1945 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Phil Handler (1-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1945 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 1-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Phil Handler (1-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1945 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 1 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago labored to change the scoreboard with just 98 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 228. Paul Christman threw for 1,147 yards. Billy Dewell snagged 26 passes, while Ed Rucinski accumulated 400 receiving yards.
Frank Seno carried the ball for a team-best 355 yards for the Cardinals, and Leo Cantor also contributed to the rushing attack.
Leo Cantor picked off 5 opponent throws.
Phil Handler coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 219 | 89 | 40.6 | 1147 | 5.2 | 5 | 2.3 | 12 | 5.5 | 70 | 42.6 |
| Leo Cantor | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 116 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 62 | 14.4 |
| Paul Collins | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Vince Oliver | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 47.9 |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Chet Maeda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 267 | 99 | 37.1 | 1328 | 5.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 18 | 6.7 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 93 | 355 | 3.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Leo Cantor | 83 | 291 | 3.5 | 18 | 5 |
| Bus Mertes | 24 | 111 | 4.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 32 | 93 | 2.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Collins | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Reynolds | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Balazs | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Vince Oliver | 11 | -3 | -0.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 30 | -34 | -1.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Totals | 335 | 939 | 2.8 | 52 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dewell | 26 | 370 | 14.2 | 70 | 1 |
| Ed Rucinski | 23 | 400 | 17.4 | 62 | 2 |
| Leo Cantor | 15 | 159 | 10.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Al Drulis | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Clint Wager | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Balazs | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 99 | 1328 | 13.4 | 70 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kuharich | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | |
| Conway Baker | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Reynolds | 38 | 1384 | 36.4 | 48 |
| Hal Blackwell | 17 | 661 | 38.9 | 52 |
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 38 |
| Johnny Knolla | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 |
| Totals | 62 | 2277 | 36.7 | 52 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Al Lindow | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 276 | 10.2 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 19 | 408 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Leo Cantor | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Johnny Knolla | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Vodicka | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Watt | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Lindow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Les Bruckner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Zimny | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 924 | 20.1 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Cliff Speegle | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 12 | 8 | -15 | 0 | |||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Paul Collins | 3 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Rankin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Drulis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Rucinski | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Bonelli | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chet Bulger | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Zimny | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Speegle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Bruckner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Enich | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Maeda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conway Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Cantor | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Knolla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Joe Kuharich | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim Poole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ed Rucinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Frank Seno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Paul Christman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chet Bulger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Billy Dewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
