1946 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jimmy Conzelman (6-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Jimmy Conzelman (6-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
The Cardinals scored 260 points, and the defensive squad conceded 198. Pat Harder carried the ball for a team-best 545 yards for Chicago.
Paul Christman threw for 1,656 yards. Billy Dewell paced the receiving corps, snagging 27 passes for 643 yards.
Mal Kutner picked off 5 opponent throws.
Jimmy Conzelman coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 229 | 100 | 43.7 | 1656 | 7.2 | 13 | 5.7 | 18 | 7.9 | 82 | 54.8 |
| Ray Mallouf | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 260 | 7.6 | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 59 | 83.0 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 118.8 |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 266 | 115 | 43.2 | 1951 | 7.3 | 17 | 6.4 | 20 | 7.5 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 106 | 545 | 5.1 | 55 | 4 |
| Elmer Angsman | 48 | 328 | 6.8 | 61 | 2 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 43 | 210 | 4.9 | 32 | 3 |
| Frank Seno | 62 | 191 | 3.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 29 | 3 |
| Ward Cuff | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Montgomery | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Sutch | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 28 | -61 | -2.2 | 6 | 3 |
| Totals | 371 | 1529 | 4.1 | 61 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dewell | 27 | 643 | 23.8 | 82 | 7 |
| Mal Kutner | 27 | 634 | 23.5 | 63 | 5 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 17 | 152 | 8.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Frank Seno | 12 | 124 | 10.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Pat Harder | 11 | 128 | 11.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 39 | 1 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Ed Rucinski | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Parker | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Hust | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 115 | 1951 | 17.0 | 82 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 30 | 28 | 93.3 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 43 |
| Pat Harder | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 48 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Blackburn | 35 | 1465 | 41.9 | 60 |
| Ray Mallouf | 15 | 520 | 34.7 | 47 |
| Totals | 50 | 1985 | 39.7 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 17 | 176 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 255 | 11.1 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 13 | 408 | 31.4 | 105 | 1 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Campbell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Stan Mauldin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| George Sutch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 825 | 20.6 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Kutner | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Marshall Goldberg | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 262 | 10.5 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Goldberg | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Harder | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Paul Christman | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buster Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Foster | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Loyd Arms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Rankin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Hust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Mallouf | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Ivy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mal Kutner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Sutch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 44 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 55 | |||||||
| Billy Dewell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Pat Harder | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Mal Kutner | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Marshall Goldberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Paul Christman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Strausbaugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Elmer Angsman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Pop Ivy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 260 |
