
1939 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 1-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Ernie Nevers (1-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 1 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored only 84 points, worst in the league, while the shaky defensive squad surrendered 254, most in the circuit. Jack Robbins threw for 499 yards, and Frank Patrick threw the ball, too. Bill Smith paced all receivers, snagging 21 passes for 387 yards.
Marshall Goldberg carried the ball for a team-best 152 yards for the Cardinals, while Sam Agee additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Ernie Nevers coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Robbins | 85 | 36 | 42.4 | 499 | 5.9 | 4 | 4.7 | 10 | 11.8 | 0 | 37.9 |
Frank Patrick | 79 | 22 | 27.8 | 291 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.3 | 13 | 16.5 | 60 | 7.1 |
Bert Johnson | 40 | 14 | 35.0 | 208 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 0 | 13.3 |
Coley McDonough | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 21.3 |
Milt Popovich | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 102.8 |
Ernie Wheeler | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 40.6 |
Earl Crowder | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Marshall Goldberg | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
Rock Reed | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 79.2 |
Buddy Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Sam Agee | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
George Faust | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 247 | 85 | 34.4 | 1170 | 4.7 | 5 | 2.0 | 33 | 13.4 | 60 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marshall Goldberg | 56 | 152 | 2.7 | 0 | 2 |
Sam Agee | 44 | 133 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Robbins | 38 | 97 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Johnson | 35 | 91 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Patrick | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 |
Milt Popovich | 26 | 78 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
George Faust | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
Ev Fisher | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Parker | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Cherry | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Coley McDonough | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Elwyn Dunstan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Russell | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Crowder | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
Rock Reed | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Wheeler | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 321 | 835 | 2.6 | 3 | 4 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Smith | 21 | 387 | 18.4 | 60 | 4 |
Joel Mason | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
Ev Fisher | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Goldberg | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 |
Buddy Parker | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
George Faust | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 |
Versil Deskin | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Klumb | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 |
Rock Reed | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Bradley | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Crowder | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Lawrence | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Birlem | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Robbins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Popovich | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Agee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bert Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 85 | 1170 | 13.8 | 60 | 5 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Smith | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 12 |
Regis Monahan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 |
Frank Patrick | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
George Faust | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |
Totals | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 18 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Popovich | 27 | 1000 | 37.0 | 48 |
George Faust | 25 | 1101 | 44.0 | 63 |
Frank Patrick | 16 | 637 | 39.8 | 70 |
Bert Johnson | 14 | 511 | 36.5 | 63 |
Jimmy Lawrence | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 55 |
Jack Robbins | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 53 |
Coley McDonough | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
Bill Smith | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 |
Totals | 89 | 3526 | 39.6 | 70 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Popovich | 0 | 1 | |||||
Al Babartsky | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bill Smith | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Marshall Goldberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Frank Patrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
Al Babartsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Sam Agee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Milt Popovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Regis Monahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
George Faust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |