t	1
Vic Schwall	2	13	6.5	7	0
Vinnie Yablonski	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	134	2134	15.9	71t	22
Opponents Totals	159	2520	15.8		22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Red Cochran	7	111	15.9	32	0
Jerry Davis	4	47	11.8	18	0
Bill Blackburn	2	58	29.0	31t	2
Mal Kutner	2	35	17.5	31	0
Vince Banonis	2	32	16.0	22	0
Marshall Goldberg	2	9	4.5	5	0
Bob Hanlon	1	25	25.0	25	0
Corwin Clatt	1	20	20.0	20	0
Buster Ramsey	1	13	13.0	13	0
Bob Ravensberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	350	15.2	32	2
Opponents Totals	12	143	11.9		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Charley Trippi	13	564	43.4	56	0
Ray Mallouf	45	1754	39.0	61	0
Red Cochran	6	229	38.2	56	0
Charley Eikenberg	2	72	36.0	38	0
Team Totals	66	2619	39.7	61	0	504	32.0
Opponents Totals	72	2822	39.2			669	28.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Davis	16	334	20.9	70t	2
Charley Trippi	11	213	19.4	67t	2
Red Cochran	8	122	15.3	20	0
Team Totals	35	669	19.1	70t	4
Opponents Totals	42	504	12.0		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Davis	15	437	29.1	83	0
Charley Trippi	16	354	22.1	50	0
Babe Dimancheff	6	118	19.7	26	0
Red Cochran	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	38	915	24.1	83	0
Opponents Totals	64	1207	18.9		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Elmer Angsman	5		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Apolskis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Vince Banonis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Blackburn	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Chet Bulger	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Christman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Corwin Clatt	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Red Cochran	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jake Colhouer	0	0	0	2	2	20	0
Joe Coomer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Davis	2		0	1	1	0	0
Billy Dewell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Doolan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marshall Goldberg	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Sam Goldman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Hanlon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Harder	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mal Kutner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Mallouf	4		2	0	2	0	0
Stan Mauldin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ham Nichols	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Buster Ramsey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Szot	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charley Trippi	5		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	21	16	5	24	29	26	0
Opponents Totals	30	24	6	16	22		1