1948 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 11-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Jimmy Conzelman (11-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1948 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 11 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
On offense, the Cardinals scored 395 points, most in the league. On the other side of the ball, the defensive squad yielded 226 points. Charlie Trippi carried the pigskin for a team-best 690 yards, while Elmer Angsman and Pat Harder additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Ray Mallouf tossed for 1,160 yards. Mal Kutner snagged 41 passes for 943 yards, while Billy Dewell provided receiving help, too.
The sticky-fingered defense created 47 turnovers. Red Cochran picked off 7 opponent throws.
Jimmy Conzelman coached the team. The 1948 Chicago Cardinals lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Mallouf | 143 | 73 | 51.0 | 1160 | 8.1 | 13 | 9.1 | 6 | 4.2 | 54 | 91.2 |
Paul Christman | 114 | 51 | 44.7 | 740 | 6.5 | 5 | 4.4 | 4 | 3.5 | 71 | 66.4 |
Charlie Trippi | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 118 | 14.8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 135.4 |
Charley Eikenberg | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 116 | 6.1 | 3 | 15.8 | 2 | 10.5 | 52 | 53.8 |
Vic Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 285 | 134 | 47.0 | 2134 | 7.5 | 22 | 7.7 | 12 | 4.2 | 71 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Trippi | 128 | 690 | 5.4 | 50 | 6 |
Elmer Angsman | 131 | 638 | 4.9 | 72 | 8 |
Pat Harder | 126 | 554 | 4.4 | 71 | 6 |
Vinnie Yablonski | 48 | 233 | 4.9 | 47 | 0 |
Babe Dimancheff | 27 | 117 | 4.3 | 26 | 1 |
Vic Schwall | 15 | 107 | 7.1 | 23 | 1 |
Jerry Davis | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 35 | 0 |
Mal Kutner | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 32 | 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 |
Totals | 531 | 2560 | 4.8 | 72 | 25 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mal Kutner | 41 | 943 | 23.0 | 71 | 14 |
Billy Dewell | 33 | 442 | 13.4 | 48 | 2 |
Charlie Trippi | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 33 | 2 |
Babe Dimancheff | 13 | 260 | 20.0 | 52 | 3 |
Pat Harder | 13 | 93 | 7.2 | 26 | 0 |
Elmer Angsman | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 38 | 1 |
Vic Schwall | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 134 | 2134 | 15.9 | 71 | 22 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Harder | 53 | 53 | 100.0 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 74 |
Vinnie Yablonski | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 53 | 53 | 100.0 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 77 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Mallouf | 45 | 1754 | 39.0 | 61 |
Charlie Trippi | 13 | 564 | 43.4 | 56 |
Red Cochran | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 56 |
Charley Eikenberg | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 38 |
Totals | 66 | 2619 | 39.7 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Davis | 16 | 334 | 20.9 | 70 | 2 |
Charlie Trippi | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 67 | 2 |
Red Cochran | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 669 | 19.1 | 70 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Davis | 15 | 437 | 29.1 | 83 | 0 |
Charlie Trippi | 16 | 354 | 22.1 | 50 | 0 |
Babe Dimancheff | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
Red Cochran | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 915 | 24.1 | 83 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Cochran | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 32 | 0 |
Jerry Davis | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
Bill Blackburn | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 31 | 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 |
Totals | 23 | 350 | 15.2 | 32 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marshall Goldberg | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Corwin Clatt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Trippi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Mallouf | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jake Colhouer | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walt Szot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Davis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chet Bulger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Hanlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buster Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Coomer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Cochran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Doolan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Goldman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Mauldin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mal Kutner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Dewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Apolskis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vince Banonis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hamilton Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Christman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Elmer Angsman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pat Harder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 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 |
Pat Harder | 6 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 110 | ||||||||
Mal Kutner | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |||||||
Charlie Trippi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
Elmer Angsman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Bill Blackburn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Billy Dewell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jerry Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Vic Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ray Mallouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Paul Christman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Vinnie Yablonski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
Totals | 25 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 395 |